Quebec police forces team up to share concerns over fraud – Montreal [Video]

Fraud of all sorts, especially online scams, is on the rise, keeping cyber experts like Terry Cutler busy — and worried.

“Obviously fraud is going to be on the rise because, especially around cyber crime, individuals are unaware of the risks,” he says.

On Wednesday, Quebec law enforcement chiefs released statistics showing that there were 37,000 reported cases of fraud in the province, an increase of 15 per cent in two years. According to the report, in the first three months of this year, Quebecers have lost $3 million in reported fraud.

“The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre is telling us that there is more than 80 or 90 per cent of those crimes that are not reported,” Association of Quebec Police Chiefs director-general Didier Deramond notes.

He says it’s because people are too ashamed, or because companies don’t want to give the impression that they are not safe.

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