{"id":854,"date":"2018-05-01T13:58:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T17:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/?p=854"},"modified":"2018-05-01T23:12:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T03:12:25","slug":"canada-revenue-agency-bitcoin-tax-collection-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/01\/canada-revenue-agency-bitcoin-tax-collection-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"44 BTC Made By Canada Revenue Agency Tax Collection Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>300 Canadians conned out of 44 BTC in tax debt collection scam. <\/p>\n<p>BitcoinWhosWho received multiple independent reports of scammers posing as Canada Revenue Agency &#8220;CRA&#8221; agents demanding payment of taxes in bitcoin. Tax payment deadline was yesterday in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The most active CRA scam bitcoin address was by far<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bitcoinwhoswho.com\/address\/1GVD8Y9473Lxm2ngdKW5P5M1uazDtGMRFo\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1GVD8Y9473Lxm2ngdKW5P5M1uazDtGMRFo<\/a> with 259 total payments worth CAD$284,550.<\/p>\n<p>[tweetshare tweet=&#8221;The most successful CRA scam bitcoin address totaled 259 payments worth 24.64 BTC.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Based on all reported bitcoin addresses, in total, the CRA scammers conned at least 295 victims out of 44.47594323 BTC or CAD$513,550.<\/p>\n<p>[tweetshare tweet=&#8221;The CRA scam made 44 BTC&#8221;] <\/p>\n<p><strong>Selected Victim Accounts<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8211; Called saying it was the Canadian revenue agency claiming I would get arrested and that a warrant was out for my arrest if I don&#8217;t pay &#8220;x&#8221; amount within 45 minutes <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8211; Scammers called on the phone and represented themselves as Canadian Revenue Agency and demanded to pay 5,000 dollars. They threatened with jail if not paid. Afterwards they send a QR code.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>CRA Tax Scam Reported Bitcoin Addresses<\/strong><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\ttable.tableizer-table {\n\t\tfont-size: 12px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC; \n\t\tfont-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n\t} \n\t.tableizer-table td {\n\t\tpadding: 4px;\n\t\tmargin: 3px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC;\n\t}\n\t.tableizer-table th {\n\t\tbackground-color: #000000; \n\t\tcolor: #FFF;\n\t\tfont-weight: bold;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th>Bitcoin Address<\/th>\n<th>Current Balance<\/th>\n<th>Total Received<\/th>\n<th># Tx<\/th>\n<th>Report Date<\/th>\n<th>Last Tx Date<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1GVD8Y9473Lxm2ngdKW5P5M1uazDtGMRFo<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>24.64358974<\/td>\n<td>288<\/td>\n<td>3-Jan-18<\/td>\n<td>3-Feb-18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>171JQV2D73gPEpuJszGQqHU6fgLeGEjzp2<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>7.71425083<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>2-Sep-17<\/td>\n<td>3-Sep-17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1J3P77r1z8iRVedNgvPafi6hSwdjxqTbMQ<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>3.56993895<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>5-Mar-18<\/td>\n<td>7-Mar-18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1HANrkqPQAKh6zKAALjaM6zNSCXgS9jK4d<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>3.07425886<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>2-Sep-17<\/td>\n<td>2-Sep-17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1YCm7GwLojf2FT1REafSKJxEZwj4NQ8pV<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>2.98940593<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>2-Sep-17<\/td>\n<td>2-Sep-17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>133wjX94Si3XRgYP27DtPFwWVoDkXGvNui<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1.60024973<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>2-Sep-17<\/td>\n<td>2-Sep-17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14BziULhTo3qRY951BJyG5mfCftHVsoeuG<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0.56429036<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>5-Mar-18<\/td>\n<td>2-Mar-18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1J4ropsfYr2ChNb2h8cqUvTJLjwPnSVXbS<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0.31991322<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>23-Mar-18<\/td>\n<td>23-Mar-18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1jGHYVhbPLWwPkUw31Y2LzRvcgwJVkAUk<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0.00003672<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>5-Mar-18<\/td>\n<td>2-Mar-18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18mPmGpFAb92mwdzgyZafLh7r2uHt5eMwu<\/td>\n<td>0.00000889<\/td>\n<td>0.00000889<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>5-Mar-18<\/td>\n<td>2-Mar-18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>***<br \/>\nHelp police and deter future frauds by always reporting scam addresses to <a href=\"http:\/\/bitcoinwhoswho.com\/\">BitcoinWhosWho.com<\/a>. Just lookup the address and select \u201cReport Scam\u201d.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-862\" style=\"width: 1268px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/report-scam-updated2018-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1268\" height=\"551\" class=\"size-full wp-image-862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/report-scam-updated2018-1.png 1268w, https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/report-scam-updated2018-1-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/report-scam-updated2018-1-768x334.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/report-scam-updated2018-1-1024x445.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1268px) 100vw, 1268px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blacklist Scam Bitcoin Addresses<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>All scam reports are accessible by keyword search on our website or from our &#8220;Blacklisted Bitcoin Address&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/bitcoinwhoswho.com\/api\">API<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The safest place to buy bitcoins in the United States (and Canada) is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinbase.com\/join\/553809f4c00c82deb9000041\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Coinbase.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitcoinWhosWho\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow us<\/a> on Twitter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bitcoinwhoswho\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">like<\/a> our page on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>300 Canadians conned out of 44 BTC in tax debt collection scam. BitcoinWhosWho received multiple independent reports of scammers posing as Canada Revenue Agency &#8220;CRA&#8221; agents demanding payment of taxes in bitcoin. Tax payment deadline was yesterday in Canada. The most active CRA scam bitcoin address was by far 1GVD8Y9473Lxm2ngdKW5P5M1uazDtGMRFo with 259 total payments worth &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/01\/canada-revenue-agency-bitcoin-tax-collection-scam\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">44 BTC Made By Canada Revenue Agency Tax Collection Scam<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[62],"tags":[75,74,76],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":929,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions\/929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}