This news comes amid recent reports of similar activity taking place across Canada, where authorities say fraudsters contact their victim and impersonate a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. < / p>
The fraudster then falsely states that the police have an arrest warrant for the victim related to fraudulent activity.
Use different phone numbers for fraud calls
Multiple phone numbers are used in these attacks. Victims often receive multiple calls from different numbers, and are told that if they alert anyone in their family of calls, they will be arrested, too.
The Prankster then requests a payment, saying that the money must be deposited through the Bitcoin ATM.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Burnaby also warned that similar fraud operations included suspects claiming to be from the Canadian Revenue Agency as well.
They stated that the Canadian police forces do not accept Bitcoin as a method of payment, and will never request deposits to Bitcoin ATMs.
Theft of around $ 11,000 from one victim
The authorities explained that this recent fraud cost a local resident about $ 15,000 CAD [$ 11,000].
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are currently investigating two fraud cases related to Bitcoin in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada.
Queen Telegraph also reported on June 19 that a similar scam had targeted residents of Winnipeg, Canada.
