Home improvement scams top the list when it comes to fraudsters targeting Canadians during the COVID-19 crisis. Canadians reported losses of more than $50,000 to this particular scam between March 1 and May 31, according to the Better Business Bureau on Tuesday. “Are they asking me to pay a lot of money up front?
Are they saying they are going to do a transaction without a contract? Are they saying cash only as the method of payment? Those are some of the key signs you may be stumbling into a home improvement scam,” said Karla Laird, the organization’s mainland B.C.
spokesperson. The bureau recently reviewed several scams that have been the most prevalent during the coronavirus pandemic. Here is its list: Unsuspecting victims come across