On Thursday, March 20, 2014, at 9 p.m., Jessica Gunson, Analyst/Intelligence Researcher for the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre and Superintendent Dave Bellamy, Officer in Charge of GTA Financial Crime for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, will appear as guests on #Fraudchat. They will provide information on what to do if youre a victim of fraud.
Members of the public can follow the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre on Twitter at @CanAntiFraud, and they 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. Details on the final chat in the series are as follows:
- 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., 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., 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 Toronto Police - Financial Crimes. 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.
Media inquiries
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.
For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.
Members of the public can follow the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre on Twitter at @CanAntiFraud, and they 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. Details on the final chat in the series are as follows:
- 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., 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., 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 Toronto Police - Financial Crimes. 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.
Media inquiries
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.
For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.