This Service Canada scam call from the “legal team” has had me listening to a robotic voice demanding my SIN no less than seven times today. Sure, cold calls have been a thing for ages and I don’t remember a part of my childhood that didn’t include people calling my landline and asking if we needed any duct or window cleaning done.

But the scam call world is a lot scarier than simple telemarketing and has managed to become a lot more annoying than any telemarketing call could ever be.

On the day of writing this article, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., I’ve received seven scam phone calls, six of which had a robotic voice claiming to be with the legal team of Service Canada.

The calls all come from numbers that begin with Canadian area codes, mainly from Ontario. I don’t know if this is because many government services run out of Ontario, or because I’ve been too lazy to change my phone number to a Montreal area code and therefore still rock the 416.

I do think these scam calls use the area code to trick people into thinking it’s a local call or legitimately a government call, so they are more likely to answer.

Service Canada is clearly aware of the issue, as they tweeted this out today, warning people to hang up.

The photos above show the seven calls I received today. The one Montreal number was from Structube telling me they’d be delivering my new couch tomorrow. Nice.

And yes, I answered every single one of those calls because I’m from Ontario and always wonder if it’s something important regarding my family or friends.

So I can confirm – only Structube was legit (though it was still a robot lady on the other end of the line).

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