Jul 3, 2015
I received a call from a man who was clearly in need of English lessons, identified himself as a CRA (Canada Revenue Agency) auditor. The Audit department of the CRA calls people now and threatens to cancel your social insurance number, your passport, your drivers license, as well as issue an arrest warrant, unless you pay the outstanding balance on your file. My bill was $1968.42. ... I asked for my file number. Because this is a confidential call he would not release this to me. I asked for his name and ID # He told me his name, I could never be able to pronounce it if you asked me. I told them to issue the arrest warrant and I would like to speak to a judge about this. He was persistent on settling the matter for me today by paying something on this bill to show my good faith. It is clearly a scam, preying on people who don't know any better. I think if they spoke better English they might have more success. Lets hope they fail miserably.