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This is part of a series of columns about how to protect important information and people in your life against fraud and scams. Stay tuned for more.
To be defrauded by scammers over the internet is bad enough. But it’s doubly wounding when the scam takes the form of relationship fraud, where a criminal pretends to be a friend, confidant or even a romantic partner.
“One of the things that’s uniquely devastating about romance scams is that the victim has not only lost money, but they’ve lost the emotional connection that they thought they had with the other party,” says Julie Kuzmic, senior compliance officer, consumer advocacy at Equifax Canada. “It’s an extra layer of betrayal,” says Kuzmic, adding that in addition to suffering financial loss, victims may experience deep sadness and shame which they might find it hard to recover from.
Unfortunately, more and more Canadians are falling victim to relationship fraud — particularly romance/investment scams, according to the Canadian Anti-fraud Centre (CAFC)…
