According to the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI) 2023 annual report, there was a 248 per cent increase in the number of opened banking cases in 2023 compared to 2022.
The son of a Toronto senior who lost $8,000 in what he calls a letter-for-letter example of the so-called grandparent scam said RBC bank should have seen the warning signs and stopped the withdrawal.