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She’s 68, in professional practice and has lived in Canada since she was nine months old, but a call from “police” threatening her with deportation for “violating Bill C-54” still left her rattled.
“I was wondering, is this real? Is it a hoax?” said the woman, who asked that her name not be used. “I’m a professional person and a Canadian citizen. But it’s anxiety producing. I wonder what would happen to someone who didn’t have the wherewithal to understand.”
The caller, who had a thick African accent, identified himself as an Ottawa police officer, gave a badge number and threatened the woman with deportation. The conversation lasted five or six minutes but the scammer ended it before making any demands.
“I’m not discussing you with this any further,” he told her. “I’m calling the RCMP and they’ll be at your door in 25 minutes.”
Call display showed the call came from a 613 number, but when the woman called back the number was dead. She and her husband then called Ottawa police, who assured them it had been a scam.
“It sounds very official. He gave his badge number. In the first few moments I thought it didn’t sound right, but then thought, my god, what if it is?” She worried that scammers might target many of the refugees who are just arriving in Canada from Syria and Afghanistan.
Const. Marc Soucy of Ottawa police said he hadn’t heard of deportation scam, but police have fielded similar complaints about scam artists claiming to be calling from Canada Revenue Agency and demanding immediate payments.
“The best thing to do is hang up, then call the agency they say they’re from to verify,” Soucy said. A giveaway in the deportation call was the Ottawa police don’t deal in immigration matters, he said.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada warned about the scam deportation call last spring.
“C.I.C. does not contact clients over the telephone for the purpose of collecting fines to avoid deportation, and C.I.C. never asks for payments to be made by purchasing prepaid credit cards or through a private money transfer service provider,” the agency says on its website.
Anyone who receives such a call should hang up and report it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre by telephone at 1-888-495-8501.
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“I was wondering, is this real? Is it a hoax?” said the woman, who asked that her name not be used. “I’m a professional person and a Canadian citizen. But it’s anxiety producing. I wonder what would happen to someone who didn’t have the wherewithal to understand.”
The caller, who had a thick African accent, identified himself as an Ottawa police officer, gave a badge number and threatened the woman with deportation. The conversation lasted five or six minutes but the scammer ended it before making any demands.
“I’m not discussing you with this any further,” he told her. “I’m calling the RCMP and they’ll be at your door in 25 minutes.”
Call display showed the call came from a 613 number, but when the woman called back the number was dead. She and her husband then called Ottawa police, who assured them it had been a scam.
“It sounds very official. He gave his badge number. In the first few moments I thought it didn’t sound right, but then thought, my god, what if it is?” She worried that scammers might target many of the refugees who are just arriving in Canada from Syria and Afghanistan.
Const. Marc Soucy of Ottawa police said he hadn’t heard of deportation scam, but police have fielded similar complaints about scam artists claiming to be calling from Canada Revenue Agency and demanding immediate payments.
“The best thing to do is hang up, then call the agency they say they’re from to verify,” Soucy said. A giveaway in the deportation call was the Ottawa police don’t deal in immigration matters, he said.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada warned about the scam deportation call last spring.
“C.I.C. does not contact clients over the telephone for the purpose of collecting fines to avoid deportation, and C.I.C. never asks for payments to be made by purchasing prepaid credit cards or through a private money transfer service provider,” the agency says on its website.
Anyone who receives such a call should hang up and report it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre by telephone at 1-888-495-8501.
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