{"id":79768,"date":"2022-08-08T09:54:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T13:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=79768"},"modified":"2024-08-30T15:36:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T19:36:24","slug":"workshop-aims-to-keep-brock-community-safe-from-fraud-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/08\/workshop-aims-to-keep-brock-community-safe-from-fraud-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop aims to keep Brock community safe from fraud, scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A text message says a package is on its way. A phone call claims payment is due. An email asks for authentication. A person is at the door requesting a charitable donation.<\/p>\n<p>It can be difficult to tell whether these examples are legitimate solicitations or scams.<\/p>\n<p>An upcoming online workshop available to Brock University students and employees will discuss fraud and scam prevention, including recent known examples and tactics for protecting oneself.<\/p>\n<p>Co-hosted by Brock International and Student Life and Success in partnership with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS), the <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/209192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fraud and Scams Prevention Workshop<\/a> will take place Thursday, Aug. 11 from 10 to 11 a.m. on Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n<p>The event will include speakers from the NRPS, as well as Brock Information Technology Services, Campus Security Services, Co-op, Career and Experiential Education, and Student Life and Success.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop 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 identifying 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 personal identity, and the significance social insurance numbers play 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 immigration status.<\/li>\n<li>Employment scams.<\/li>\n<li>Rental scams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information or to RSVP for the workshop, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/209192\" 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>An upcoming online workshop available to Brock University students and employees will discuss fraud and scam prevention, including recent known examples and tactics for protecting oneself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,13793,7],"tags":[159,5331,135,5050,5847,3190,7822,2245,11164,11857,180,7895,4680,4476,11858,11859,2925,3306,10835,9075],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79768"}],"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=79768"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79772,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79768\/revisions\/79772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}