{"id":28019,"date":"2025-04-09T03:14:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T03:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/?p=28019"},"modified":"2025-04-09T03:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T03:16:47","slug":"reminder-phishing-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/reminder-phishing-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder &#8211; Phishing Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"28019\" class=\"elementor elementor-28019\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e2510c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e2510c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b78973d\" data-id=\"b78973d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4366004 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4366004\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has become aware of a new phishing scam targeting the tax preparation community, where bad actors are prompting EFILERs to log into a fake EFILE Sign in page to \u201cactivate\u201d their account. Note that the CRA will never send you a link asking you to provide financial or personal information.<\/p>\n<p>Protect yourself from spoofing by never clicking links received via text message or email. When visiting a website, always verify the URL and domain to make sure you are on the official website. Only log into your accounts from trusted sources.<\/p>\n<p>If you believe that your EFILE ID and password have been compromised as result of this or other scams, contact the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/e-services\/digital-services-businesses\/efile-electronic-filers\/efile-helpdesk-support-t1-returns.html\" target=\"_blank\">EFILE Helpdesk<\/a>&nbsp;immediately. Please note that failure to notify the CRA of the potential compromise of EFILE credentials will result in suspension of your EFILE privileges.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/corporate\/scams-fraud\/recognize-scam.html\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">Information source from Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a568e33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a568e33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/corporate\/scams-fraud\/recognize-scam.html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has become aware of a new phishing scam targeting the tax preparation community, where bad actors are prompting EFILERs to log into a fake EFILE Sign in page to \u201cactivate\u201d their account. Note that the CRA will never send you a link asking you to provide financial or personal information. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/reminder-phishing-scam\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reminder &#8211; Phishing Scam<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55,56,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cra-infomation","category-tax-tips","category-whats-new"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-30885916-30885916-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-30885916-30885916-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-30885916-30885916-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-30885916-30885916-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-30885916-30885916-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-30885916-30885916-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-30885916-30885916-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-30885916-30885916-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-30885916-30885916-600x400.jpg",600,400,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pexels-photo-30885916-30885916-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Tax Admin","author_link":"https:\/\/3ataxservicespc.ca\/index.php\/author\/tax-admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has become aware of a new phishing scam targeting the tax preparation community, where bad actors are prompting EFILERs to log into a fake EFILE Sign in page to \u201cactivate\u201d their account. 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