855-888-5927

reporting same song and dance from this 855-888-5927 number as others above

Yup - its a scam for sure.

Nope, a random number generator (computer) can't be traced and the DNC list is bull [***]. I applied online for a copy of the DNC list and the sent the current list to me. I am retired and a private individual, so... how do you suppose that is supposed to work?!!
Use your call display and do NOT answer you phone if you don't recognize the number. If it is a legitimate call or caller, they will leave a message.

Just received another call from this number. That would be the 5th this week  and lost count of number I've had since they started. These are on tape, I don't answer calls that I don't know. As a new widow it is very scary since this week they have started to threaten that someone would be at my door soon and all my assets would be frozen. They may be fraud calls but how do I know if they really have my address? I have tried to get help but the only thing I got was a brush off. I have always been taught never to wish bad for anybody but I can't help this time to wish that the same people who brushed me off and allowed me and other people to live with these threats have the same experience. after all they will still be out there because nobody seems to want to do anything about them.          June 23rd 2016

>> I applied online for a copy of the DNC list and the sent the current list to me.  <<

I do not believe you.
Y'see, the DNC list costs up to $16,228, and is sent only to registered applicants (whose application is screened).  Getting a list of people who do not want phone calls is definitely counterproductive, when scammers can use war dialers that cost around $200.

>> Use your call display and do NOT answer you phone if you don't recognize the number. If it is a legitimate call or caller, they will leave a message. <<

That is good information.

Since a few posters have mentioned that this is a Canadian scam, even if you were referring to the Canadian DNC, you would have committed an illegal act.  Telemarketers must register and be verified through Dun & Bradstreet.   This means you would have had to lie to be verified.  Also there is a substantial fee involved

Number of area codes    Annual    6-months    3-months    1-month
All area codes
Total Fee Payable    $47,013    $28,623    $15,460    $5,224
National DNCL List Operator Fee    $26,341    $16,041    $8,664    $2,927
CRTC – Unsolicited Telecommunications Fee    $20,672    $12,582    $6,796    $2,297
By individual area code
Total Fee Payable    $2,813    $1,458    $745    $252
National DNCL List Operator Fee    $1,577    $814    $416    $142
CRTC – Unsolicited Telecommunications Fee    $1,236    $644    $329    $110

Subscription option – Query by telephone number Telephone number query     Per query
Any area code (maximum 100 queries per query session)     $0.50

Reference:  https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/ind/faqs-eng#bk_link02

2 recorded messages and 2 actual people in as many days.  Same as above people noted.  How can this scam go on for so long.  CRA does not make threatening phone calls.  Have told the scammers what to and where to go.  Had a recorded message on my cell phone about a month ago, same thing.  Grrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!

I received a voicemail from them today and so i called back and the office told me i was in trouble for text fraud and that i would be arrested then i being to questions him and he said just go turn your self in and hung up on me then I called back and asked for a supervisor and then hung up again so now i decided to call back and give a fake name to see if it was a scam and ironically he said the same thing then i know it was a scam

Receiving messages at my work - no name just a electronic message threatening me of being arrested.

CRA Scam

Just received number 4 call this week from this number.  As a former employee of the CRA I know this is not the manner in which they operate.  I asked the caller for his badge number and his work area.  He finally told me he was with Tax Audit.  I told him I was too and asked for his badge number again.  He told me to F-off and hung up.

Received a message this afternoon on my answering machine from "Canada Revenue Agency" telling me that someone "has filed a lawsuit against you about a loan you made" and that if I didn't phone back "you will be solely responsible for paying this". Knowing that it was a scam, I decided to call the number. A man answered with "Canada Revenue Agency" and why was I calling. I said that I knew that it was a scam and that I wanted to know who they really were. Was told that it was not a scam and that "your case", if nothing was resolved today, "will be turned over to the RCMP". So I said, "works for me. My husband is RCMP and will be very interested to find out what this is about". The fellow then said "have a good day" and hung up. Originally, this man asked for my phone number, which I did not give.

