The Financial and Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick announced a free webinar series for Fraud Prevention Month aimed at helping New Brunswickers identify and avoid AI-enabled fraud, after residents reported losing more than CAD 6.2 million to investment frauds and scams in 2025, most of them online. The sessions, titled Fraud Has a New Face: AI, Deepfakes, and Why Scams Can Be So Hard to Spot, will be held on March 17 in English and March 18 in French, and will explain how scammers operate and outline warning signs. The Commission also highlighted underreporting risk by noting that the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre estimates only five per cent of fraud is reported, and pointed to new online guides on AI and deepfake scams and on manipulated celebrity endorsements, as well as an email alert subscription for new consumer and investor fraud notices.
New Brunswick Financial & Consumer Services Commission 2026-02-26
Financial and Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick schedules free webinars on AI and deepfake scams
The Financial and Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick announced a free webinar series for Fraud Prevention Month to help residents identify AI-enabled fraud, following reports of over CAD 6.2 million lost to investment scams in 2025. The sessions will cover scam operations and warning signs, with additional resources including online guides and an email alert subscription for fraud notices. The Commission noted that only five per cent of fraud is reported, according to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.