Government Impersonation, Phishing Are Top Financial Scams, Interac Survey Finds

Government Impersonation, Phishing Are Top Financial Scams, Interac Survey Finds
Canadian $100 bills are counted in Toronto, on Feb. 2, 2016. The Canadian Press/Graeme Roy
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A new Interac survey finds government impersonation is one of the biggest financial scams plaguing people across Canada.

Forty-two percent of survey respondents say they’ve dealt with scammers pretending to be representatives of official government institutions.