TORONTO: Toronto police from North York’s 31 Division have issued a fraud alert about a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) scam involving Apple iTunes gift cards.
Police said the CRA won’t ask for overdue tax payments to be made by the gift cards and won’t ask for the access/PIN code for iTunes cards.
The CRA also won’t send police officers “in less than an hour to arrest individuals for immediate non-payments,” police said.
Anyone contacted by someone claiming to be a CRA agent should be cautious about providing information and shouldn’t be afraid to ask for the person’s credentials and phone number.
People who have been defrauded by this or any other scam should contact police to have an incident report taken.
For more information, visit antifraudcentre.ca or contact the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501.
