There is an urgent need for information on the internet that fights some of the common frauds and scams that afflict our society. That is why we have posted the links below. To help desseminate this information and undermine those who would take advantage of innocent people. It is our hope that you will not need to use the information provided. However you should be well-armed with the knowledge to avoid fraud. Click on the links and learn and then, if need be, act on what you have learnt.
Regards Moishe Alexander CEO of the Canadian Funding Corp
PhoneBusters: Anti-Fraud Call Centre
http://www.phonebusters.com/english/index.html
PhoneBusters is the central agency in Canada that collects information on telemarketing, advanced fee fraud letters (Nigerian letters) and identity theft scams. The information is disseminated to the appropriate law enforcement agencies. The data collected at PhoneBusters is a valuable tool in evaluating the effects of various types of fraud on the public. It also helps to prevent future similar crimes from taking place.
The original mandate of PhoneBusters was to prosecute key individuals in Ontario and Quebec involved in telemarketing fraud under the Criminal Code of Canada. Our mandate now also includes facilitating prosecution by United States agencies through extradition, and by the Competition Bureau under the Competition Act.
The Next Level of Customer Service: deal with complaints and avoid the taint of fraud
http://www.getsatisfaction.com/
Get Satisfaction was created as a place where customers and companies can come together to answer each others’ questions: questions about shipping, pricing, fulfillment, the product itself, and myriad other details. By putting all of these conversations in one place — and holding nothing back — we’ve created a new way to not just handle customer service, but to explore all the things we collectively love and hate about our favorite products and services, and the companies that offer them.
Identity Theft and Identity Fraud
On this site you will find information relating to identity theft and identity fraud.
Identity theft (ID theft) is an ever increasing crime, it refers to fraud that involves one or more persons taking on the identity of another person in order to steal money or get other financial benefits. The term is actually a misnomer, because it’s not actually possible to steal an identity, it’s only possible to use it. The person who’s identity is used can be put in the position of suffering the consequences of the scam when he or she is held responsible for the actions of the identity thief.
In many countries, there are specific laws in place that make it a crime to use another person’s identity to scam for personal gain. Identity theft differs from identity fraud, which is related to the usage of a “false identity” to commit fraud, identity theft means impersonating a real person.