Got a call from Revenue Canaday on Thursday, May, 1, 2008 at work, saying to call this number: 1-800-959-2250. I thought it was weird that they call me at work and not home. I call this number on Friday, May, 2, 2008, and the person asked me for my SIN, home address, phone number, date of birth, and name. I did give this, and after they were done, I asked why did I need to call. They told me that everything look fine, and that there was actually no need for me to call. Matter of fact, they don't have my work number.
After this call, I began to fear that this was a possible fraud. I did a little online research to find out, found this site, and found out that I could use the 1-800-O-Canada phone number. After going to the official Canaidan Government website to verify the 1-800-O-Canada phone number, I called it, and the person told me that the 1-800-959-2250 is indeed a legit Revenue Canada phone number.
I've just sended an e-mail to the Government Of Canada just to be on the safe side(In the Canadian Government website, under Contact Us, they give options of phone, e-mail, fax, and I think mail), just to cover my bets. It's possible that Revenue Canada were actually looking for another person with my same name, because before I started to work at the place I'm working, there was a person with my same name, and they had a manager like position. The person left sometime before I started to work there, and once and a while, I've been told to answer phone calls that are meant for this person, because they callers only give out the 1st name, and not the last(Either that, or the person who tells me to answer the phone call don't know my last name).
But regardless, I sended an e-mail just as a 2nd verification. For those who want to go to the Government Of Canada website, here's the link:
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http://www.canada.gc.ca/Choose English or French, then go to Contact Us, and then choose your method of contact(Phone is probably the best) so that you can find out if any phone numbers from the Government are real or fake.