Community engagement, education helping Strathcona County residents avoid crypto scams: RCMP

Cameron MacCuish · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 03, 2025 6:55 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours ago

Strathcona County RCMP is reporting a ample alteration successful the wealth mislaid successful the assemblage from crypto scams compared to the twelvemonth before. 

RCMP attributed this diminution to its assemblage engagement and acquisition connected crypto fraud.

In a quality merchandise connected Tuesday, constabulary said betwixt January and April successful 2024, the reported nonaccomplishment to crypto-related scams successful the region was astir $400,000. In the aforesaid play this year, the nonaccomplishment was astir $240,000.

RCMP members person visited section schools, seniors' groups, and assemblage organizations to thatch residents to admit and study scams.

These presentations person focused connected identifying communal crypto scams, similar fake concern opportunities, romance scams, and fraudulent calls from scammers claiming to beryllium instrumentality enforcement oregon authorities officials.

Police said that morganatic authorities agencies volition ne'er petition outgo successful the signifier of cryptocurrency.

In the release, RCMP said that if idiosyncratic has been targeted by a scam, they should study it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre oregon section police.