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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) scam continues in Ontario and the scammers have added a new twist to it say OPP.
"The deceptive caller claims to be a police officer, in this case from the Arnprior OPP," says Constable Janice Sawbridge. "The call display showed the correct phone number for the Arnprior OPP 613-623-3131, which is possible due to a computer program that copies local numbers. The scammer threatened to arrest the victim unless they purchased Google play cards and iTunes gift cards.
"The victim was instructed that they had to keep the caller on the phone the whole time, and that if they hung up or advised anyone who or why they were buying the gift cards, then the police would immediately be dispatched to arrest them."
The victim lost approximately $2,800 in this scam before the real Arnprior OPP officers were advised and convinced the victim it was a scam.
The police do not call and threaten your arrest if you have money owing to the CRA. If someone calls you claiming to be an OPP officer threatening to arrest you, hang up and call the OPP dispatch centre at 1-888-310-1122.
