emortimer asked me to pass this on
Jan. 10th, 2007 11:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hel_anaemortimer's company passed this on to her, and she's asked that I spread the word.
More info at: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/newsroom/alerts/2007/a070104-e.html
Alert: Don’t be fooled by unsolicited e-mails or phone calls!
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is warning the public to beware of a number of e-mail and telephone scams in which individuals falsely identify themselves as officials from the CRA or the Department of Finance Canada.
There are many versions of the scam, but the general concept remains the same: the victim receives an unsolicited phone call from an individual claiming to be a government official or an e-mail from a legitimate-sounding generic e-mail account that appears to come from a government organization.
Typically, the scams would look like this:
1. You receive an unsolicited e-mail or phone call promising you a significant amount of money, in the form of a lottery or sweepstakes jackpot, or a tax refund.
2. To receive the promised money, you are asked to provide either an upfront deposit or confidential banking information, such as credit card or bank account numbers and passwords.
3. You are then told that someone will get back to you with the promised payout, which doesn’t happen.
4. When you try to recover the money, you find that the individual who contacted you has disappeared or never gives you a straight answer.
Do not, under any circumstances, respond to any unsolicited e-mail or telephone call asking you for money or confidential banking information. Instead, immediately contact your local police department or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
More info at: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/newsroom/alerts/2007/a070104-e.html
Alert: Don’t be fooled by unsolicited e-mails or phone calls!
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is warning the public to beware of a number of e-mail and telephone scams in which individuals falsely identify themselves as officials from the CRA or the Department of Finance Canada.
There are many versions of the scam, but the general concept remains the same: the victim receives an unsolicited phone call from an individual claiming to be a government official or an e-mail from a legitimate-sounding generic e-mail account that appears to come from a government organization.
Typically, the scams would look like this:
1. You receive an unsolicited e-mail or phone call promising you a significant amount of money, in the form of a lottery or sweepstakes jackpot, or a tax refund.
2. To receive the promised money, you are asked to provide either an upfront deposit or confidential banking information, such as credit card or bank account numbers and passwords.
3. You are then told that someone will get back to you with the promised payout, which doesn’t happen.
4. When you try to recover the money, you find that the individual who contacted you has disappeared or never gives you a straight answer.
Do not, under any circumstances, respond to any unsolicited e-mail or telephone call asking you for money or confidential banking information. Instead, immediately contact your local police department or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
