Police warn of new twist in phone scam targeting Canadians

TORONTO -- Scammers have defrauded Canadians out of tens of millions of dollars over the past decade pretending to be collecting back taxes with the Canada Revenue Agency—but police are warning of a new twist on the old scam. The scammers are pretending to be officers with local police forces, investigators said. The thieves are also using caller ID spoofing so it looks like the call is coming from a police phone number. Toronto Police Const. David Hopkinson said that officers do not colle