#Fraudchat running series on fraud and scams targeting students

Toronto Police Service News Release

#Fraudchat running series on fraud and scams targeting students

Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 7:00 AM
Financial Crimes Unit:  416-808-7300

Just in time for the back-to-school season, the Toronto Police Service's Financial Crimes Unit is hosting a series of online chats on fraud and scams targeting students.

These chats, which are part of the #Fraudchat program, will cover the following topics:

• Back-to-school scams (September 5, 2013)
• Job/recruitment scams targeting students (September 12, 2013)
• Youth and identity theft (September 19, 2013)

To follow the chats, members of the public can log on to Twitter from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST on Thursday nights and follow the #fraudchat hashtag. An application such as "Tweetdeck," which allows users to separately view tweets containing this hashtag, is also helpful in following the chat.

About #Fraudchat

#Fraudchat is a weekly Twitter chat that takes place every Thursday from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST on Twitter. Launched in November 2012, this program seeks to educate and exchange ideas with the public about financial crimes and fraud. The moderators for this program are Kristen Rose, Senior Communications Officer at the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, and Detective Sergeant Cameron Field of the Financial Crimes Unit.

Since November 2012, the Financial Crimes Unit has partnered with the Financial Service Commission of Ontario to educate the public about financial crimes and fraud through the use of social media.

For more information about #fraudchat, please contact the Financial Crimes Unit at 416-808-7300 or Kristen Rose, Senior Communications Officer at the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, at 416-226-7803.
Constable Tony Vella, Corporate Communications, for Staff Inspector Bryce Evans, Financial Crimes Unit