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Canada Revenue Agency

Phishing Scam E-mails

The email claiming to be from Canada Revenue Agency appears to be a phishing scam.  Phishing e-mails are e-mails from scam artists who use official looking webpages designed to trick you into believing they are from a corporate website that you have an account with.  Once you are at the site, they will ask you to provide or verify personal information such as bank account information, credit card information, social security information and password information.  If you get such an e-mail, you should delete it and do not provide any of the requested information.  However, if you are not convinced that you have a fraudulent e-mail, please contact Canada Revenue Agency directly and explain the e-mail you received.  If you give out any personal information, contact your bank immediately and depending on what information you gave out, it may be wise to take measures to protect against identity theft (e.g. contact credit agencies, close accounts, cleanse computer).  Many e-mail solicitations that appear to be phishing e-mails are set forth throughout this website and below: 


From: Canada Revenue Agency <cra-arc@refund.ca>
Subject: Tax Notification
To:
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 9:43 AM

Canada Revenue Agency
Online Refund Form
 
After the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 386.00 CAD.
Please submit the tax refund and allow us 3-9 days in order to process it.
A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons. For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.
To access the form for your tax refund, please click here>>

 


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