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How to spot a phishing scam from the so-called taxman
#SCAM #ALERT / #WARNING:
— Shay (Shai) Yufa-Laserson (@ShayLaserson) April 8, 2018
Do not click if received! Block this number ASAP! Please share with friends and loved ones! #CRA @CanRevAgency #canada #ontario #toronto @TorontoPolice @rcmpgrcpolice pic.twitter.com/OtPvt5iZZ1
There are many variations of email scams floating out there, too. A recent one you may have come across has obvious red flags.Got a call today from what I assume was a #CRAscam guy, but he didn't wait for the beep so I didn't hear where he claimed to be calling from. Just that if I don't return his call, well, all he can do is wish me good luck. Thanks, man!
— Megan Zinn (@meganzinn) March 26, 2018
Where to begin? Firstly, the phoney email comes from a suspicious address: [email protected]. Real CRA emails have this as part of the address: @cra-arc.gc.ca. Oh, and all of their email correspondences will include French translations.
The graphic that sits atop the fake email looks like it was hastily put together. Real CRA emails usually don’t have any graphics or images at all and never include external links. If you’ve signed up for email notifications from the government agency, it will do just that—notify you to log into your myCRA account for more information, but it will never direct you to a specific link.
One of the biggest tells in that fake email is the rampant grammar and spelling errors. Who doesn’t look forward to receiving their Tax “Refound”?
@_HaltonHills @TownOfMilton the @CanRevAgency will not send your tax refund to you by @INTERAC #ETransfer. Don’t fall for this #CRAScam. #StayWoke #WhatTheFraud #MiltonON #HaltonON #KeepYourMoney ^pk pic.twitter.com/BcLlTsfGAm
— HRPS Milt HHills (@HRPSMiltHH) March 22, 2018
To find out more about CRA scams and how to spot them, read this. Here’s how to report fraud to the CRA.
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