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Delivery scams on rise amid Canada Post strike, holiday shopping season

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Canadians face a fresh wave of scams as fraudsters seize on the Canada Post strike to try to trick victims out of their cash.

Equifax Canada is filing up to “ 87 in one report in one day coming from the same IP addresses,” says Octavia Howell .

Canada Post has asked Canadians to be on guard for telltale signs of a phishing scam or fraud attempt.

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