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Bread price-fixing settlement scammers are trying to get your dough
Scammers are using fake Verita sites and texts to seek personal and credit-card details from claimants awaiting payouts from the $500 million settlement.
- Scammers are sending phishing texts impersonating Verita Class Action Services, the administrator for the Canadian Bread Class Action settlement, to deceptively solicit credit card information from eligible claimants.
- Verita has issued security warnings stating, "No text messages will be sent to you," as the legitimate claims process for the settlement officially closed on December 12, 2025.
- The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has logged nine reports of phishing texts since March 1, with four victims confirming their credit card information was compromised, including Elizabeth Haddock.
- Confirming "This is fraud," lawyer Jay Strosberg of Strosberg Wingfield Sasso LLP said the firm is actively working with the RCMP and the CAFC to remove recurring fraudulent websites.
- Experts warn that scammers are increasingly weaponizing generative AI to orchestrate highly targeted attacks, explaining the rapid emergence of copycat websites that evade detection despite repeated takedown requests.
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