If you’ve been contacted by these fraudsters, you can report it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. If you suspect you may be the victim of fraud or have been tricked into giving personal or financial information, contact your local police.
Here are some actual examples from the CRA website:
The CRA will never request information from a taxpayer pertaining to a passport, health card, or driver’s licence.The CRA will never request, by email, personal information of any kind from a taxpayer.The CRA will never request payments by prepaid credit cards.If you’re not sure if you actually owe money to the CRA, please contact the CRA directly. In some cases, the fraudster will tell you that unless you pay a certain amount of money, you’ll be sent to jail. To collect your money or fix the problem, the scammer asks you to supply identification information, such as social insurance, credit card, bank account or passport numbers. In Scams & fraud, Telecommunications on by Melaina :: Tags: Consumer alert :: Comments (616) Have you been contacted by someone claiming to be from Canada Revenue Agency? It may be a scam!īe extra cautious if you received a mail, email or phone call from someone claiming to be from the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA). They may say you’re owed a refund or alert you to an issue with your taxes (such as missing information or claims that you’re committing tax fraud).