Northumberland OPP are investigating an emergency scam, after a victim lost $15,000.00 in a phone call claiming her son had been involved in a crash.

People in some rural parts of the province are being hassled by fraudsters claiming to be Autopac agents, according to Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI).

Since March 6, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has received 739 reports related to the pandemic, with 178 of those attempts succeeding.

With people spending more time online during the coronavirus pandemic, scams offering "free trials" are luring in unsuspecting consumers, according to the Better Business Bureau (BBB).

Since the novel coronavirus arrived in Alberta, police say three Edmontonians have lost $17,750 in COVID-19 related scams.

“We basically became a drop shipping company in about an hour,” Sea Change Brewing Co. co-owner Jay Sparrow said.

Police say people are posing as health care providers and other organizations and using COVID-19 to obtain personal and financial information.

Fraudsters are impersonating agencies like the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Edmonton police came out with a warning about online merchandise and ticket fraud Monday morning, saying people in the city lost more than $723,000 to the scams last year.

With the unintended help of her phone company, a scammer was able to seize Carolyn Morgan's phone number.