I got a few calls from this number lately. Today I found 2 voicemails from this number. "My name is officer James Morrison, please return this call. If you do not return this call with your attorney then all I can say is good luck to you" was the first one. The second one said "My name is officer James Morrison. The issue is time sensitive. The hotline to my number is 705-805-4182. Don't try to disregard this message." The same voice for both, he had an Indian accent.
Clearly a scam. I've gotten about 10 CRA scam calls this past year.
Also, with the real government, if one has an issue there is paperwork not phone calls. They owed me money once so when I went to claim it they audited me. It was just paper being sent back and forth. They wouldn't leave crazy calls like the ones claiming a police officer is sent out or will show up at the doors...
This has to be a prank call. My father picked up the phone, and was speaking to a guy with an Indian accent. This guy said he is from the CRA and that my father is charged with fraud, and that police are on their away to arrest him. I thought this was ridiculous, as my father is an perfectly innocent retired man. I redialled the number again, and a man answered saying this is the CRA. He said very strangely that my father is going to be arrested, the police are coming. He kept questioning 'where's your lawyer? where's your lawyer?' The last thing he said was," the police are coming, and they are going to 'blast' the front door. I heard a faint laughing voice from a female as the line was cut. I tracked the CRA number and it did not match the number on my call display which was 17058054182, so then I came to the conclusion that it was a prank call.
I'm just giving my statement of the idiots who pranked called us, so then others who get a call from this number are cautious.
Just got a call, let my machine get it. Surprisingly they left a message using a computer voice saying they are from CRA and I couldn't understand much more of the message other than I should call them.....fat change I'm gonna call spammers! I'm also an innocent retired woman. Thank you Nira for sharing.
Got a cal 10 minutes ago from this number, even though I answered it took about 3 seconds before what appears to be a canned message of someone with a heavy East Indian accent. He was speaking very fast and angrily, claiming to be from the CRA and that I or my attorney were to call him urgently, that I should not ignore this message, etc. I think he gave his name but I honestly could not get it he spoke so fast and non-stop, Officer James Morrison or something like that. This is obviously a prank done in bad taste around tax time, the CRA would never be this unprofessional.
This stupid person calls my father at lunch, in the afternoon and at night. They left a message that you can hardly understand. They try to "scare" you, by using words like "officer" and "lawyer". They are scum and should be reported!
I got a few calls from this number lately. Today I found 2 voicemails from this number. "My name is officer James Morrison, please return this call. If you do not return this call with your attorney then all I can say is good luck to you" was the first one. The second one said "My name is officer James Morrison. The issue is time sensitive. The hotline to my number is 705-805-4182. Don't try to disregard this message." The same voice for both, he had an Indian accent.
Clearly a scam. I've gotten about 10 CRA scam calls this past year.
Also, with the real government, if one has an issue there is paperwork not phone calls. They owed me money once so when I went to claim it they audited me. It was just paper being sent back and forth. They wouldn't leave crazy calls like the ones claiming a police officer is sent out or will show up at the doors...