Last week (Friday October 12) they were CRA…
1 (226) 721-1239 says they are the IRS, I called the number at least half a dozen times on Friday and they were the CRA... today the IRS. I am so confused. ;)
I'll have to switch to an American persona now.
@Darrell64#59108 don’t you know it’s actually just one joint Canadian / American organization like jeez man , everyone knows the cra ad irs are a single entity operating out of India . They only take iTunes and google play cards too . Actually they are called “ authorized tax vouchers” and you can only get them at authorized tax stores like 7 eleven , target and Walmart .
Yup I wasted a lot of their time on Friday, they even asked my for my local RCMP number, I actually googled the RCMP International Fraud section’s # LOL. Bangelore Bob pretended to talk to the RCMP on another phone (only heard his side) while I was on the call. I asked several times for a French speaking agent, and apparently nobody in the CRA Ottawa HQ spoke French… They did a call back on Friday when they had a horrible connection with the number: 289-339-6314. But another call 1-800-959-8281 so they are callerID spoofing the real CRA on some of their callbacks.
Today they are the IRS, I asked why they were using a Canadian phone number if they were the IRS, answer made my head hurt. Made no sense.
I called this morning told them I got the call on Friday, but I was out of town on the weekend. I acted confused why the CRA would have me call the IRS.
@Darrell64#59117 lol awesome buddy . These guys are literally human waste products and us wasting their time must be effecting their business . Me and 6 friends all had different devices and literally terrorized them with 80-120 calls each . One guy came on with me and said they knew where I lived and they were the mafia and sending their best hitman to take me out . I just kept laughing and asking how they were going to afford the trip from Mumbai to Nova Scotia .
They are pieces of shit .
Got them, wasted a bunch of their time. I told them I was John Hernandez from Chicago and they bought it.
They wanted me to write this down:
"Case ID: AC806942
Warrant ID; 001004682
Officer Gary McCoy
Badge ID: 132670"
They hung up when I started a huge rant of what I was gonna have to sell to pay off the fines. "Oh many I gotta sell my car, my toaster...my fridge...oh man maybe my Lava Lamp....oh jesus oh jesus not my favourite World's Best Scambaiter Mug!"
I called them, I talked to a guy for like ten minutes he said his name was Kevin and I owned over $4000 dollars, I said I could go without eating for a few weeks and pay it. He transferred me to another guy who asked for a photo ID and I started making up reasons why I couldn’t send it and then he hung up.
If I have some time tomorrow I’m going to give my address as Edna Bay, Alaska 99921, I’d love to see them Google a Target there. Pretty much the most isolated Zipcode in the USA. Unless they are the CRA Tuesday.
They didn’t ask me to buy gift cards, they wanted it paid online for me.
I confused them on I said I was away and the VM arrived Friday saying call CRA at 1 (226) 721-1239 (Kitchener, London, Windsor) Ontario phone number. This week it’s the IRS, I asked why the US Gov’t was calling with a Canadian phone number… That confused the “officer” as it wasn’t on the script. A few ad libed an answer suggesting the callerID often shows a different number.
I am Indian. Called a number and they kept on disconnecting my call. Finally somebody talked and started talking in Hindi/Urdu saying why are you disturbing us. I kept confronting him that why are looting people money then he gave phone to his manager who spoke to me saying, we will keep doing it. I tried telling him this is wrong and he said dont waste your time teaching us. We are more than 70k people… So this is widely spread and its not only with Americans but they do it with everyone including Indians. Hope someone cracks it
I am an Indian. Called a number and they kept on disconnecting my call. Finally somebody talked and started talking in Hindi/Urdu saying why are you disturbing us. I kept confronting him that why are looting people money then he gave phone to his manager who spoke to me saying, we will keep doing it. I tried telling him this is wrong and he said dont waste your time teaching us. We are more than 70k people… So this is widely spread and its not only with Americans but they do it with everyone including Indians. Hope someone cracks it
@Darrell64#59157 Thursday Oct 18, hmmm now they are CRA again. Officer Amy Jackson (bitch id id# 417J2741 accepted my name as Trudeau, she never asked for a first name. She had my file in her hand within seconds. She did the call is recorded by … I said I do not consent to being recorded, she transferred my call to her senior officer who asked to confirm my name Justin Trudeau, said his name was Barack Obama mutherfucker… he hung up.
They must move these scams around to different call centres, as their script today was much briefer than last weeks.
Next call whether they are CRA or IRS I am going with I have never filed taxes as I don’t believe in Big Gov’t 
I also do NOT consent to your recorded this phone call. “ I invoke my Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, and respectfully decline to answer your question.”
Today’s last call to (226) 721-1239 has too many moving parts. I called using an address near Montreal, QC. Took them 4 people, the opener who did the normal scam. He asked me for the local RCMP phone number, which I of course did not have. He came up with the RCMP Toronto Airport Detachment, where Officer Sean talked to me, odd it should have been Constable, Corporal, or Sergeant. The RCMP discussed paying at a BIT Machine, kind of out of their mission statement. Call then went to a senior officer back at the CRA who saw my Ottawa area code and said I was wasting their time because I was in Ottawa not Quebec.
They really need to simplify the script. Note the RCMP called me with the scammer callerID spoofing the RCMP Toronto airport number..
Four people to scam $4,552. Wasted about 30 minutes.
I got about an hour in, the CRA after talking to an RCMP division 625 km away at the Toronto Airport (who were going to arrest me in 45 minutes) they pretended to talk to the RCMP, and then Officer Nate Shaw called my callerID spoofing the RCMP number at Toronto Airport I asked for his rank and CADRE # he said officer, not Constable, Corporal, Sergeant, or Staff Sergeant! Higher ranks would unlikely call out. When he finished the fauxCRA agent passed me to his higher authority that tried to send me a QR code, I said my old Nokia 1208 doesn’t have data… He asked for my e-mail, I gave him my throw-away Gmail account… but the QR code never arrived.
My best guess is the QR would have the scammer's BitCoin wallet info, I wanted to get the QR so I could decode it! *sigh* The scam seems to evolved past the iTunes/Play/Steam card method. Still has too many moving parts, with 4 people including the RCMP all with Hindi or Naga accents, not a Franco-Canadian amongst them.
Got the same script from the London, ON number 1 (226) 721-1239 and the Montreal, QC number 1 (514) 461-0185. Both case the ring change, as clearly the call was forwarded to the Bangalore call centre.
I asked for a French agent when I called Montreal, but the officer said it was Toronto..
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These are all seperate calls. I will keep calling them until the number no longer is up.
Hahahahaha!! I just wasted 2 hours of their time! Oh my gosh I should have recorded it. It was so much fun. I spoke to “Ricky Tanner”, and “David Johnson”. This number is definitely still active. Hilarious!!! TWO hours!! 
I used this number: 1-226-721-1239