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has anyone else gotten an email regarding CERB? i got one saying i was paid too much. that i will be getting mail from them.

I have received one as well, and cannot tell if it is real or not. The email address is came from looks legit, but it also states from 2020. 2 years to play catch up?  
 
I did some Googling and got mixed answers from it being real to it not being real. Id love to call to confirm but holy hell, I am not going to waste my time trying to call them.  
 
If I get something in the mail, then I wil deal with it.

thats what i was thinking. tho whats bothering me is that it says i was over paid. i wasnt. because they extended it. and what the fudge am i getting an email now....

check your cra account  
call cra yourself  
wait for the actual letter  
 
or take the email to a tax service company to verify authenticity  
 
i just got an email saying i got a refund  
 
i haven't filed yet

Mine was saying I over paid as well.  
 
And since I went through EI for it, my CRA account shows nothing and my god the My Service Canada account is not mobile friendly and looks like it does not show you letters/emails they send.  
 
I do see on MSCA that there was a two week period where I did not get $1000 ($500for each week) as they stated I was given an advance at the beginning to help. So really confusing.  
 
So I am just waiting to see if this letter shows up in my mailbox!

read through this  
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/corporate/security/protect-yourself-against-fraud.html  
When you right click on the email and select properties, what is the senders email address?

Just forgot the email and call the CRA to be sure. Use the phone number on a document you have (or that you searched up yourself), NOT the number in the email.  
 
I have gotten memos from the CRA before, but it's generally to inform me that I have a message within my online CRA account (usually something tax-related). They will email you to inform you of unread CRA messages but they won't include much else for security reasons.  
 
Good practice for anything like this (including online shopping) is to go directly to the source independent of the email. Because you never can know what new grifts the scammers will pick up on.

CRA and Service Canada are two different locations as a reminder.  
 
I am unsire which was sent to the OP, but I knoe mine came from Service Canada as it went through EI, not my CRA account.  
 
Either way, Imma just wait I have only recieved one other email from Service Canada and it had the same address, but that dont mean much these days with how smart scammers are.

This is a good general rule of thumb. Places like the government and banks won't give you much detail in an email, but might send you an email telling you to log in and check messages.  
 
Don't ever click on a link for things like this. Log in using your normal/usual way, like stated above.  
 
When in doubt, insist on things in writing/mail.

Update, got my letter in the mail!  
 
Makes no sense though so gonna get to have fun wasting my time to call them.