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Manitobans swindled for more than $7M last year by online scammers



Cybercrime leading to financial loss more quadrupled in Manitoba last year compared to 2020.

Manitobans lost a collective $7,053,615 to online scams in 2021, up from the $1,747,521 of 2020 and the $1,117,340 of 2019. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre shared its data with the Free Press.

“Trust nobody,” said Mathieu Manaigre, president of Avenir IT.

His company assists businesses with cyber security.

“Phishing emails have gone way, way, way up in the last couple years,” he said. “They’re getting a lot more personal.”

Criminals pretend to be CEOs or managers. They send malicious attachments disguised as voicemails and resumes.

“With the whole war going on with Russia and Ukraine, we (have seen) an increase of malicious emails asking to donate to certain funds,” Manaigre said….

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