Got two phone calls from an officer James Morrison today around 3 oclock. Said I better contact him , it was vital and not to ignore this phone call. Said my lawyer or myself better phone him back. When I phoned back this east Indian fella said he would look up why they phoned, but it would take 5 minutes. Within 2 mins he came back. He said James Morrison was gone for the day . When I asked what it was about it was nothing but static, I told him to phone back with a proper phone. He said I would go to jail if I did not talk with him. I hung up. I figured it was a scam now I know it is. Thank you to all the people who have reported this.
I just received a call from this number too... Left message saying his name was : Officer James Morrison; the phone number (289-328-0242) is a "direct line" to his "division's hotline". If I did not return the call, or have my lawyer, that I would suffer grave consequences. But the thing is....he talked very fast but with an accent, but when he said his name, " officer...." He seemed to be reading it...paused to make sure it was clearly heard. I know I have nothing to be worried about, so I do not intend on calling him back! If he was an officer, he would have identified what city, and his intention for the call ...and would never threaten a person over the phone...on a voice message that was recording his threat! Hope we find out more about this guy....
Here's a good one!!! My family received another call from 1-289-328-0242 (a different number than before) a person with a very broken accent who threatened (yelled) and spoke very fast left 2 messages. He indicated that if we don't come up with $5000 to pay for our taxes or lack of taxes on our stocks and/or if they don't hear back from our lawyer then we'd go to jail. I tried calling the number back and it rang busy. We've been received a lot of calls from these people. It's a scam. CRA and Government don't threaten people and they would indicate if there was a problem via letter. Please report these kind of people to the CRA Fraud team (1-888-495-8501) and your local police so they can do research. The Fraud team told me to tell everyone to spread the word about these people...in any shape or form (ie: FB, any "Caller" websites" and to your family and friends).
UPDATE: Got a hold of someone at 1-289-328-0242 who spoke very very fast and with a broken accent. All I could make out was that he said he was the "CRA Police"...which there is no such thing. I asked for his badge number but he said it so fast that I didn't get it all. Then he asked me what I wanted. I told him that he was calling my family threatening that they'd go to jail if they didn't pay their tax fines. He wanted my family's number and I told him no. He then got mad at me and raised his voice saying "well, how am I to look up the information". I said, "listen, I work for the CRA and my husband is a police officer"...he then cut me off very rudely and said "Look, why don't you strip down to your lying naked self and start and in the minor at how you lie and then call me back"...then he hung up. BAHAHAHA - What a loser!!
A friend of mine, still relatively new this country, just told me that they got a call from this fraudster. While one could perhaps find it curious how a person with a hard Sri Lankan accent would be Christened by the name "James Morrison", but beyond the obvious laugher for impersonation is the veiled threats that by now should be a matter before law enforcement to investigate. Can you say- "Activation of a Tamil Tigers cell?/!!! Hey "James" Sri-ramalama-dingdong, prepare to meet our deportation system !!