Ont. woman says she was scammed out of $5K in fake CRA call

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  • Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
  • A Mississauga woman says she lost $5,500 after a scammer, claiming to be with the CRA, used threatening language.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 55

  • @dilpickles5928
    @dilpickles5928 8 місяців тому +51

    They wanted her to pay in Apple pay cards and she didn't question the legitimacy of the call?.. How gullible do you have to be..

    • @alanj9978
      @alanj9978 8 місяців тому +3

      Yeah I've gotten some nasty calls from the CRA but they still prefer real Canadian dollars.

    • @mahkuntizitchy2083
      @mahkuntizitchy2083 8 місяців тому +7

      ANYONE that falls for this DESERVES to lose their money, every last nicle of it!

    • @szzk7937
      @szzk7937 8 місяців тому +1

      That's how all scams work, they can't make a real payment that can be traced obviously. They call a millions times, they will get that negative IQ person, and that's all they need is one, and 5k goes as far as 500k in India, it makes it worth it they can have a whole company making millions of calls and just get one dumb person.

    • @abdulinayat8517
      @abdulinayat8517 8 місяців тому

      Unfortunately a lot of elderly and immigrants do know the purpose of apple and google gift cards. Scammers even leverage these companies brand names I talked to a elder couple in my condo building who had been convinced that gift cards are used to make payments and in the event they get scammed google and apple will step in and refund them the money.

  • @bluestonemetallic7
    @bluestonemetallic7 8 місяців тому +21

    …$5,500.00 in Apple gift cards???…any sane person would be questioning what the heck is goin’ on? That individual must be a new comer to this country.

    • @seandonh4536
      @seandonh4536 8 місяців тому

      Exactly !
      It's always the new migrants and the elderly that's gets doop like that 😢

  • @gorgeousgeorge5173
    @gorgeousgeorge5173 8 місяців тому +26

    Sounds like a real rocket scientist. Did she bail out the wrongfully jailed Nigerian Prince too?

  • @mellow-jello
    @mellow-jello 8 місяців тому +12

    The public have to be more comfortable with the CRA. They will only communicate via My CRA account, or by mail, never calling you by phone. They also never make threatening collection calls.

  • @brandonliberty9218
    @brandonliberty9218 8 місяців тому +6

    LOL! What a joke. Only suckers fall for it

  • @jimfallowfield7028
    @jimfallowfield7028 8 місяців тому +4

    The CRA does not call you!

  • @sdp-ui2lw
    @sdp-ui2lw 8 місяців тому +4

    I can't believe this woman fell for this. Really ignorant and I can't believe she did what they ask. Sad.

    • @jumbome7420
      @jumbome7420 8 місяців тому

      Stupidly has no bounds

  • @jagwa95
    @jagwa95 8 місяців тому +4

    The phone company's call there products smart phones they should come with a software to block theses scamers so cell phone carriers should demand a better phone to protect there customers

  • @raylo1913
    @raylo1913 8 місяців тому +2

    Poor women , but common sense was not used here

  • @user-vw8pi7hx2q
    @user-vw8pi7hx2q 8 місяців тому +8

    I am very thankful to that woman for trying to prevent others to be scammed by sharing her story.

    • @jumbome7420
      @jumbome7420 8 місяців тому

      Lol

    • @JeffreyKLHo
      @JeffreyKLHo 8 місяців тому

      Let's hope the overall canadian population has a higher intelligence than this

  • @kefengyuan3278
    @kefengyuan3278 8 місяців тому +1

    She felt she was guilty, otherwise she would defend herself and resist the demand.

  • @user-ms1uz7th1w
    @user-ms1uz7th1w 8 місяців тому +1

    She is lucky. $5K is nothing in the long run.

  • @shihtzupuppyz
    @shihtzupuppyz 8 місяців тому +2

    I will pay my taxes in Aeroplan points going forward.

  • @theflowpowa42oshow
    @theflowpowa42oshow 8 місяців тому +1

    That's an expensive screw up

  • @andg5194
    @andg5194 8 місяців тому +1

    🤦‍♂paying CRA with Apple giftcard..
    Even the scammers are surprised it worked...

  • @Grizzly_Dragon
    @Grizzly_Dragon 8 місяців тому +3

    No, they just freeze your account and drain it to zero without so much as a court order.

  • @erbz
    @erbz 8 місяців тому +1

    wow her mind must be gone

  • @michaelkelly3501
    @michaelkelly3501 8 місяців тому +1

    Come on, she thought they'd accept apple gift cards, really?

  • @michaelhine5782
    @michaelhine5782 8 місяців тому +1

    That happened to me back in may of 2023

  • @Flashyfinancier
    @Flashyfinancier 19 днів тому +1

    India and Nigeria

  • @karenacton3854
    @karenacton3854 8 місяців тому

    Unbelievable!!

  • @Daddy-R
    @Daddy-R 8 місяців тому +1

    Was it RENDIANS 🇮🇳 ??

  • @uhhTabby
    @uhhTabby 7 місяців тому

    I'm sorry but if you actually believe the cra wants apple gift cards you deserve to be scammed.

  • @user-ms7jw2dg1x
    @user-ms7jw2dg1x 8 місяців тому +4

    😂😂😂🤪🤷‍♂️✅

  • @daisyluvsummers8420
    @daisyluvsummers8420 8 місяців тому +2

    I don't believe her story at all. Why hide your face is she actually been scammed? Her story is fishy

    • @jumbome7420
      @jumbome7420 8 місяців тому

      Nothing fishy about it

    • @daisyluvsummers8420
      @daisyluvsummers8420 8 місяців тому

      @@jumbome7420 😂 😆 ok that's your opinion dear.

    • @jumbome7420
      @jumbome7420 8 місяців тому

      @@daisyluvsummers8420 not an opinion . That’s a fact.

    • @letfreedomreignhonk324
      @letfreedomreignhonk324 8 місяців тому +3

      There will be a gofundme set up shortly.

    • @daisyluvsummers8420
      @daisyluvsummers8420 8 місяців тому

      @@letfreedomreignhonk324 who's stupid enough to send her money

  • @AdolfTrudeau
    @AdolfTrudeau 8 місяців тому

    Ahh, she must of been one of my supporters

  • @jumbome7420
    @jumbome7420 8 місяців тому

    This is just hilarious at this point. Another day another apple gift card sucker

  • @pisaoff3873
    @pisaoff3873 8 місяців тому +3

    Gullible deserve to lose their money