Listen to Your Voice of Reason During Tax Season
Like it or not, it's that time of the year again: tax season, also known as a cyber criminal's holy grail. This article covers some things you can do to protect yourself from tax scams.
Your tax data is a gold mine for cyber criminals!
Many scams and frauds attempt to imitate government services to gain access to your personal and financial information. To identify legitimate communications and protect yourself from scammers this tax season:
- The CRA will never contact you by text message.
- Never provide personal info through email or text.
- Be suspicious if you are being asked for your personal information.
- Create a strong and unique password for your online tax accounts and use MFA.
- Be cautious before you click on a link.
Visit Canada.ca/be-scam-smart to learn more.