Note the caller's name, phone number, and office location and tell them that you want to validate their identity first.If you have any concerns about a communication, take steps to substantiate their claims. When in doubt The CRA will allow you to verify their authenticity. Ask you to leave your personal information on an answering machine.Ask for immediate payment by prepaid credit cards, gift cards, bitcoin or other digital currencies.Ask for any kind of personal information through email or text message.Ask for personal or financial information through an unsolicited email.Threaten you with immediate arrest or a prison sentence.What to look out for The Canada Revenue Agency will never: If you have any doubts about a piece of correspondence claiming to be from the CRA, call your Tax Advisor at Bateman MacKay LLP and get the CRA in touch with your representative. The CRA may contact you by phone or email for legitimate tax reasons, but there are certain behaviours to look for that may expose the communication as fraudulent. These exchanges can lead to identity or financial theft. Some communications will demand personal information such as credit card, bank, or passport information. These communications usually refer to unpaid taxes that must be paid immediately or severe punishment will follow. The weeks immediately following a tax deadline are a high traffic time for fraudulent Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) phone calls and emails.
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