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Claims to be from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)Cached reading

Letter: Canada child benefit

Contradictions found

Several details contradict trusted information. Don't use the contact details in this letter.

What is this?

This letter claims to be from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Several details contradict trusted information. Don't pay and don't contact anyone using the details in this letter. Check with CRA directly.

Verified official channel

CRA benefits and credits enquiries

1-800-387-1193

From our trusted registry, checked September 26, 2026. Not taken from your letter.

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Does it match trusted sources?

  • This isn't a CRA phone number: it's not on CRA's official contact list, and numbers in the 555-01xx range aren't assigned to real services.

    Use instead: CRA benefits and credits enquiries 1-800-387-1193

    Evidence: trust registry · Official source · checked September 26, 2026

  • The QR code leads to cra-canada-verify.example, which isn't a government domain. Its name imitates "cra" and "canada".

    Use instead: Official CRA website canada.ca/en/revenue-agency.html

    Evidence: domain analysis · Official source · checked September 26, 2026

  • CRA says it will never demand or pressure you to pay immediately by Interac e-Transfer, cryptocurrency, prepaid credit cards or gift cards.

    Evidence: trust registry · Official source · checked September 26, 2026

  • Doesn't match your existing case "CRA: Canada child benefit review" (…4471) for the same program.

    Evidence: case file

  • Your existing case "CRA: Canada child benefit review" is for 2025.

    Evidence: case file

  • Pressure tactics like extreme urgency and threats are common in impersonation scams. CRA says it will never use aggressive or threatening language.

    Evidence: trust registry · Official source · checked September 26, 2026

  • This letter contains text addressed to software. Real government letters don't do this. Enveloppe ignored it.

    Evidence: none

  • CRA is an agency we track. Anyone can print an agency name, so this alone proves little.

    Evidence: trust registry · Official source · checked September 26, 2026

By when?

No deadline we can rely on

Printed in the letter
September 23, 2026 within 48 hours
Calculated from an official rule
No rule applies

The clock started on September 21, 2026.

This date comes from a letter whose details contradict trusted sources. Don't act on it until you've checked with CRA directly.

Where am I in the process?

We don't place this letter in a government process.

What should I do next?

Don't use the contact details printed in this letter.

Don't pay and don't contact anyone using the details in this letter. Check with CRA directly.

Check with CRA using the verified number

  1. Don't scan the QR code, call the number, or send any payment from this letter.
  2. Call CRA at the verified number above and ask whether this letter is real and whether you owe anything.
  3. You can also check your CRA account yourself: type canada.ca into your browser instead of using a link.
  4. Keep the letter. You can report it to CRA's fraud line at 1-833-995-2336.

This letter claims to relate to your case “CRA: Canada child benefit review”

But its details conflict with the letters already in that case:

  • Reference …8902 vs your case …4471
  • Year 2024 vs your case 2025
  • Phone 1-888-555-0147 isn't one your case's earlier letters used