Beware of Potential Consumer Scams
As a service for consumers, FSCO is providing information about potential scams relating to the sectors it regulates
Warning Notices are issued about specific entities that FSCO believes may be of concern to consumers and the business community. None of them are regulated by FSCO or licenced under any Canadian federal financial institutions legislation.
Links are also provided on this page to additional consumer protection information available elsewhere on FSCO's website, and to websites for other government agencies and organizations that provide similar information, including Phonebusters.
Recent FSCO Warning Notices
All FSCO Warning Notices
Warning Notices that have been issued by FSCO about specific entities can be accessed by selecting the name of the entity from the alphabetical listing or the chronological listing.
Additional Information Available on FSCO's Website
- General Information About Advance Fee Frauds (AFF)
- Licensing Information for Consumers (Licensing Link)
- Consumer Brochures
- FSCO Enforcement Activities
- Cease & Desist Orders
- News Releases
- Public beware - motor vehicle insurance scam in Ontario
- Illegal auto insurance arrests, Eight people face 97 charges (April 26, 2006)
- FSCO Takes Aim At Scams Through New Web Portal (April 25, 2006)
- Beware of Scams Involving Your Retirement Savings, Regulators Warn (September 23, 2004)
- No up Front Insurance Payments Necessary for Loans (March 2, 2004)
- No Insurance a Risk to All (September 12, 2002)
- Charges Laid in Unlocking Scheme (October 12, 2001)
- Ontario Proposes to Revoke Registration of the Canadian Corporation Creation Center (CCCC) Pension Plan (August 10, 2001)
- Pension Scams Cost You More than Retirement Savings (July 26, 2001)
- Phony Insurer Hit with $75,000 Fine (May 17, 2001)
- Another Barter Company Slapped with Cease and Desist Order (October 12, 2000)
- Regulator Cracks Down on Invalid Automobile Insurance Policies (July 25, 2000)
- Consumers Need to be More Savvy Says Ontario Financial Services Regulator (May 30, 2000)
- Auto Insurance Scam Uncovered by Insurance Regulator (October 29, 1999)
Information Available on Websites of Other Organizations and Government Agencies
- Ontario
- Canada
- Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Taxpayer Alert
- Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) Consumer Alerts
- Government of Canada Public Safety Portal
- Government of Canada Consumer Information Gateway
- Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI) Consumer Warning Notices
- Phonebusters - The Canadian Anti-Fraud Call Centre
- Reporting Economic Crime On-Line (RECOL)
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Frauds Scams Alert
- International
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