On Thursday, March 13, 2014, at 9 p.m. EST, Dave Bellamy, Superintendent and Officer in Charge, GTA Financial Crime, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, will appear as a guest on #Fraudchat and provide information on how people can recognize whether they are being targeted by a scammer.
Members of the public can follow the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Ontario on Twitter at @RCMPONT (English) and @GRCONT (French).
This chat is part of a month-long series for Fraud Prevention Month on how to recognize, report and avoid fraud and scams, featuring various guest experts.
In addition to tonights chat, upcoming topics include:
- March 20: What to do if youre a victim of fraud, featuring Jessica Gunson, Crime Analyst, Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, and Dave Bellamy, Superintendent and Officer in Charge, GTA Financial Crime, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- March 27: What's in your fraud-prevention toolbox, featuring Rob Cairns, Web Designer, Social Media Consultant and Internet Security Specialist, RobertBCairns.com.
To follow #fraudchat, members of the public simply need to 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 TPS Financial Crimes.
Since November 2012, TPS Financial Crimes 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 TPS Financial Crimes at 416-808-7300 or Kristen Rose, Senior Communications Officer at the Financial Services Commission of Ontario at 416-226-7803.
Members of the public can follow the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Ontario on Twitter at @RCMPONT (English) and @GRCONT (French).
This chat is part of a month-long series for Fraud Prevention Month on how to recognize, report and avoid fraud and scams, featuring various guest experts.
In addition to tonights chat, upcoming topics include:
- March 20: What to do if youre a victim of fraud, featuring Jessica Gunson, Crime Analyst, Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, and Dave Bellamy, Superintendent and Officer in Charge, GTA Financial Crime, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- March 27: What's in your fraud-prevention toolbox, featuring Rob Cairns, Web Designer, Social Media Consultant and Internet Security Specialist, RobertBCairns.com.
To follow #fraudchat, members of the public simply need to 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 TPS Financial Crimes.
Since November 2012, TPS Financial Crimes 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 TPS Financial Crimes at 416-808-7300 or Kristen Rose, Senior Communications Officer at the Financial Services Commission of Ontario at 416-226-7803.