The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre and Canada Revenue Agency say the number of people falling susceptible to scams, especially through fake text messages continues to rise, with more than $10 million lost in the first three months of this year just to that form of messaging fraud. Sean Previl reports on how you can spot them and how else to protect yourself.
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