Story out of Ottawa, Ontario:
Police are warning people to be vigilant after a scam involving false tax collectors cost an Ottawa woman more than $12,000.
Michelle Jaksic is out thousands of dollars after receiving a voice message earlier this week from what she thought was a Canada Revenue Agency representative, telling her she owed money. She said the caller told her that the RCMP would arrest her and that she would go to jail for 90 days if she didn’t pay up.
“So I’m panicking,” Jaksic said.
The Ottawa woman returned the phone call, and a voice on the other line offered a solution that would help her avoid arrest.
“And then he said, ‘It sounds like I’m a responsible person, and they don’t normally do this, but there’s another way we can resolve this.’”
As per the caller’s instructions, Jaksic went to various stores, purchasing multiple $100 gift cards. Jaksic said she then read each gift card's security code to the caller over the phone.
“It was $12,500 and it took from about 2:30 to about 9 o’clock,” she told CTV Ottawa.
Jaksic said she woke up early Wednesday morning with a gut feeling that she had been scammed. Cont. (Video)
Story from - CTV News
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