How to avoid being scammed by people claiming they are from the CRA. Scam or legitimate call? You may have received a call saying they are from the government telling you that you have a warrant out for your arrest? It may be a recording or an actual ...
Did you know that businesses are just as prone to scams as you are? The CAFC (Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre) reported that they received over 2,500 reports of business fraud with a total reported loss of over $17,000,000 in 2018. These numbers ...
The first time we warned people via this blog about phone scammers claiming to be with the CRA was way back in October of 2015. Back then, a rash of overly-aggressive, fake CRA representatives were calling people to threaten legal action, even prison, ...
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Thursday, January 05, 2017
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) must work harder to keep Canadians safe from savings scammers who use the questionable practice of "RRSP stripping" to evade the taxman. This directive was handed down by Tax Court judge, Justice Patrick Boyle, according ...
Many of us have encountered those nasty phone calls from menacing people with thick, foreign accents claiming to be from Revenue Canada and threatening jail or worse if we don't send them money immediately. It is a scam of which I warned my clients ...
