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I have a little experience I'd like to share. I was at the post office and overheard (let's face it I'm nosy) a woman asking the post office clerks for an "iTunes" card. They didn't know what she was talking about and I was half busy packaging something up. The woman was in her 70's and then asked for the nearest payphone. She seemed distressed, and she left. The two clerks began talking about how strange it was and I asked for clarity. I then remembered reading an article about an "iTunes CRA scam" on line this morning. I decided to drive around and look for her. Sure enough she was a few blocks away on a payphone and I parked and went up to her as she was speaking and providing someone over the phone with her home address I said "EXCUSE ME" really loud. She turned her back on me and seemed 'on the edge'. I pulled up the article about the iTunes card scam on my cell phone and held it up to her face. She still didn't acknowledge me. I then said really loud "I THINK YOU ARE ON THE PHONE WITH A SCAMMER NOT CANADA REVENUE"... then she looked at me and hung up the phone because the person on the other end heard me and hung up on her. I then explained to her and she told me that CRA called and said if she didn't pay $3000 right away she would be arrested and there was warrant out for her 2013 taxes were done wrong. She was told not to tell anyone in her family about it and to get to a shoppers drug mart right away and purchase an iTunes card for $3000.00 and call them back from a payphone. She literally fell apart in front of me and I took her to the Tim Horton's bought her a coffee and called the police. Luckily she still had her money on her. The police were wonderful (thank you WPS) but these low life scum bags are getting away with thousands of dollars of scamming innocents. Please call your elders and let them know about this scam Canada Revenue will not call your home or tell you over the phone to pay in any way!! nor will anyone. Hang up and call 911.