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Email Scam Warning
The
Canada Revenue Agency is warning consumers about
scam e-mails purporting to be sent from the federal
agency.
Unsolicited e-mails claiming to be sent from the CRA
should be deleted immediately, the CRA said in an
alert Thursday. Consumers should also not follow any
links listed in the e-mails.
"Do
not go to the websites listed in the messages as
some of these sites contain harmful software," the
federal agency said.
Different versions of the scam may promise payout
for a lottery, jackpot or tax refund. The CRA says
correspondence with taxpayers is traditionally sent
through letter mail.
In
January, the federal agency issued a similar warning
about a scam that sought bank account numbers and
passwords. Consumers were urged to check unsolicited
correspondence carefully, looking for typos,
grammatical errors and blurry letterhead.
Consumers should report suspect e-mails to
Phonebusters, an anti-fraud call centre run by the
Ontario Provincial Police and the RCMP.
Credit: RCMP and Canada Revenue
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