What kind of scumbag tries to scare an old man with a scam about a legal case filed against you.

Please, please, please do not engage these criminal scammers!  Ignore them - they are accomplished liars and con artists who steal and utter threats to intimidate.  They can only succeed if someone believes them.

If you receive a call saying you owe money to the CRA, you can call them or check My Account to be sure.

If you have signed up for online mail (available through My Account, My Business Account, and Represent a Client), the CRA will do the following:

• send a registration confirmation email to the address you provided for online mail service for an individual or a business; and
• send an email to the address you provided to notify you when new online mail is available to view in the CRA's secure online services portal.

The CRA will not do the following:

• send email with a link and ask you to divulge personal or financial information;
  Exception:
  If you call the CRA to request a form or a link for specific information, a CRA agent will forward the information you are requesting to your email during the telephone call. This is the only circumstance in which the CRA will send an email containing links.
• ask for personal information of any kind by email or text message.
• request payments by prepaid credit cards.
• give taxpayer information to another person, unless formal authorization is provided by the taxpayer.
• leave personal information on an answering machine.

When in doubt, ask yourself the following:

• Did I sign up to receive online mail through My Account, My Business Account, or Represent a Client?
• Did I provide my email address on my income tax and benefit return to receive mail online?
• Am I expecting more money from the CRA?
• Does this sound too good to be true?
• Is the requester asking for information I would not provide in my tax return?
• Is the requester asking for information I know the CRA already has on file for me?

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/scrty/frdprvntn/menu-eng.html

CRA contact info: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/cntct/tso-bsf-eng.html

To file complaint or dispute: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/gncy/cmplntsdspts/menu-eng.html

If you receive a call saying you owe money to the CRA, you can call them or check My Account to be sure.

If you have signed up for online mail (available through My Account, My Business Account, and Represent a Client), the CRA will do the following:

• send a registration confirmation email to the address you provided for online mail service for an individual or a business; and
• send an email to the address you provided to notify you when new online mail is available to view in the CRA's secure online services portal.

The CRA will not do the following:

• send email with a link and ask you to divulge personal or financial information;
  Exception:
  If you call the CRA to request a form or a link for specific information, a CRA agent will forward the information you are requesting to your email during the telephone call. This is the only circumstance in which the CRA will send an email containing links.
• ask for personal information of any kind by email or text message.
• request payments by prepaid credit cards.
• give taxpayer information to another person, unless formal authorization is provided by the taxpayer.
• leave personal information on an answering machine.

When in doubt, ask yourself the following:

• Did I sign up to receive online mail through My Account, My Business Account, or Represent a Client?
• Did I provide my email address on my income tax and benefit return to receive mail online?
• Am I expecting more money from the CRA?
• Does this sound too good to be true?
• Is the requester asking for information I would not provide in my tax return?
• Is the requester asking for information I know the CRA already has on file for me?

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/scrty/frdprvntn/menu-eng.html

CRA contact info: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/cntct/tso-bsf-eng.html

To file complaint or dispute: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/gncy/cmplntsdspts/menu-eng.html

robot caller asked for call back to avoid prosecution charge from being registered

This is what happens when people believe these criminals:

http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/exclusive-ottawa-wom ... cards-1.2959291

Likely the scams that tell you that you owe CRA tax money. They want you to go immediately to a store and buy iTunes or other gift cards and to read them the activation numbers off the back. See this news article http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/itunes-gift-card-cra-tax-scam-1.3547507 this person was defrauded of $20,000 before a relative intervened and called police. The CRA sends you documents by mail, never calls you. The phone calls are scary enough, they threaten this is the 2nd warning (which it isn't but gets you scared because maybe you missed the first warning). Anyone reading these posts likely know these calls are scams, please spread the word, especially to the elderly, do not buy gift cards to pay your taxes.

The DNC list is powerless to these scams because they keep changing the caller ID number.

These fools have called three times today and left the same message, that either i or my attorney need to call them right away. I blocked them after the first time and now it just goes to voicemail. Take a hike!