Two separate scams are making the rounds in Yukon—one pretending to collect donations for the Royal Canadian Legion and another claiming to be from government Motor Vehicle Services.
Joseph Mewett, president of the Whitehorse branch of the Legion, said he was ready when scammers called asking for money.
“When we prompted them like, ‘what’s the money being used for? What’s your name?’ Things like that, they wouldn’t give any of that information,” he told CBC News. Mewett said the Legion never calls individuals for donations.
“We collect our money through the poppy campaign for veterans,” he explained, adding that when they do ask businesses for support, it’s always done in person.
He reported the scam to both the RCMP and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.
In a separate case, scammers are sending fake text messages that appear to come from Yukon’s Motor Vehicle Services. The texts falsely claim a person’s driver’s licence has been suspended due to unpaid tickets, followed by a link to “pay” online.
Brittany Cross from Yukon’s Department of Highways and Public Works said she received one of those messages herself.
“It will take you to a spoofed page that looks like something from the government of Canada,” she said. “But if you look at the URL it doesn’t look like a typical government of Canada URL would look.”
Cross warned people not to click suspicious links or give out personal information. She emphasized that Yukon’s Motor Vehicle Services never sends payment requests by text.
We continue to hear about scams popping up that start through scam calls and texts. The most recent one saw a 90-year-old retiree lose his $1.7 million in life savings. The feds claim they are going to fight fraud texts and calls, but have yet to come up with any major consequences. Canadians were scammed $643 million in 2024, which is 300% compared to 2020.
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