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Canadians are confident they can spot scams, but should they be?
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Still, 89% said they feel confident in their ability to spot fraud.
Why scams are harder to spotJane Arnett, cybersecurity evangelist for Check Point, said Canadians have been bombarded with similar messages for decades on how to spot scams, such as looking for spelling and grammar errors or bad graphics, website URLs and copy-and-paste jobs.
Now, many Canadians are familiar with those signs and feel confident in their detection abilities, she said.
Fraudsters are using artificial intelligence to develop new scams faster, making it harder for Canadians to spot them, he said.
“Confidence is helpful when it comes to fraud and scams,” Wicks said.