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Thread: This week in Canada.
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11-06-2019, 08:40 AM #1151
This Week in Canada...
...a PSA.
Scammers spoofing more than a dozen federal government departments to defraud Canadians
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5348659
Scam artists are using phone numbers from more than a dozen federal government departments to defraud Canadians — making it look as if the calls are coming from legitimate government agencies and police departments — CBC News has learned.
Some of the calls tell potential victims that their social insurance numbers have been compromised. Others are told that they owe the government money and are in legal trouble.
To deceive potential victims who examine the numbers on incoming calls, the scammers spoof their calls so that they display the phone numbers of the relevant federal government departments. In many cases, a scammer tells a victim they will be getting a call from a police officer — then spoofs the call that comes in a few minutes later so that it appears to be coming from local police.
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11-06-2019, 11:47 AM #1152
I have had fun with these callers.
Once I told the women. "How can I owe taxes when I just got out of prison for murder" total silence then I ask "where you located. I want to met you" click
2nd was another women claiming to be from CRA. I said "I work for CRA, what's your employee number I'm front of my computer" click
This guy did a great job messing with this scammer
Last edited by Kenny Satch; 11-06-2019 at 01:38 PM.
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11-06-2019, 01:23 PM #1153
That was good.
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11-06-2019, 02:07 PM #1154
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11-06-2019, 03:57 PM #1155indentured servant
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"making it look as if the calls are coming from legitimate government agencies"
that's how you tell they're fake, no such thing as a legitimate gov't agencywhat's orange and looks good on hippies?
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If I had a dollar for every time capitalism was blamed for problems caused by the government I'd be a rich fat film maker in a baseball hat.
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11-06-2019, 04:01 PM #1156
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11-06-2019, 08:39 PM #1157Registered User
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Unless you have been fighting with CRA for a couple of years and there have already been lots of emails back and forth the CRA never calls you ... they write
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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11-06-2019, 09:01 PM #1158
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11-06-2019, 10:07 PM #1159Registered User
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you do not want to fuck with the crown eh
you know who will call you is Passport Canada, they called me mid ski run to tell me I could not renew a damaged passport that had been thru the wash, now I always store my passport in a ziplock baggyLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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11-07-2019, 12:52 PM #1160Registered User
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^^^ can confirm
They called me to make sure my son was my son....
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11-09-2019, 09:45 PM #1161
This Week in Canada...
Click-happy toddler wins parents a trip to Tokyo
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...okyo-1.5354584
When Lee Tappenden got a call from his cable company telling him he'd won a free trip to Japan, he thought it was a scam.
He felt this way despite the Shaw employee's assurance that the Edmonton father was the grand prize winner of a summer contest the company ran for anyone who ordered the movie Alita: Battle Angel.
"I was very confused because I was still sleeping and I didn't know what was going on," he said.
It didn't make sense, because neither he nor his wife Amy Tappenden had ever seen the movie.
And then it clicked: the culprit was their 20-month-old son, Anthony Tappenden.
"He loves playing with the remote, and pushing buttons over and over again. And sometimes we just let him do it," he said.
Tappenden did some investigating and the movie, a 2019 futuristic tale about a cyborg named Alita, was ordered during the day when it was just his toddler and wife at home alone.
Anthony hasn't been able to confirm or deny making the purchase because he's still working on his vocabulary. Whatever his motivation, the result is that his parents get to fly to Tokyo and stay in a four-star hotel for a week. The prize also includes a $500 prepaid gift card for spending money.
The couple has never been to Japan before, but Tappenden said he and Amy have daydreamed about travelling there after they've raised a family and retired.
Anthony will be staying at home in the care of grandparents, but his mom and dad are planning to bring back a nice souvenir for him.
The couple are still working on arranging dates for their trip.
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11-10-2019, 11:31 AM #1162
They made my wife confirm that our daughter lived with us for 10 years. They wanted so much info. Some of it was impossible to provide because it didn't exist. The just kept demanding the same stuff over and over. They wanted a note from her doctor, at 16 she had never been to a doctor so that was not possible. Apparently they didn't believe us. Those fuckers hassled us for over a year. I guess her having a passport with our address since she was about 1yo wasn't worth anything.
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11-10-2019, 11:38 AM #1163
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11-10-2019, 01:12 PM #1164Funky But Chic
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Beaver your daughter had never been to a doctor at age 16? Wow. Not saying it's good or bad but it's amazing.
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11-10-2019, 08:57 PM #1165Registered User
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https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl...arks-1.5354927
Looks like that poppy hugger Don Cherry ^^ had a cock-stuck-in-zipper moment on national television right in the middle of the great Canadian game,
Billions of $ in productivity (50$ US) will be lost as good Canadian boys ( and girls ) waste time around the water cooler on tuesday arguing for and againstLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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11-10-2019, 09:04 PM #1166
[QUOTE=Beaver;5806574They wanted a note from her doctor, at 16 she had never been to a doctor so that was not possible. Apparently they didn't believe us. [/QUOTE]
No shit.
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11-11-2019, 12:48 PM #1167“When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something." Rep. John Lewis
Kindness is a bridge between all people
Dunkin’ Donuts Worker Dances With Customer Who Has Autism
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11-11-2019, 01:22 PM #1168
Born at home. Never got sick other than minor shit. I put that down to growing up on a farm, playing in chicken coops and the like must have booted her immunity.
Not middle of nowhere, 10 minutes from town of 9000. So, not far from nowhere. Red Mt & Whitewater within 50 minutes, both of those are nowhere ski hills not worth visiting.
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11-11-2019, 02:34 PM #1169
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11-11-2019, 02:59 PM #1170Funky But Chic
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Chicken coops, duh.
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11-11-2019, 05:59 PM #1171
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11-11-2019, 06:03 PM #1172
SOCIALISM!
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11-11-2019, 07:02 PM #1173
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11-12-2019, 05:53 PM #1174
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11-14-2019, 06:22 AM #1175
Don is gone?
At what, 80+ years old?!?!
Does he auction those blazers or stash them away until he passes?
Perhaps he wanted to be fired.
What will Ron do?OH, MY GAWD! ―John Hillerman Big Billie Eilish fan.
But that's a quibble to what PG posted (at first, anyway, I haven't read his latest book) ―jono
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