{"id":76347,"date":"2022-02-01T09:35:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=76347"},"modified":"2022-02-01T15:42:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T20:42:01","slug":"workshops-to-help-protect-brock-community-against-fraud-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/02\/workshops-to-help-protect-brock-community-against-fraud-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshops to help protect Brock community against fraud, scams  \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University students, faculty and staff will learn how to protect themselves against common fraud and scams in Canada during two upcoming workshops with local police.<\/p>\n<p>The Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Equity, Diversity and Inclusion unit, in partnership with Brock International and Student Life and Success, will host free online workshops <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/197896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Friday, Feb. 4<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/197897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thursday, April 7<\/a>, both from 11 a.m. to noon on Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n<p>The events will cover a variety of topics, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How scams can occur (over the phone, by text message, email and door-to-door).<\/li>\n<li>Safe online purchases through Facebook Marketplace, Kijiji and other online sources.<\/li>\n<li>Scam calls, including how to confirm caller identity and identify common Canada Revenue Agency payment scams.<\/li>\n<li>Resources and support available to victims of fraud\/crime.<\/li>\n<li>Online criminal harassment and bullying.<\/li>\n<li>Protecting your personal identity, and the significance your social insurance number plays in identity theft.<\/li>\n<li>E-transfers and online money transfers.<\/li>\n<li>How being the victim of a crime or reporting a crime does not affect your immigration status.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information or to RSVP for the <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/197896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feb. 4 session<\/a> or the second workshop on <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/197897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 7<\/a>, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/organization\/studentlife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ExperienceBU<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More information on fraud prevention can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niagarapolice.ca\/en\/what-we-do\/fraudprotection.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NRPS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University students, faculty and staff will learn how to protect themselves against common fraud and scams in Canada during two upcoming workshops with local police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[11164,4680,3306,9075],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76349,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76347\/revisions\/76349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}