The tax deadline is looming and the Canada Revenue Agency wants Canadians to be aware that with it comes the potential for scams.

David Nunes, a spokesperson for the CRA says scams come at us in many forms.

“Scams can come from anywhere; they can be coming from emails, from phone calls and lately, something that was just reported to us by the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, are these new text messages coming to Canadians with their full names and their social insurance numbers.”

Nunes said this latest scam is coming as the result of an undetermined data breach.

He advises people to be careful to change out their passwords often and not use the same password for multiple sites.    If your password is compromised in one place, it could then be used to access other ones.

Nunes says if you are the victim of a scam, contact your local police, set up alerts with your credit bureau and contact the anti-fraud department with the federal government.

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