How to protect yourself from online scams

This summer has been full of major scams in the news, like the $11-million loss at MacEwan University, the RCMP scam or the Equifax hack which made headlines in the last couple weeks. The Internet can be the wild west for scams if you’re not careful. Posting too much personal information in your social networking profile could result in identity theft, financial fraud and monetary losses. You should consider whatever you post as being accessible to the entire world. If you would not put it on a public bulletin board, then do not post it online. Even if you delete your profile, it can still…