Should I call the police or write to Forecourt first?

If you are in immediate danger or a crime is in progress, call emergency services. For identity theft or fraud, report to your local police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre as your situation requires. Forecourt assigns civil recovery and licensed inquiry — not a criminal investigation. Say in the consultation if a police report exists or is pending.

Do I have to finish the seventy-two-hour checklist before I write?

No. If money is still moving or a limitation date is close, write now and mark the matter urgent. The checklist is for your protection; the consultation is for assignment when a civil file may be opened.

Does a fraud alert on my credit file retain Forecourt?

No. Alerts are between you and the credit bureaus. A consultation is a first contact with Forecourt. A mandate is written later, if at all.

I already have a lawyer. Can Forecourt still help after a breach?

Yes. Say so in the consultation. Forecourt can assign inquiry in support of existing counsel, additional advocacy, or both. We will not step on a retainer you already have without being asked.

Will Forecourt recover my money?

No one can promise recovery from a web page. Forecourt assigns the work that the facts support — tracing, freezing, litigation, enforcement — after a written mandate. The consultation is to see whether a file belongs here.

Is the consultation confidential?

Briefings are read by a principal and the assigned desk. We do not publish inquiries. Who sees a submission, and how long it is kept, is in the privacy policy.

A workspace used for corporate inquiry and due diligence.

After a breach

The first hours are yours. The claim, if there is one, is assigned here.

Stabilize your accounts and identity first. Forecourt is the door for civil recovery and licensed inquiry when money moved, a wire or exchange is involved, or a commercial file follows. Forecourt assigns the work. Submitting a consultation does not retain anyone.

Two tracks

Stay safe, then decide whether there is a claim.

Stay safe

The first seventy-two hours are yours.

Secure your phone line, place fraud alerts, protect your SIN and tax file, report to police if appropriate, and keep a dated diary. Forecourt does not place the alert, call your carrier, or replace a Social Insurance Number for you.

The claim door

When value moved or a commercial file follows.

If funds left an account, an exchange is in play, or you need tracing, freezing, or advocacy, write through the consultation on this site. Forecourt assigns counsel, inquiry, or both. You do not choose a desk.

First steps

Seventy-two hour checklist

If you are in immediate danger, call emergency services; if money is still moving, write now and mark the matter urgent. Take the rest as the facts allow — Forecourt does not perform these steps for you.

01
Your mobile carrier
If you suspect SIM swap or account takeover, call your carrier first. Assume SMS two-factor authentication is unsafe until the line is secured. Move critical accounts to an authenticator app or hardware key.
02
Equifax Canada
Place a fraud or identity alert on your Equifax credit file. Contact both bureaus separately — an alert at Equifax does not cover TransUnion.
1-800-465-7166 · Equifax Canada fraud line
03
TransUnion Canada
Place a potential fraud alert on your TransUnion file. Each bureau maintains its own record.
1-800-663-9980 · TransUnion Canada
04
Social Insurance Number
A new SIN is rarely issued. Do not treat “get a new SIN” as the fix. Report misuse to Service Canada, keep using the number you have unless they instruct otherwise, and watch for employment or benefit fraud in your name.
1-866-274-6627 · Service Canada SIN program
05
Canada Revenue Agency
If your SIN or tax information was exposed, call CRA individual tax enquiries. Watch for filings, refunds, or benefit changes you did not make. The automated fraud and compromised-account service is 1-800-265-2577.
1-800-959-8281 · CRA individual tax enquiries
06
Police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
Report identity theft or fraud to your local police when the facts warrant it. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre collects reports and shares intelligence — it does not replace a police file or a civil claim.
1-888-495-8501 · Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
07
A dated diary
Write down who you called, reference numbers, what was exposed, whether money moved, and when. Courts and recovery work depend on a clean timeline — start it now.

The telephone numbers above are the bureaus’ and agencies’ published consumer lines as of September 2026. They can change. This page is not a credit-monitoring product and Forecourt does not place alerts on your behalf.

