{"id":60384,"date":"2025-11-19T11:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=60384"},"modified":"2025-11-19T11:39:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:39:02","slug":"rcmp-sees-increase-in-email-scam-targeting-nova-scotians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=60384","title":{"rendered":"RCMP sees increase in email scam targeting Nova Scotians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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DARTMOUTH:<\/strong> The Nova Scotia RCMP\u2019s Cybercrime Unit is alerting Nova Scotians to a growing cyberattack technique that has been observed across the province between March and October.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators have identified a sharp increase in business email compromise (BEC) scams, where cybercriminals impersonate trusted business email accounts to deceive clients into sending payments to fraudulent bank accounts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cScammers create a fake but convincing email address that looks very similar to a legitimate business email,\u201d says Const. Karren Jensen, an investigator with the Nova Scotia RCMP Cybercrime Unit.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe cyberattacker then sends an email to the businesses\u2019 clients, indicating that the company\u2019s banking information has changed.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When the clients then go to pay their bills, they unknowingly deposit cash into the attacker\u2019s bank account instead of the businesses.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Businesses, employees, and clients can help protect against BEC scams by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verifying all requests:<\/strong> Always double check unusual or urgent requests for funds or sensitive information through a separate, trusted channel, such as a phone call to a known number.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being wary of lookalike domains: <\/strong>Be cautious of slight variations in email addresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Implementing security measures:<\/strong> Use multi-factor authentication and other security solutions to help catch fake emails.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being educated:<\/strong> Know how to recognize the signs of BECs and what to do after receiving a suspicious email.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reporting the crime<\/strong>: If your business is a victim, report it immediately to your financial institution and your local police.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about BEC, please visit: https:\/\/rcmp.ca\/en\/federal-policing\/cybercrime\/cyber-features\/business-email-compromise<\/a>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

File #: 2025-281123, 2025-1560741<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DARTMOUTH: The Nova Scotia RCMP\u2019s Cybercrime Unit is alerting Nova Scotians to a growing cyberattack technique that has been observed across the province between March and October.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Investigators have identified a sharp increase in business email compromise (BEC) scams, where cybercriminals impersonate trusted business email accounts to deceive clients into sending payments to fraudulent bank […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[6677,185,9738,9739,2,50,121,1077,14,1344],"class_list":["post-60384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-cybercrime","tag-dartmouth","tag-elmsdsle","tag-email-scams","tag-fall-river","tag-halifax","tag-hrm","tag-nova-scotia","tag-rcmp","tag-scammers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}