These fraudsters who recognized themselves as employees of the Canada Revenue Agency threatened to arrest unpaid taxes, if they did not send money using bitcoin ATMs. According to a report by the CBC News of the York Regional Police, the number of victims through scams was approximately $ 340,000 Canadian $ 267,000. In Canada, this police have issued a warning on more than 40 York Square scam, residents have arrested prey for fraudsters.
According to its police force, reports of such scammers have increased in recent months. This is part of the York Police's Rob Vingerhoets ' Dist Conts, which bitcoin ATMs are "valid", they track frauds or return the lost money is possible. To alert the public about potential scandals in the report, New York Police has kept travelers near Bitcoin ATM. Our main strategy is that people will have to stop being victimized in the first place. Vingerhoets said that in the future, the only way to address such scams is to be the only public awareness.
source - https://www.coindesk.com/canadian-police-issue-warning-over-bitcoin-tax-scam/amp/
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