'I'm crying with the bank': Ontario woman loses $86K to CRA scam

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An Ontario woman is out $86,000 after receiving a call from a fraudster claiming to be a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) investigator. They told her that her bank accounts were involved in a money laundering operation.

An Ontario woman is out $86,000 after receiving a call from a fraudster claiming to be a Canada Revenue Agency investigator. They told her that her bank accounts were involved in a money laundering operation.

"I thought they were helping me right, to freeze my accounts, that they would want to protect me," said Anjira. Anjira said her husband confronted the caller on the phone and said,"'You are a big scammer. Toronto police are coming for you,' and he hung up the phone." "The person who called me he knew my name, he knew how many accounts I had, he gave me the information that way," said Anjira.

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