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Scammers posing as CRA employees Fraudsters claim that taxpayer owes money Vikki HOPES Abbotsford News
The Abbotsford Police Department (APD) is warning residents about fraudsters who are posing as employees of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Const. Ian MacDonald said the APD received
31 reports from Dec. 1 to 18 from people who received either an official-looking email or a phone call claiming that they owed money to the CRA. The residents were told they had anywhere from 45 minutes to 24 hours to make their payment and, if they didn’t comply, police would be dispatched to their home.
They were told to wire the money to a location provided to them in either Ontario or the eastern United States. MacDonald said three of the people who reported the matter to police had sent sums of between $200 to $2,000. Continued on A4
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Former sled dogs Cooper (far right) and Coco (back) have a warm new home this Christmas, thanks to Rebecca and Curt Gebeshuber. They also have a new friend in the couple’s longtime pet, Darwin the dachshund.
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Happy holidays for rescued dogs When Coco and Cooper arrived at their new home, a suburban Abbotsford house, they probably didn’t know quite what to make of it. The former sled dogs had spent most of their lives outside around Whistler. They didn’t understand the concept of dog toys, nor the difference between indoor and outdoor behaviour. They had to learn that running at a glass patio door was not the smartest move. But all that changed under the patient guidance of Rebecca and Curt Gebeshuber, who adopted the two Alaskan racing huskies a few
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