Fake text message and email campaigns trying to get money and information out of unsuspecting Canadian taxpayers have started circulating, just months after the federal government rebranded the carbon tax rebate the Canada Carbon Rebate.
"The Canada Carbon Rebate is a tax-free amount to help eligible individuals and families offset the cost of the federal pollution pricing. To receive your CCR payment see…“ one circulating text message campaign says.
“A lot of these messages are getting more sophisticated and legitimate looking,’ Horncastle warned. “They want to use your personal information to apply for credit cards, apply for bank accounts, cell phones, whatever they can. If you are not sure … reach out to the agency directly.”The Canada Revenue Agency says it is seeing an increase in phishing scams and has been made aware of this recent campaign, posting a warning this week on its website.
"If we can speak the language that people speak because people say the words 'carbon,' they say the words, 'rebate,' right? And if we can speak that language that's important, so people understand what's going on here," Labour Minister A lawyer who negotiated a pair of hush money deals at the centre of Donald Trump's criminal trial recalled Thursday his "gallows humor" reaction to Trump's 2016 election victory and the realization that his hidden-hand efforts might have contributed to the win.
A synagogue in North York was badly damaged in a two-alarm fire Thursday morning that left one person injured, and officials are working to determine the cause of the blaze.Calgary police and a local advocacy group are urging citizens to watch for warning signs following a deadly domestic assault in the community of Redstone.In an effort to revitalize itself, Fort Calgary is changing its name and logo to reflect more of the history of the location where it sits.
Waterloo regional police are investigating a theft from a cultural display set up at The Healing of the Seven Generations in downtown Kitchener.'Healthy, happy calves': Cow gives birth to rare set of quadruplets in SaskatchewanSaskatoon police are asking for the public’s help in investigating a serious assault that occurred on April 24 near a gas station in the 300 block of Confederation Drive.
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