About The Fraud Doctor
Practical preparation. Clear guidance. Safer decisions.
The Fraud Doctor is a Canadian business helping individuals, families and businesses prepare for suspicious requests before responding under pressure.
Based in Vancouver and serving clients across Canada, The Fraud Doctor brings together practical resources, guided education and fraud-awareness presentations.
What The Fraud Doctor does
The Fraud Doctor has a clear purpose: making fraud preparedness easier to understand and put into practice.
The focus is on the everyday decisions that matter—whether to trust a message, how to check a payment request and who to contact when something does not feel right.
The work helps people establish verification habits, identify trusted contacts and prepare a response before an urgent situation arises.
A practical approach
Fraud awareness is most useful when people know what to do next. The Fraud Doctor approach centres on a clear routine:
STOP · VERIFY · CALL™
- 01
STOP
Pause before sending money, sharing personal information or following instructions. Give yourself time to consider the request.
- 02
VERIFY
Check the request independently using contact details you already know are genuine. Do not rely on a phone number or link supplied in a suspicious message.
- 03
CALL
Contact the organization through a verified number, or speak with a trusted person, before deciding what to do.
The resources and guided education help people practise these steps and agree on how to support one another. The aim is to strengthen preparedness while respecting each person’s independence.
How The Fraud Doctor helps
Household Preparedness
Practical reference materials and tools to help households establish verification habits, identify trusted contacts and prepare for suspicious requests.
Guided Education
Sessions that help individuals and families understand warning signs, discuss realistic situations and practise how to respond.
Business & Community Presentations
Fraud-awareness talks tailored to the situations faced by businesses, associations and community audiences.
Founded by Arlene Chamulak
Arlene Chamulak founded The Fraud Doctor to translate complex fraud-risk, privacy and governance practices into practical preparation that Canadian households can understand and use.
Her background spans more than 20 years working across risk, privacy, governance and regulated technology programs. Through The Fraud Doctor, she helps individuals, families and organizations establish clearer verification habits, trusted contacts and practical response plans before a suspicious situation occurs.
The Fraud Doctor is a Canadian, founder-led business based in Vancouver and serving households and organizations across Canada.
Credentials and accountability
- BBB Accredited Business with an A+ rating
- Police Vulnerable Sector Check completed
- Member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- Professional credentials include PMP, PROSCI and CSPO
Experience & accountability
Fraud-awareness presentations have been delivered to hospitality, home-building and other business audiences in Alberta and Ontario.
The Fraud Doctor is a BBB Accredited Business with an A+ rating.
Vancouver, BC · Serving clients across Canada
For Organizations
The Fraud Doctor works with credit unions, financial advisers, seniors’ and community organizations, employers and other organizations that want to help the people they serve become fraud-ready—through workshops, fraud-readiness education and guided family preparedness.
Bring Fraud Readiness to Your MembersStart with your everyday habits.
Take the free readiness check to explore how you handle suspicious requests and identify practical areas to strengthen.
The Fraud Doctor provides education and preparedness tools. These cannot guarantee that fraud will be prevented. Readiness scores are educational indicators, not guarantees of safety. Information provided does not replace professional legal or financial advice.