{"id":44160,"date":"2021-04-28T08:02:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T12:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=44160"},"modified":"2021-04-26T12:31:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T16:31:35","slug":"tax-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/28\/tax-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Competition Bureau of Canada has published the <em><u>The Little Black Book of Scams 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Edition<\/u><\/em> and it is available online at <em>https:\/\/www.competitionbureau.gc.ca\/eic\/site\/cb-bc.nsf\/eng\/04333.htm<\/em><em>. <\/em>The information is invaluable and should be of interest to virtually everyone.\u00a0 Over the next few months we will be publishing the information from the <em><u>The Little Black Book of Scams 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Edition, <\/u><\/em>one scam at a time.<em><u>\u00a0 <\/u><\/em>\u00a0Last week we published Romance Scams.\u00a0 Today the topic is:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tax Scams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Get a call or email from the CRA? (Canada Revenue Agency) Make sure it is real!<\/p>\n<p>You get a text message or an email from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) claiming you are entitled to and extra refund and all you need to do is provide your banking details.\u00a0 Watch out-this wonderful-if-true situation is exactly what a tax scam looks like.\u00a0 Another variation is that they call you to say that you owe the CRA money and that you need to pay it right away, or else they will report you to the police.\u00a0 In any case, if you do receive a call, letter, email or text saying you owe money to the CRA you can double check online via \u201cMy Account\u2019 or call -1-800-959-8281.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips to protect yourself:<\/strong>\u00a0 The CRA will never<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use aggressive or threatening language.<\/li>\n<li>Threaten you with arrest or send police.<\/li>\n<li>Ask for payments via prepaid credit cards or gift cards, such as iTunes, Home Depot, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Collect or distribute payments through interac or e-transfer.<\/li>\n<li>Use text messages to communicate under any circumstances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Emails from the CRA<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Never ask for financial information<\/li>\n<li>Never provide financial information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The CRA\u2019s accepted payment methods are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Online banking<\/li>\n<li>Debit card<\/li>\n<li>Pre-authorized debit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you suspect a scam, always report it<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, managed by the RCMP, the Competition Bureau and the Ontario Provincial Police, has plenty of information on fraud.\u00a0 Power up today by visiting www.antifraudcentre.ca!<\/p>\n<p>Additional organizations to contact depending on the situation:<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-888-495-8501\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 www.antifraudcentre.ca<\/p>\n<p>Competition Bureau\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-800-348-5358\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 www.competitionbureau.gc.ca<\/p>\n<p>Consumer Affairs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 www.consumerhandbook.ca<\/p>\n<p>Securities Administrator\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 www.securities-administrators.ca<\/p>\n<p>Ontario Provincial Police\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-888-310-1122<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Competition Bureau of Canada has published the The Little Black Book of Scams 2nd Edition and it is available online at https:\/\/www.competitionbureau.gc.ca\/eic\/site\/cb-bc.nsf\/eng\/04333.htm. The information is invaluable and should be of interest to virtually everyone.\u00a0 Over the next few months we will be publishing the information from the The Little Black Book of Scams 2nd &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 12:41:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44161,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44160\/revisions\/44161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}