20-01-2018 04:42 via vancouversun.com

Bit by Bitcoin: tax scammers using cryptocurrency prompt warning from North Vancouver RCMP

You cannot pay your taxes with Bitcoin, say North Vancouver Mounties.
The cryptocurrency may be making great leaps forward in value — one Bitcoin currently equals about $14,730 Canadian — but the Canada Revenue Agency would still prefer you pay in regular reserve currency.  
It’s a lesson one North Vancouver resident learned the hard way, after losing $3,000 in a telephone tax scam. 
According to police, on Jan. 18, the victim received a phone call from a man all
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