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A new report says the second quarter of the year brought a sharp rise in credit card fraud. Equifax Canada says the rate of credit card fraud rose to 0.75% in Q2, compared with 0.44% a year earlier.

Credit card scams on the rise in Canada The RCMP is urging customers to be careful amid a rise in credit card scams across Canada.

Your credit card can be a lifeline in tough financial times, but it can also turn into a nightmare in the blink of an eye. Just ask Andrew St. Hilaire, a small business owner who recently discovered ...

Jordon Judge's cellphone rang as he sat in his local Vancouver coffee shop last October — caller ID said the person was from Scotiabank. He had no idea it was actually a fraudster who had manipulated ...

Credit card fraud isn’t always a one-time occurrence — sometimes, an instance of fraud is part of a repeated fraud pattern. As credit card fraud continues to rise, cardholders are an important line of ...

As scammers target gift card users with increasingly sophisticated tactics, Canadians are losing millions. Here’s how to spot ...

When looking up his credit report earlier this year, Stéphane Hamel found out a car loan had been taken out in his name — from a bank he doesn't even do business with. I ended up… with a $25,000 loan ...

Gift cards may be a convenient and popular gifting choice, but they’re also a hot target for scammers. According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC), Canadians reported losing over $6.8 million ...

Credit card fraud rising in Canada: Equifax report Equifax Canada says the rate of credit card fraud jumped to 0.75 per cent in Q2 compared with 0.44 per cent a year earlier. Equifax Canada says the ...

TORONTO - A new report says the second quarter of the year brought a sharp rise in credit card fraud. Equifax Canada says the rate of credit card fraud jumped to 0.75 per cent in Q2 compared with 0.44 ...

A new report says the second quarter of the year brought a sharp rise in credit card fraud. That means out of every 10,000 credit cards, about 75 are fraudulent compared with 44 last year. The ...