Email fraud has scammed $350K from two Indigenous businesses – OrilliaMatters.com
April 22, 2026
Both cases have involved organizations that have well established relationships with suppliers, wholesalers or contractors, warns police
The Anishinabek Police Service (APS) is warning Indigenous businesses and organizations to be aware of an active, serious, ongoing fraud threat.
In recent weeks, APS has investigated two cases of what’s known as business email compromise (BEC) in which Indigenous organizations have been the targets of significant frauds. BEC is a sophisticated fraud in which criminals send an email message that appears to come from a known source making a legitimate request.
