Citizenship Immigration and Mandira Purie

Citizenship Immigration Canada: Staff Sgt, according to CBC. Stephanie Burns said the service receives daily complaints about the fraudsters posing as Citizenship and Immigration officials Mandira Purie, who recently retired as a public servant at the department, says she received a call from someone who told her that her immigration form had not been updated — and immediately recognized it as a scam because she is a Canadian citizen. The scam works like this: someone claiming to be from Citizenship and Immigration Canada calls and demands a fee of $2,000 to correct faulty paper work in an application. But with an influx of refugees on the way, she worried others could easily get duped. "I'm concerned about people who might end up disclosing their credit card information because they're so concerned and they're not citizens and they're afraid of being deported," she said. Stephanie Burns. The fraudsters typically try to get the person they're calling to disclose private information — including credit card numbers — to pay for made-up fines, said Ottawa Police Service Staff Sgt. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.