Cyber Analysis Group - CyberAGroup - OSINT Darkweb Investigations - Insider Threat - Crypto - Online threat & exposure - SOCMINT - Canadian
CyberAGroup is in the news: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/this-licensed-canadian-immigration-consultant-was-impersonated-by-a-fraudster-how-migrants-are-being-scammed/article_a82d72a0-df4b-11ef-8c5c-03fa0da94113.html
Due to our strict client confidentiality practices, most of our investigations remain behind the scenes. Kudos to our client, Kerry Molitor of Kelen Immigration Services (https://www.kelenservices.com), who chose to publicly expose her own battle against fraudsters to highlight a growing scam affecting the Canadian immigration consulting industry.
CyberAGroup was proud to support Kerry in defending Canadian businesses and helping to protect the broader Canadian cyber landscape. The article, however, missed a few key details: CyberAGroup successfully identified one of the scammers, uncovering their real name, photos, and location. Additionally, the scammers were using images of six sitting Canadian MPs and a Senator to lend credibility to the scam.
CyberAGroup informed Parliament Hill security and the affected politicians in late November 2024 that their images were being used to facilitate fraud; unfortunately, no action was taken until CyberAGroup had 3 of the fraudsters' websites removed. Interestingly, the scam relied on fake Instagram accounts featuring photos of the Canadian politicians. Despite challenges in getting Instagram to take any action, we are pleased to report that all the related fraudulent material has now been removed.