Jessica
Fraud Analyst
On the job:
17 years
North Bay Anti-Fraud Centre
Ontario
Tucked away in a government building in North Bay, ON, the Canadian Fraud Centre is the only facility of its kind in Canada. Workers here strive to protect Canadians from all types of fraud–through education, support and liaising with agencies across Canada and the USA.
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Video transcript
00:00:06:01
We’re very victim-forward here at our centre. So a lot of times we’re looking at where is the most damage being done.
00:00:14:04
What areas of Canada are being targeted?
00:00:16:16
I’ve been accused of being too passionate when I’ve given presentations, especially when it comes to romance scams.
00:00:22:00
It was nice when you would come across a prize scam letter, let’s say, and there’s a phone number on there and you get word back from the phone company that they shut it down.
00:00:32:04
We actually don’t know the impact, because there could have been a thousand letters sent out to Canadians across the country.
00:00:37:18
And because we shut that one number down, we’ve now prevented possibly a thousand victims from sending money to this company claiming that you’ve won a lottery in Spain.
00:00:47:21
You want to stop fraud you have to educate the public. So when we have people in corners of the country that have not heard of us, they don’t recognize and that’s our logo: recognize, reject, report. That’s the key: recognize. If you can see the scam coming, you’re not gonna fall for it.
00:01:03:28
I truly believe and I believe in the Canadian Fraud Center. I’m loyal to a fault, I think.
00:01:08:28
I have a great sense of pride when it comes to the CFC.
00:01:12:11
I remember when I first got my first business card, it had the horse and I’m like, yeah, this seems this just seems right.
“I truly believe in the Canadian Fraud Centre. I’m loyal to a fault.”
Jessica
Fraud Analyst
