{"id":16165,"date":"2019-07-30T13:48:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T17:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insurance-journal.ca\/article\/new-brunswick-warns-of-growing-sin-scam\/"},"modified":"2019-07-30T13:48:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T17:48:46","slug":"new-brunswick-warns-of-growing-sin-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2019\/07\/30\/new-brunswick-warns-of-growing-sin-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"New Brunswick warns of growing SIN scam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/insurance-journal.ca\/media\/photologue\/photos\/warning_sign.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Financial and Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick<\/strong>&nbsp;is warning Canadians of a growing telephone scam where fraudsters tell people that their social insurance numbers (SIN) have been blocked, compromised or suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Fraudsters may add that this is because a consumer\u2019s SIN has been linked to fraudulent or criminal activity. They say they are calling from government agencies, including&nbsp;Service Canada, the&nbsp;RCMP&nbsp;and various court houses, and can display the phone numbers of these agencies on caller ID.<\/p>\n<h5>Consumers warned of never giving away personal ID to strangers<\/h5>\n<p>Consumers who receive this call are asked to provide their SIN and other personal information, such as their date of birth, name and address. The commission is warning people that if they provide any kind of personal information to fraudsters they risk identity fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The commission also cautions that no government agency contacts people to tell them that their SIN is blocked. On top of that, people should never provide personal information over the phone to an unknown caller. If they do, the commission suggests people contact&nbsp;<strong>Equifax<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Trans Union<\/strong>&nbsp;to place fraud alerts on their accounts.<\/p>\n<p>If you think you know someone who has been a victim of fraud, the commission suggests they contact the&nbsp;<strong>Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre<\/strong>&nbsp;at 1-888-495-8501 or&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.antifraudcentre.ca\">report online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/insurance-journal.ca\/article\/new-brunswick-warns-of-growing-sin-scam\/\">Read the original article at insurance-journal.ca <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Financial and Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick&nbsp;is warning Canadians of a growing telephone scam where fraudsters tell people that their social insurance numbers (SIN) have been blocked, compromised or suspended. Fraudsters may add&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}