According to Thestar.com a man and two women have been arrested in connection with a scheme in which customers were allegedly duped with fraudulent hockey and concert tickets. Read Article
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According to Warwickcourier.co.uk shopkeepers in Leamington are being warned to being warned to be on their guard after a 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempting to use fake money. Read Article
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According to Theobserver.ca Sarnia police are urging local residents to watch out for a mystery shopper scam that recently made a victim out of at least one local resident. Posing as a legitimate company recruiting mystery shoppers, the scammer sent the victim cheques worth $1,195 payable in their name. Read Article
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Ctvnews.ca reported that Winnipeg Police are warning the public of counterfeit bills being circulated in the city.The bills, commonly in $100 denomination, may end up in the hands of consumers or retailers. Police are advising the public to check the money they receive, and remind people that they have no obligation to accept bills they [...]
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Louis Vuitton has won the largest ever judgment in a trademark counterfeiting and copyright case in Canada, as a court punished firms importing designer fakes from China, the luxury bag maker said Wednesday. Read Article
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The offer to buy his sailboats with funny money just didn’t float for Gordon van Gunst. The Calgary sailboat salesman found himself in uncharted waters helping police catch two scam artists in the act of passing off “black money.” Read Article
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As part of an investigation into offences under the Copyright Act, officers of the RCMP Federal Investigation Section conducted four searches in photocopy stores in Montréal in the last few weeks. Their objective was to put an end to the activities of groups involved in the illegal distribution and sale of photocopied university books. Read [...]
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Canadians are being warned about an auto-dialing scam that claims to offer rewards from Air Canada, Air Transat, Air Miles and other travel companies, but is apparently just trying to pry loose people’s credit card details. “We got a lot of calls about it last month, then it died down about three weeks ago, but [...]
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