{"id":3464,"date":"2026-03-20T10:36:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/?p=3464"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:36:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:36:48","slug":"tax-season-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/2026\/03\/tax-season-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax season scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s tax season! Cybercriminals often use this time to send emails or text messages that appear to come from employers, payroll teams, or the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). These messages are designed to trick you into sharing personal information or clicking unsafe links.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Red flags to watch out for<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Emails that claim to provide your T4 or other tax forms as an attachment or download link<\/li>\n<li>Messages that appear to come from Payroll, HR, or the CRA (always check the sender address)<\/li>\n<li>Ask you to \u201cconfirm\u201d or \u201cupdate\u201d personal banking\/financial information<\/li>\n<li>Create urgency, such as \u201cImmediate action required\u201d or \u201cFinal notice&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to Access Your T4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your T4 and other tax documents are available through the myUFV portal.\u00a0<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">To access: log into <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/my.ufv.ca\/\">myUFV<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and click on the Employee Dashboard card.<br \/>\n<\/span>If you need more help, see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/finance\/payroll\/tax-information\/\">Tax Information (UFV Payroll)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/itservicedesk.ufv.ca\/TDClient\/52\/ITServicesPortal\/KB\/ArticleDet?ID=11918\">Download T4 Tax Receipt (UFV IT Services Knowledgebase)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips to Stay Safe<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access your tax information by navigating directly to the myUFV employee portal<\/li>\n<li>The CRA will never demand payment by e-transfer, cryptocurrency, or gift cards.<\/li>\n<li>Review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/corporate\/scams-fraud\/recognize-scam.html\">CRA&#8217;s guide to scams and fraud<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If You Receive a Suspicious Message<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Forward the message to phishreport@ufv.ca. Do not click links or open attachments. Do not reply to the message.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s tax season! Cybercriminals often use this time to send emails or text messages that appear to come from employers, payroll teams, or the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). These messages are designed to trick you into sharing personal information or clicking unsafe links. Red flags to watch out for Emails that claim to provide your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybersecurity"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6AzwP-TS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3464"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3466,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3464\/revisions\/3466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}