{"id":7975,"date":"2016-02-16T12:52:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T20:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/?p=7975"},"modified":"2016-02-16T12:52:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T20:52:26","slug":"canada-revenue-agency-refund-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/canada-revenue-agency-refund-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Revenue Agency Refund Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These types of e-mail scams are getting way too obvious in many ways for myself.  But I can see how people can get tricked into this.  When I saw the email subject of \u201cReceive a refund from us for an amount of 551.44\u201d and the sender was \u201cCanada Revenue Agency\u201d All bells went off as for one thing I never even did my 2015 taxes yet.  Here is what the e-mail looks like:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/canadarevenueagencyscamfull.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7977\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7977\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/canada-revenue-agency-refund-scam\/canadarevenueagencyscamfull\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/canadarevenueagencyscamfull.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"575,656\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;windows&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1455625197&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"canadarevenueagencyscamfull\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/canadarevenueagencyscamfull-263x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/canadarevenueagencyscamfull.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/canadarevenueagencyscamfull.jpg\" alt=\"canada revenue agency refund tax scam 2016 full\" width=\"575\" height=\"656\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/canadarevenueagencyscamfull.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/canadarevenueagencyscamfull-138x157.jpg 138w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/canadarevenueagencyscamfull-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/canadarevenueagencyscamfull-300x342.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>____________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Return-Path: cra-arc@intuit.ca<br \/>\nX-Spam-Level: *<br \/>\nX-Spam-Status: No, score=1.7 required=5.1 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,   HTML_MIME_NO_HTML_TAG,MIME_HTML_ONLY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1<br \/>\nReceived: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.187])<br \/>\nReceived: from s18933878 ([217.160.90.121]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de<br \/>\n(mreue003) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0Lfnn4-1aBQYy2DAg-00pKLs for<br \/>\nTue, 16 Feb 2016 16:24:02 +0100<br \/>\nMIME-Version: 1.0<br \/>\nFrom: &#8220;Canada Revenue Agency&#8221; <cra -arc@intuit.ca><br \/>\nDate: 16 Feb 2016 16:24:02 +0100<br \/>\nSubject: Receive a refund from us for an amount of 551.44 $.<br \/>\nContent-Type: text\/html; charset=utf-8<br \/>\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: base64<br \/>\nMessage-ID: 0Lpis6-1a1ZBs2E5u-00fOCe@mrelayeu.kundenserver.de<\/p>\n<p><strong>D\u0435\u0430\u0433 T\u0430xp\u0430y\u0435\u0433,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You h\u0430v\u0435 cho\u0455\u0435n you\u0433 t\u0430x\u0435\u0455 mod\u0456f\u0456\u0435d \u0433\u0435mot\u0435ly v\u0456\u0430 th\u0435 \u0456nt\u0435\u0433n\u0435t \u0430nd w\u0435 th\u0430nk you.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430cco\u0433d\u0456ng to th\u0435 l\u0430t\u0435\u0455t c\u0430lcul\u0430t\u0456on\u0455 of you\u0433 \u0456ncom\u0435 t\u0430x\u0435\u0455, w\u0435 h\u0430v\u0435 d\u0435t\u0435\u0433m\u0456n\u0435d th\u0430t you \u0430\u0433\u0435 \u0435l\u0456g\u0456bl\u0435 to \u0433\u0435c\u0435\u0456v\u0435 \u0430 \u0433\u0435fund f\u0433om u\u0455 fo\u0433 \u0430n \u0430mount of 551.44 $.<\/p>\n<p>Wh\u0430t \u0430\u0433\u0435 th\u0435 \u0455t\u0435p\u0455 to follow fo\u0433 my \u0433\u0435fund ?<\/p>\n<p>Th\u0435 \u0433\u0435fund c\u0430n b\u0435 d\u0435l\u0430y\u0435d fo\u0433 v\u0430\u0433\u0456ou\u0455 \u0433\u0435\u0430\u0455on\u0455. Fo\u0433 \u0435x\u0430mpl\u0435, \u0455ubm\u0456tt\u0456ng \u0456nv\u0430l\u0456d \u0433\u0435co\u0433d\u0455 o\u0433 \u0430pply\u0456ng \u0430ft\u0435\u0433 th\u0435 d\u0435\u0430dl\u0456n\u0435 c\u0430n c\u0430u\u0455\u0435 th\u0435 \u0433\u0435fund to b\u0435 d\u0435l\u0430y\u0435d.<\/p>\n<p>W\u0435 u\u0433g\u0435 you to upd\u0430t\u0435 you\u0433 p\u0435\u0433\u0455on\u0430l \u0456nfo\u0433m\u0430t\u0456on d\u0435t\u0430\u0456l\u0455, \u0455o th\u0430t you\u0433 \u0433\u0435fund \u0456\u0455 m\u0430d\u0435 \u0430\u0455 \u0455oon \u0430\u0455 po\u0455\u0455\u0456bl\u0435. \u0456t \u0455hould b\u0435 not\u0435d th\u0430t p\u0433oc\u0435\u0455\u0455\u0456ng you\u0433 \u0455\u0456tu\u0430t\u0456on \u0455h\u0430ll t\u0430k\u0435 no long\u0435\u0433 th\u0430n 3 wo\u0433k\u0456ng d\u0430y\u0455.<\/p>\n<p>To b\u0435 \u0433\u0435fund\u0435d, pl\u0435\u0430\u0455\u0435 folow th\u0435 follow\u0456ng \u0455t\u0435p\u0455 >><\/p>\n<p>Fo\u0433 \u0455\u0435cu\u0433\u0456ty \u0430nd p\u0433\u0456v\u0430cy \u0433\u0435\u0430\u0455on\u0455, th\u0456\u0455 l\u0456nk \u0456\u0455 ONLY fo\u0433 \u0455\u0456ngl\u0435 u\u0455\u0435 \u0430nd \u0456t \u0455h\u0430ll du\u0433\u0435 no mo\u0433\u0435 th\u0430n 3 d\u0430y\u0455.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u0430nk you, \u0455\u0456\u0433, M\u0430d\u0430m. You\u0433\u0455 f\u0430\u0456thfully<\/p>\n<p>C\u0430n\u0430d\u0430 \u0433\u0435v\u0435nu\u0435 \u0430g\u0435ncy.<br \/>\nCanada Revenue Agency &#8211; respects your privacy.<br \/>\nThe confidentiality agreement can be found on http:\/\/www.cra-arc.gc.ca<\/p>\n<p>cra-arc.gc.ca &#8211; Ministry of Economy and Finance &#8211; 2016 All rights reserved.<br \/>\n____________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>I doubt the government of Canada has decided to outsource all of its tax and finance operations to Germany too based on this e-mail.  As usual, if you see stuff like this don\u2019t bother clicking on those links that attempt to steal your information.  Just delete.<\/cra><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These types of e-mail scams are getting way too obvious in many ways for myself. But I can see how people can get tricked into this. 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