Since the beginning of this year there have been over 805 complaints made to RCMP Detachments in Saskatchewan about the Canada Revenue Agency or CRA scam.  17 individuals in the province have been victimized with nearly 70 thousand dollars in losses.

The callers threaten arrest, legal action, seizure of homes, vehicles and other assets if a payment is not made to the Agency.  The callers will often be aggressive if victims don’t comply with their demands.  The callers can be spoof local telephone numbers or even RCMP Detachment numbers although most come from numbers with area codes outside Saskatchewan or 800 numbers.

The RCMP remind you the CRA will never contact people by phone, text or email and ask for personal information or demand payment.

If you have provided personal information to one of these callers contact the RCMP, your bank, financial institution and credit card company.