Migrants targeted in Canadian immigration scam on Facebook

Scammers posing as immigration lawyers targeted Facebook groups with tens of thousands of users, new report reveals

Scammers posing as Canadian immigration lawyers have targeted Facebook groups with tens of thousands of users, a new report reveals.

The posts, documented in a new report by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), the research arm of watchdog group the Campaign for Accountability, have been flagged as potentially fraudulent by Latin American and Canadian authorities but continue to proliferate.