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Beware Of The Scammers ! :-(
April 1, 2026
10:37 am
smayer97
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Another way to minimize the risk of this kind of scenario is to ask the person to send you an Interac Payment Request. This way, the information is accurate.

April 1, 2026
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Good idea ⬆️, Smayer97❗

Would they just send a normal email, or does Interac
have a special Payment Request feature ?

    Dean

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April 1, 2026
1:43 pm
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smayer97 said
Another way to minimize the risk of this kind of scenario is to ask the person to send you an Interac Payment Request. This way, the information is accurate.  

Not every FI supports Interac "Request Money" feature. A person you are dealing with might not have account with FI that will let them send money request through Interac.
Just FYI.

April 8, 2026
2:12 pm
Dean
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sf-confused Sadly, yet another one ... https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/.....f-dollars/

My question is ... without her account number and pin number, how did the scammers do it ⁉️

I don't think all the facts have been presented here.

    Dean

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April 8, 2026
3:18 pm
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Dean said
Good idea ⬆️, Smayer97❗

Would they just send a normal email, or does Interac
have a special Payment Request feature ?
Dean  

Via your bank site, you initiate an Interac Payment Request with the payment amount desired. A special email is sent to the person, who then needs to select their bank, log in and accept the payment request for the amount shown. Interac then sends the funds for the requested amount to the initiator.

April 9, 2026
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Dean said
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Sadly, yet another one ... https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/.....f-dollars/

My question is ... without her account number and pin number, how did the scammers do it ⁉️

I don't think all the facts have been presented here.
Dean  

In the article it said that the scammer deposited the same $100 cheque multiple times, does this not raise a red flag to the bank? So the bank allows withdrawals of fake deposits, what is the hold policy on cheques for????

April 9, 2026
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itsme said

In the article it said that the scammer deposited the same $100 cheque multiple times, does this not raise a red flag to the bank? 

I find that odd, too.

I once accidentally deposited a cheque made out to my brother into my personal account. Since he was not a signatory on the account, it was rejected. We had to have another brand new cheque re-issued because I was told that even if I had retrieved the original cheque and tried to re-deposit it into his personal account, the fact that an attempted deposit had already been made, the cheque was somehow marked/recorded and could not be re-deposited in the future.

April 9, 2026
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Yeah, odd to say the least. The daughter of someone I know accidentally made a mobile cheque deposit twice and she got locked out of her account. She had to go to the branch and get it sorted out.

April 10, 2026
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The cheques were not identical. Reporter did not verify the victim's claims. The video in the CTV story shows some of the bounced cheques.

At 0:21, it shows one cheque with the cheque number 2277 in the MICR line. At 0:28, video shows a cheque with account number 100999999. At 1:31, it shows a cheque with cheque number 99999 and account number 999999999999.

I doubt any bank would accept the same cheque deposited 21 times through mobile cheque deposit into one account.

April 10, 2026
7:13 am
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Dean said

My question is ... without her account number and pin number, how did the scammers do it ⁉️

I don't think all the facts have been presented here.

Account number can be obtained from one of the cheques drawn on the account.

Don't need the account number to withdraw using the bank card. A bank card PIN can be reset. That's probably why she received a one-time verification code by SMS to her mobile phone.

If the withdrawals were done using her bank card, then how did the scammers get her bank card?

Her bank, TD, has investigated and denied her claim for the losses according to CBC story Winnipeg woman slams bank's decision not to refund her after 'dumbfounding' scam.

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