Promotional toolkit: Fraud prevention
Raise awareness of how to report cheating and fraudulent activity in Government of Canada contracts. You may share these promotional tools with your employees, partners, clients, professional organizations, or anyone who may be in a position to report contract cheating, fraud or other offences.
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Bilingual lock screen
This lock screen can be downloaded and used to encourage people to report fraudulent activity.
Downloadable the bilingual lock screen, English first (PNG, 311 KB)
Downloadable the bilingual lock screen, French first (PNG, 315 KB)
Image description of the bilingual lock screen
A hand presses a pink key on a keyboard on the bottom right side. Wording appears on the left that reads "Fraud prevention starts with you." Underneath that is the wording "Report suspected contract fraud" in white font highlighted in bright pink and includes the website website canada.ca/report-contract-fraud.
The Government of Canada flag and wordmark appear at the bottom of the image.
Microsoft Teams backgrounds
This lock screen can be downloaded and used to encourage people to report fraudulent activity.
Downloadable the bilingual Microsoft Teams background, English first (PNG, 290 KB)
Downloadable the bilingual Microsoft Teams background, French first (PNG, 291 KB)
Image description of the bilingual Microsoft Teams background
A hand presses a pink key on a keyboard on the bottom right side. Wording appears on the left that reads "Fraud prevention starts with you." Underneath that is the wording "Report suspected contract fraud" in white font highlighted in bright pink.
The Government of Canada flag and wordmark appear at the top of the image.
Downloadable poster
The poster provides an overview of the types of cheating and fraudulent activities that can arise in federal contracts and encourages those with information to report it anonymously.
Downloadable fraud prevention poster (PDF, 658 KB)
Image description of the fraud prevention poster
A hand holds a magnifying glass with a large eye in the centre of it. At the top of the page in white lettering over a medium blue background, are the words "Something doesn't look right?"
Along the middle of the poster, there are the words "Report fraud in federal government contracting" in white lettering and highlighted by a bright pink background. Underneath this, the website address www.canada.ca/report-contract-fraud is printed in white lettering.
The bottom half of the poster lists and describes the types of cheating and fraudulent activity in federal contracts using circular icons and white text against the same medium blue background:
- Bid-rigging: Secretly agreeing on bids with competing suppliers to manipulate the outcome of a procurement process
- Conflict of interest: Awarding contracts improperly or in a non-competitive way for personal gain
- Price fixing: Agreeing with competing suppliers to raise or fix prices charged for goods or services
- Bribery: Offering or giving something of value to a government employee to influence a contract decision
- False invoicing: Billing for goods or services that were not actually provided
- Product switching: Secretly providing inferior products
The Government of Canada flag and wordmark appear at the bottom of the image.
Web banner
The poster provides an overview of the types of cheating and fraudulent activities that can arise in federal contracts and encourages those with information to report it anonymously.
Fraud prevention web banner, with text
Downloadable the fraud prevention web banner, with text (PNG, 52 KB)
Image description of the fraud prevention web banner, with text
A hand presses a pink key on a keyboard on the right side. Wording appears on the top left that reads "Fraud prevention starts with you." Underneath that is the wording "Report suspected contract fraud" in white font highlighted in bright pink.
Underneath this text, the telephone number 1-844-365-1616 and the website address www.canada.ca/report-contract-fraud are printed in white lettering.
The Government of Canada flag and wordmark appear at the bottom of the image.
Fraud prevention web banner, textless
Downloadable the fraud prevention web banner, textless (PNG, 68 KB)
Image description of the fraud prevention web banner, textless
A hand presses a pink key on a keyboard. The keyboard fills the entire image.
Social media posts
Fraud prevention starts with you
This social media post can be downloaded and used on social media platforms to encourage people to report fraudulent activity.
Downloadable the "Fraud prevention starts with you" social media post (PNG, 120 KB)
Image description of the "Fraud prevention starts with you" social media post
A hand presses a pink key on a keyboard on the bottom right side. Wording appears on the left that reads "Fraud prevention starts with you." Underneath that is the wording "Report suspected contract fraud" in white font highlighted in bright pink.
The Government of Canada flag and wordmark appear at the bottom of the image.
Zero-tolerance for fraud
This social media post can be downloaded and used on social media platforms to encourage people to report fraudulent activity.
Downloadable the "Zero-tolerance for fraud" social media post (PNG, 41 KB)
Image description of the "Zero-tolerance for fraud" social media post
An illustrated hand is raised in a stop motion on the right side of the image. The text "Zero tolerance for fraud" is shown in a white text.
The Government of Canada flag and wordmark appear at the bottom of the image.
Taking action against suppliers of concern
The social media posts can be downloaded for use on social media platforms to help raise awareness of the channels available to report suspected fraudulent activity.
Downloadable the "Taking action against suppliers of concern" social media post (PNG, 43 KB)
Image description of the "Taking action against suppliers of concern" social media post
A large clip board is shown on the right side of the image, that includes a checklist with several check marks. A magnifying glass highlights the list, and a bright pink alert symbol. To the left is the text "Taking action against suppliers of concern" in a white font.
The Government of Canada flag and wordmark appear at the bottom of the image.
Working together to address suspected fraud in federal contracting
Image description of the "Working together to address suspected fraud in federal contracting" social media post
Two hands are shaking inside of a pink shield. To the left of the image, the text reads "Working together to address suspected fraud in federal contracting" in white font.
The Government of Canada flag and wordmark appear at the bottom of the image.
Be part of a strong fraud response
Downloadable the "Be part of a strong fraud response" social media post (PNG, 52 KB)
Image description of the "Be part of a strong fraud response" social media post
There is an illustrated person sitting at a bright pink laptop with icons above their head showing money, documents, a warning symbol and a checkmark.
The text reads "Be part of a strong fraud response" in a white font. Underneath this text is smaller font reading "Report suspected fraud to the Federal Contracting Fraud Tip Line".
The Government of Canada flag and wordmark appear at the bottom of the image.