Citizenship Immigration Canada and Georgina Perez

Perez: The Toronto woman was completely confused by the call, having lived in Canada since 2002, according to CBC. Perez checked the call display screen and saw that it identified the caller as Citizenship and Immigration Canada . The caller gave her his badge number and offered to let Perez talk to a supervisor, she said. Phone scam uses officer, federal agent and hydro company impersonation: police National Do Not Call List number used in phone scam Georgina Perez told CBC News the caller said she had failed to file some paperwork with the Mexican consulate and that she had to pay a penalty. "This guy kept saying, 'You have to make a decision, you have to make a decision,'" she said. "For the first 40 minutes I thought it was legit and I was scared." If she didn't pay the fine immediately, Perez said the caller told her she would have to go court and potentially face deportation. Targeting immigrants While this was happening, Perez used her cellphone to call CIC and was told that all her paperwork was in order. Toronto Police said they receive complaints every day about similar scams, usually involving a fraudster posing as a government employee. The department has issued several public service alerts this year telling new immigrants to be wary of these types of calls. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.