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Guest column: New scams, old scams — always be online vigilant

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Summary
Nutrition label

48% Informative

Scammers target specific holiday sales, impersonating well-known businesses, and enticing with “too-good-to-be-true” offers.

The refund scam involves getting the victim concerned over a fake invoice which leads the user to contact the criminals for a refund.

This is also the peak time of year for phishing emails impersonating prizes and rewards from Canadian Tire, Tim Hortons , CAA, Loblaws .

VR Score

24

Informative language

7

Neutral language

43

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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9

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