Have you received calls saying you broke any laws or didn't pay taxes?

From countries as far away as India or China, but also in Canada itself, operations centers have been created which, through threatening calls, seek to defraud Canadians, assuring them that they have broken a law , that they did not pay taxes or even that they did not pay taxes. the number they have to work with has been used illegally, so the person concerned pays for an alleged offense that they did not commit, in order not to be judged, which turns out to be a scam. The RCMP reports that there are already approximately 4,000 victims of this type of scam across the country, who have lost approximately $15 million that will be difficult to recover.

OTTAWA.- Victoria, British Columbia Police Commander Matt Rutherford made headlines these days because he videotaped the moment he received a call from a scammer , supposedly from the Canadian tax office, accusing him of economic crime. When he wanted to investigate, the criminal hung up, because apparently he realized that they were tracking him, but this has been happening to hundreds of Canadians for months, who are receiving strange calls on their cell phones, even in Chinese, of State. agencies in the country that announce that he has committed a crime and that he has been punished, for which he must pay, but in reality it is a scam, into which some fall.

Canadian police have reported detecting a large number of scammers posing as real tax agents, but it's a problem that gets worse in the first few months of the year as tax season approaches. payment of taxes.

A gang that had a luxurious operations center just to call Canadians was busted for alleged fraud using their social security numbers, but the real crooks were them, according to Indian police reports.

According to New Delhi Police Commissioner Sameer Sharma, 32 people aged 19 to 37 were arrested in the city after uncovering “an elegant international scam call center targeting Canadian citizens.” During the operation, 55 computers, 35 cell phones and other equipment were confiscated, containing information on numerous Canadians, which the fraudsters used during the calls. The gang's operations center operated at night in India, so they could call Canadians in the morning or afternoon.

According to Indian police, the scammers said they posed as genuine Canadian police officers or tax office agents, allowing them to rob people, one of whom managed to hand over $13,500 to avoid to be accused of an alleged crime, for which he would end up in prison if he did not pay.

They reported that scammers first threaten the person with arrest, then offer the victim the chance to pay to resolve the alleged problem, before moving to trial.

The Canadian Anti-Fraud Center (CAFC) notes that this type of scam has been on the increase since September. According to researchers, criminals take their victims' information from social media, or from websites that ask for their phone number, or during a certain type of advertisement, in which a person's phone number is provided as contact. The BC officer who made the video recommended that the best thing to do in these cases is to give no information and hang up quickly.