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Old 11-21-2019, 04:40 PM   #61
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The CRA one for some reason catches people, and they think they're paying their tax bill with gift cards.
That always makes me laugh.....how bush league would your government have to be to tell you to go out and pay them off in gift cards? I mean clearly it works, but that should be a massive red flag.
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Old 11-21-2019, 06:14 PM   #62
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That always makes me laugh.....how bush league would your government have to be to tell you to go out and pay them off in gift cards? I mean clearly it works, but that should be a massive red flag.
It is. But I find that the majority of the people that fall for it think they are getting a deal. In my experience, the CRA scam is most successful against folks new to Canada, and especially from places with governments that did/do accept bribes.

Generally, they are told they owe a large amount of money, but that the person on the phone could make it all go away, if properly motivated...hint, hint...
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Old 12-01-2019, 11:12 AM   #63
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If it wasn’t bad enough getting spam calls all throughout the day from spoofed numbers, now I am getting calls and texts at 4am from people who were called by somebody spoofing my number wondering why I am calling.
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Old 12-11-2019, 01:40 PM   #64
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Old 12-12-2019, 02:06 PM   #65
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I got two phone calls last week that said they were from Terrace, BC. I have family in BC but none in Terrace. When I googled the numbers they came up as a court or something in Terrace.


I called the number thinking maybe someone I knew was in trouble in Terrace for some reason, and literally got a recording telling me that no, they are not calling people, not asking for SIN numbers, and not going to return your call if you leave a message in regards to it.


Later in the day, I got 4 more calls, two from the Dept of Justice in Montreal, and 2 from Canada Customs at Pearson Airport.



I can understand why they're trying to spoof legit numbers from official places, but why on earth would they try places from BC and Quebec to an Ontario number?
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Old 12-13-2019, 07:49 AM   #66
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^ i have come to the conclusion that they likely do this to ensure they cnnect with the dimmest of the dim
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Old 12-13-2019, 08:35 AM   #67
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^ i have come to the conclusion that they likely do this to ensure they cnnect with the dimmest of the dim

I think the most annoying part of this is that people will think these calls are actually coming from that number and report them to those websites that list spammers.

It just irritates me that I have to soothe the mind of some dude who thinks that I called him in the wee hours of the morning and then he starts barraging me with texts asking me who I am and why I am calling him.
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Old 12-16-2019, 10:20 PM   #68
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Gees. Not a phone call but got this weird email. Like what the hell kind of dark stuff is this?

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48 hours ago, we placed 3 pocket sized explosive devices, in 3 different locations around you.

Go to <malware spewing website> to find them.
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You didn’t explode with laughter?
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Old 02-11-2020, 10:06 AM   #70
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What’s going on today? Already 6 calls from numbers out of Ontario since 7am.

edit: up to 13 now!

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Old 02-11-2020, 09:03 PM   #71
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Did they leave a message that your SIN has been flagged and if you don’t cooperate you’ll go to jail? Apparently the Dept of Justice leaves automated threatening voicemails now.
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Did they leave a message that your SIN has been flagged and if you don’t cooperate you’ll go to jail? Apparently the Dept of Justice leaves automated threatening voicemails now.

Yeah, eventually on the 15th call they left a roboticky voicemail from the department of justice saying I would be arrested if I didn’t press 1.
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