This is simply just another phone number in long list that scammers will use in order to run a shakedown scam on unsuspecting people.
Here's how this particular scam played out for me:
-Fake officers by the name of John Palmerson/John Thomas/Joseph Martin (basically any generic white sounding name) will contact you and ask to speak to only the homeowner of the current house regarding a federal matter that involves a complaint against his/her identity. He will correctly identify the homeowner by name (it isn't hard to find for most people to find - simple 411 lookup by phone number)
-He'll then claim that you owe taxes in X amount of dollars to the Canada Revenue Agency (in our case they claimed $45,000!)
-Will try to intimidate/scare you by saying pay up or you will be arrested and go to prison
-He will also claim that they will try to help you out in terms of payment (they're just looking for whatever amount they can get). I believe that they are trying to target mostly individuals with names from South Asian countries like India/Pakistan and the like.
A simple google search of "647 800 tax scam" pulls up multiple hits of this scam.
Simply ignore the scammers and report this number to your local police fraud department and also your federal anti fraud centre.
Indian accent guy calls says he is an officer investigating you and gets nervous when you start questioning him. Report him to cops do not give out any personal information. Fraud!
This is a criminal extortion scam operating out of India. They are making the calls utilizing VOIP and the names of legitimate firms to make it appear the calls are originating from within the US. There is NO "company" or "debt" and you will NOT be arrested. They are harvesting and/or buying consumers' personal identifying information and you need to do whatever you can to protect yourself. This includes: Notifying the FTC: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/, placing fraud alerts with all three credit bureaus, notifying your bank and employer and letting these criminals know you are aware they are attempting to extort money for a non-existent debt and have alerted the authorities.
I received a call from this number. He introduced himself as Jim Walker from Federal Crime Investigation of Canada. He was saying that I owe Revenue Canada , State division X amount . He said , dept. issued three notices to you and now they are proceeding to court. The court cost will be Y amount. He wanted me to pay the amount right a way so that the dept. does not proceed against. He wanted my cell and wanted to guide me how to pay the amount. I asked tell me the dept. name , I will go and pay there if I owe any amount to govt. He got frustrated when he found out that I know Canadian system .He started to speak foul language and threating to issue arrest warrant and deportation etc.
I am surprised that these kind of activities are carried out from the Toronto ph.no. It is pretty scary , if someone new to Canada does not have that knowledge , they will get money from him on cell phone. I will report this .