Burnaby Mounties are issuing a warning after a local senior was defrauded out of millions of dollars in an "elaborate" long-term cryptocurrency scam. Police say a woman contacted them in December of ...

Investment scams, particularly ones involving cryptocurrency, represent the highest victim losses in Canada, at more than $300 million in 2023, beating out romance scams, phishing and other fraud.

Between May and November, Toronto police have received 200 reports of crypto scams, totalling $20 million in losses. However, police say it's "really, really difficult" for victims to get their ...

A senior from Burnaby, B.C., was scammed out of more than $7.5-million dollars in a cryptocurrency ruse, prompting the latest warning from police about cryptocurrency-based fraud schemes.

Crime Victim loses $18.5K in cryptocurrency scam: OPP OPP urges “extreme caution” with promises of “significant returns.” June 22, 2025 1 min read ...

A victim in a cryptocurrency scam who invested $400,000 was faced with multiple excuses and told to pay large fees when attempting to withdraw the funds, Toronto police say.

A Yellowknife woman says she is out $26,000 due to a cryptocurrency scam that involved a fake news story. The woman said she wanted to tell her story to warn others of the kinds of deceptive ...

A Guelph man is probably regretting his stubbornness after losing more than $180,000 in a cryptocurrency scam. The Guelph Police Service was contacted by a man in his 60s on Friday.

Two fraudsters who raked in more than £400,000 by selling a cryptocurrency that did not exist have been jailed. Ross Jay, 33, and Michael Freckleton, 37, cold-called victims to sell them shares in ...

U.S. authorities charged two Chinese nationals in a cryptocurrency scam that laundered at least $73-million from defrauded victims, the Justice Department said on Friday.

Three Ottawa residents have been identified as victims of a global cryptocurrency scam, according to the Ottawa Police Service (OPS). The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said in a recent statement ...