Financial literacy without borders
Since 2016, Yertox has delivered fraud prevention education to students across the province — reaching communities that traditional institutions consistently overlook.
See the programmeHow the organisation grew
Each stage reflects a deliberate decision — not market pressure, but a response to what students actually needed.
First cohort, London ON
The founding team ran a pilot with 34 participants drawn from community centres. The curriculum focused on phishing and identity theft — the two fraud types most commonly reported to local police at the time.
Online delivery begins
Lectures moved to a fully asynchronous format, letting participants in rural and northern Ontario complete modules at their own pace without travel.
Curriculum expansion
Investment fraud, elder financial abuse, and romance scam patterns were added after participant surveys identified these as the most pressing knowledge gaps.
Province-wide reach
Yertox now serves participants from all major regions of Ontario. Courses are available in accessible formats and reviewed annually against current fraud reporting data from the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.
Years delivering fraud prevention education across Ontario
Distinct fraud categories covered across all modules
Accessible formats — screen-reader compatible, captioned video, printable
The people behind the courses
Yertox does not employ celebrity instructors or motivational speakers. The team consists of practitioners — former financial investigators, consumer protection officers, and adult educators who have spent careers working directly with fraud victims.
Each course module is reviewed by at least two subject-matter reviewers before publication. Content is updated when the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre releases new data, not on a fixed calendar schedule.
Yertox's purpose is straightforward: give people the specific knowledge they need to recognise fraud before it happens — not after. Geography should not determine whether someone has access to that knowledge.
