Expert tips on how to keep online identity in Windsor safe after increase in fraud Social Sharing

Statistics Canada's release of 2018 police-reported crime statistics showed a 45 per cent increase in fraud in Windsor.

There were 160 incidents of cyber crime reported to police locally — roughly anything that uses a computer or data to commit crime. 

• Cybercrime is going up across Canada and most cases remain unsolved
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