The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre is a pan-Canadian organization that gathers and collates information on complaints relating to various types of mass fraud. It has created a national repository of data on marketing practices that employ fraudulent schemes targeting multiple victims simultaneously by telephone, fax, mail or the Internet. The Centre receives reports from the public and provides advice and documentation to help prevent fraud. Fraud can be reported by telephone at 1 888 495-8501 or online using the Fraud Reporting System .