BBB releases top 10 scams targeting victims in 2018

The Better Business Bureau has released its annual list of the top scams that targeted victims in 2018 and says Canadians lost over $121M to fraudsters last year. The consumer watchdog group says the figure is double the amount that was lost in 2015, but it found that only about five percent of victims reported incidents. Mary O’Sullivan, president and CEO of the BBB in southern Alberta, says scammers are targeting a different audience in their schemes too. “Scams are evolving; they