Be Aware of Scams or Websites Impersonating APEGA
Have you been contacted by a company promising an expedited APEGA licence in return for money? Have you found information online about an APEGA scholarship with an unexpected entry fee? Has someone phoned you from a company claiming to provide training and professional development hours for APEGA?
In the past few years, prospective APEGA applicants and students have reported being emailed about opportunities to improve their prospects for accessing jobs or education in Alberta, or to offer programs that will assist with licensure or academic funding, often with offers to help by expediting their application for an additional fee.
Some of these phishing requests point to a website that imitates a previous version of APEGA’s site and contains fraudulent contact information. This website uses the domain apegga.org, though there may be other web addresses that are used for the same or similar scams. These copycat websites do not belong to APEGA.
We recommend you do not reply to any emails asking for money on behalf of APEGA, do not click on any links in these emails or websites, and do not give personal information over the phone. It is important to note that all emails from APEGA will come from addresses containing the APEGA domain, apega.ca (for example, email@apega.ca) or be related to one of our promotional events, such as APEGA Nexus. We will not contact you using email addresses from other domains, such as gmail.com or yahoo.com.
As a reminder, online payment for APEGA applications and annual dues is only made through a secure web portal within myAPEGA and communication related to these payments will be found on your myAPEGA dashboard. In addition, APEGA takes your privacy very seriously and will not sell or give your information to an outside vendor without your consent.
If you have received one of these emails or come across a suspicious website purporting to be APEGA, we request that you forward the information to us at [email protected].
You should also seek further resources from the following sites:
To protect yourself and others from scams and fraud, we recommend you familiarize yourself with the tips and tricks noted on the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre website.