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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, M arch 3 , 2 0 1 7 | 12 T H A N KY O U $4.5 M IL L IO N fo r our c o m m u n ity Key is to know hallmarks of fraud about fraud and how to protect themselves through the 3Rs: Recognition, Rejection and Reporting. The central theme for 2017 is Don't Buy Into Fraud. To accomplish this agencies will carry out a number of activities and initiatives specific to their jurisdiction. In Halton, these will include weekly Fraud of the Week press releases detailing current/ popular schemes, increased promotion of fraud-related arrests to the press and through social media, a live fraud Q & A on Twitter (@ HaltonPolice) on Friday, March 17, from 11 a.m .- noon) and fraud information sessions for seniors offered at retirement homes throughout Halton. More information about fraud, including a number of useful links and resources, is available at at www.haltonpolice.ca/about/ specializedunits/fraud.php or by following the hashtag #FPM 2017 on Twitter through @ HaltonPolice. Anyone with information about a fraud or any similar crime is asked to call the Regional Fraud Bureau intake office at 905-465-8741 or email Fraud@haltonpolice.ca. Tips can be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers through its See Something, Hear Something, Say Something line at 1-800 222-8477 (TIPS), through the web at www. haltoncrimestoppers.ca, or by texting Tip201 with your m essage to 274637 (crimes). continued from p.2 M A D E P O S SIBLE BY YOU U nited W a y Oakville "The reality is fraud is a moving target - no sooner does word spread about one scam then it's on to another," noted Lawson. "While the specifics surrounding a scam may differ, they are all rooted in deceit. The key is to know what to look for." About 2,200 fraud reports came in to Halton police in 2016, an average of six a day. Lawson manages a unit split into two teams, credit card and corporate fraud; there are five members on each squad. The `card' team concentrates on street level crime. It laid 430 charges in 2016. Exam ples of typical reports the public make to Halton police include the Kijiji scam where som eone advertises concert tickets, accepts payment but does not deliver any tickets. The card team also deals with cases involving people who produce fake identification in order to gain access to a credit card, those who make fake credit cards and individuals that intercept legitimate cards in the mail. The corporate fraud team laid 31 charges against adults in 2016. "Those cases are far more com plex," Lawson observed, noting one case that began last year involves a condo corporation, multiple investors and allegations of more than $3 million in fraudulent activity. That's where public education comes in. Now in its 13th year, the aim of Fraud Prevention Month is to teach Canadians If you'd like to advertise your place of worship in this feature please call J E N N I F E R G O U L D 2 8 9 '2 9 3 '0 6 8 3 PEN TEC O STA L P R E S B Y T E R IA N P R E S B Y T E R IA N K n oxPresbyterian C h urch w arm lyw elcom es youto groww ithus infaith this Sunday SUNDAY Bible Teaching & W orship Service, 12:30-2:30pm (S O U T H R ID G E R O O M ) Sunday, March 5th 10:30Worship & Communion Join us after the service for our ann ual International Pot luck lunch at 11:45 follow ed by a Congregational m eeting at 12 :30 . Lenten Lunches at Knox have started! .Join us everyW ed Jit: noon until April 12 . Just being your lunch and coffee, tea Jind sweets jure provided. IROQUOIS RIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE 1051 Glenashton D r. Glenashton & E ighth Line N ew life g ro w in g . S u n d a y s at 10am FRIDAY Teaching & Youth Service 7 - 8 :30 pm Tel: 416 - 892-8123 Fax: 1- 866 -281-5983 Pastor: Elder M.J. Brissett Em ail: mjbrisse@yahoo.ca T r a f a lg a r PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH trafalgarchurch.ca 905.842.2800 354 U pper M iddle Road E. (access from Litchfield Road) JESUS IS LORD K nox OAKVILLE Lakeshore & Dunn 905.844.3472 KnoxOakville.com