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Old Oct 18, 2018, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by WishfulThinker66 View Post
The latest scams here in Canada are the "CRA" and "RCMP" scams.

Essentially the one says the Canada Revenue Agency is coming after you for unpaid income taxes. The second is that the police have warrants out for your arrest and if you pay them (the scammer) money they will have the warrants cancelled.

It couldn't be more obvious these aren't legit as in both cases the grammar and diction of the caller is miserably bad. That should be the first clue. The second? The government is not going to ask for iTunes cards as payment. Honestly, I don't get how people fall prey to this. Yet, they do - by the thousands. I don't get how stupid people can be.

Also, I just had an acquaintance scammed as she was positive she had a relationship with Rick Springfield and, at his insistence, sent him money for a trip here to meet her. How on earth can this have happened to her? How could she have been so naive? Look, no celebrity is going to ask for money to visit you. Period.
I know these scammers love to take advantage of not only the elderly but young people as well. They are just to darn lazy to work and get a paid job so they scam people. I just had a phone call as soon as I said if you are a scammer guess what they hung up, We also had income tax fraud scans to matter of fact I got two phone calls claiming to be from the IRS I say that is bull. They claimed that I was being sued for not paying my taxes sure right ,the Irs doesnt call you They just want your social security number along with your credit card no, well they wont be getting any messages from me, You have to be so stupid to fall for these scams. I just dont know how some people fall for this kind of stuff. Watch out for your mail to I am getting them sent to me from the post office. Dont know how they get our phone number and address but they do.I often wonder how these scammers would feel is someone scammed them. They are the worse useless form of life I have ever seen . I wish someone could catch these criminals. I have reported the phone calls to the do not call register they dont do a darn thing. I still get calls when someone calls and I do not recognize there no I wont answer the phone and I look up that no to see if it is legit most of the time it is not.