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   Message 239 of 1,128   
   Ward Dossche to All   
   eTA   
   09 Oct 22 11:07:19   
   
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   TZUTC: 0200   
   To my Canadian friends ... 3 weeks from now I will be residing in Calgary for   
   a short while, a very short while even ...   
       
   Amazing that Canada is following the bad habbits from the USA and also   
   requires an electronic "eTA" document costing  CAD$7.00 for which they have to   
   do nothing, I provide all the work ... times 3.   
       
   They also ask stupid questions, but not as stupid as the US immigration   
   services. In Canada they need to know the exact departure time of your inbound   
   flight ... up to the minute. I wrap my mind around it why that is important   
   but such things can only sprout from the minds of a de-brained civil servant,   
   every country has them. They're even being paid to come up with such nonsense   
   ...   
       
   But what prompted me to write this is that when I was going through the   
   process of filling out the questionaires everything seemed normal, all the   
   links worked, all the addresses resolved ... up until the payment-page. I was   
   requested to approve a CAD$55.00 payment to "the company" and the red-light   
   flashed on ... it's only CAD$7.00, I know that, and went looking.   
       
   Even at first sight I didn't really see it but then it hit: the site had been   
   completely spoofed with 100% identical pages and probably if the innocent   
   non-suspecting traveller paid the CAD$55.00 probably those guys would send the   
   original request to Canada Immigration, pay the CAD$7.00 and keep CAD$48.00   
   for them. The "customer" would even be delighted about the quick service and   
   never know he/she/it/them had been ripped-off. Clever. And it looked real good   
   and professional.   
       
   I even think you can't complain because you had to tick you understood   
   everything and agreed with the payment of CAD$55.00 to "the company" ...   
       
   The scammers are becoming real good ...   
       
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