Assignment

What Forecourt assigns

Civil and commercial fraud files where facts must be gathered to a standard counsel can plead from.
Tracing, freezing, and recovery work through banks and the issuers of digital dollars when the file requires those rails — named privately, never from this site.
Licensed inquiry that can be explained under oath, including field work when the facts will not wait.
Advocacy and enforcement after a judgment, when the mandate calls for it.
Joint assignment when both desks belong on the same brief. You answer the questions once; Forecourt assigns.

Limits

What Forecourt refuses

This is not a police desk. We do not take a criminal report for you.
This is not a twenty-four-hour credit-bureau call centre. We do not place fraud alerts on your behalf.
We do not sell credit monitoring or identity-restoration subscriptions.
We do not promise recovery, a freeze, or an outcome from a consultation.
Submitting the form does not open a mandate, retain counsel, or start a limitation strategy.

Consultation

What to send when you write

A short timeline: when you learned of the breach, when money moved if it did, and any court or limitation date you already know.
Which institutions you have already notified, with reference numbers where you have them.
What data was exposed — accounts, credentials, SIN, tax file, employer records.
Whether funds left an account, which rail was used if you know it, and whether anything is still in motion.
Whether you already have a lawyer or investigator on the file.

Use the consultation form on the home page, or write to briefing@web-forecourt.com if a form is the wrong instrument. A principal reads what you send within one business day, and sooner when you mark the matter urgent.

Questions

Before you write.

Assignment stays with Forecourt. The form does not retain anyone.

Should I call the police or write to Forecourt first?: If you are in immediate danger or a crime is in progress, call emergency services. For identity theft or fraud, report to your local police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre as your situation requires. Forecourt assigns civil recovery and licensed inquiry — not a criminal investigation. Say in the consultation if a police report exists or is pending.
Do I have to finish the seventy-two-hour checklist before I write?: No. If money is still moving or a limitation date is close, write now and mark the matter urgent. The checklist is for your protection; the consultation is for assignment when a civil file may be opened.
Does a fraud alert on my credit file retain Forecourt?: No. Alerts are between you and the credit bureaus. A consultation is a first contact with Forecourt. A mandate is written later, if at all.
I already have a lawyer. Can Forecourt still help after a breach?: Yes. Say so in the consultation. Forecourt can assign inquiry in support of existing counsel, additional advocacy, or both. We will not step on a retainer you already have without being asked.
Will Forecourt recover my money?: No one can promise recovery from a web page. Forecourt assigns the work that the facts support — tracing, freezing, litigation, enforcement — after a written mandate. The consultation is to see whether a file belongs here.
Is the consultation confidential?: Briefings are read by a principal and the assigned desk. We do not publish inquiries. Who sees a submission, and how long it is kept, is in the privacy policy.

Tell us what happened. We will assign the team.

Request a consultation How we can help

Stay safe, then decide whether there is a claim.

Stay safe

The first seventy-two hours are yours.

The claim door

When value moved or a commercial file follows.

Seventy-two hour checklist

Your mobile carrier

If you suspect SIM swap or account takeover, call your carrier first. Assume SMS two-factor authentication is unsafe until the line is secured. Move critical accounts to an authenticator app or hardware key.

Equifax Canada

Place a fraud or identity alert on your Equifax credit file. Contact both bureaus separately — an alert at Equifax does not cover TransUnion.

1-800-465-7166 · Equifax Canada fraud line

TransUnion Canada

Place a potential fraud alert on your TransUnion file. Each bureau maintains its own record.

1-800-663-9980 · TransUnion Canada

Social Insurance Number

A new SIN is rarely issued. Do not treat “get a new SIN” as the fix. Report misuse to Service Canada, keep using the number you have unless they instruct otherwise, and watch for employment or benefit fraud in your name.

1-866-274-6627 · Service Canada SIN program

Canada Revenue Agency

If your SIN or tax information was exposed, call CRA individual tax enquiries. Watch for filings, refunds, or benefit changes you did not make. The automated fraud and compromised-account service is 1-800-265-2577.

1-800-959-8281 · CRA individual tax enquiries

Police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre

Report identity theft or fraud to your local police when the facts warrant it. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre collects reports and shares intelligence — it does not replace a police file or a civil claim.

1-888-495-8501 · Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre

A dated diary

Write down who you called, reference numbers, what was exposed, whether money moved, and when. Courts and recovery work depend on a clean timeline — start it now.