Catfishers Are Seriously Scamming Canadians & These Provinces Are The Most Likely Targets

Be careful out there, folks. 💔💰

Catfishers Are Scamming Canadians & These Provinces Are The Targets
Tero Vesalainen | Dreamstime, Colin Sullivan | Dreamstime
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If you're looking for love, you may want to be aware of some Catfishers out there that have been preying on our fellow Canucks and scamming them out of some serious cash.

Quebec is the province most likely to fall for dating scams and lose money, followed by Ontario and B.C., according to a report from TechShielder based on data from 2020.

And it's not just a couple hundred dollars we're talking about. In Nova Scotia, the average amount of money lost per victim worked out to be a whopping $1,006,587.

In Ontario, the average amount lost per victim was $32,579.93. In B.C. it was $20,216.52, and in Quebec, it was $12,032.30.

In total, online romance fraud duped Canadians out of $58 million last year.

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    Sarah Rohoman (she/her) was a Senior Writer with Narcity Media. She has worked at BuzzFeed Canada, Yahoo Canada, and CBC Radio in news, lifestyle, ecommerce, and social media. She has an MA in Journalism from Western University and a BA from McGill. She loves libraries, alpacas, and all things witchy.

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