CRA Tax Scam

• Canada Revenue Agency warns of relentless scams during tax season

  Recently, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre issued a fraud alert stating it’s receiving reports of text messages claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency.

  Consumer

  Feb 27, 2024
  
• Be wary of scams, says RCMP, especially at tax time

  The RCMP says one scam that makes the rounds in March is the commonly known Canada Revenue Agency scam, or CRA scam.

  Crime

  Mar 5, 2022
  
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• Calgary man charged in connection to $760K tax refund scam: CRA

  According to the CRA, the charges stem back as far as March 2018, when Zhu allegedly gathered personal information from people who applied to "fake job postings" that he had set up.

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2020
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• Watch a tax scammer get caught in lies after threatening to arrest Wisconsin cop

  The man on the phone kept changing his name and claimed the officer would be arrested if he didn't pay up.

  Consumer

  Mar 24, 2017
• Latest tax scam has fraudsters ‘spoofing’ Saskatoon police phone number

  The latest iTunes gift card scam has fraudsters “spoofing” the Saskatoon Police Service phone number with someone claiming to be an officer.

  Crime

  Jul 5, 2016
• Okanagan Mounties issue warning/advice about telephone tax scammers

  Police say the scammers use threatening and aggressive language to try to scare victims into paying fictitious CRA debts.

  Apr 22, 2016
• RCMP warning residents about telephone tax scam

  RCMP in Chilliwack are warning residents about a telephone tax scam that is making its way through the community.

  Crime

  Oct 6, 2015