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Update, 06/22/2018: The Vancouver Police Department said Friday that a 58-year-old woman exaggerated her claims of being handcuffed and defrauded out of $6,000 by two men posing as RCMP officers as part of an elaborate Canada Revenue Agency scam.

“At no time was she physically approached by people claiming to be police officers,” Const. Jason Doucette said.

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Doucette says the woman did receive a phone call from someone claiming to be a CRA official and she was scammed out of $6,000, but she was never visited by two men dressed as Mounties.

Her story about being handcuffed, driven to a bank and then to a bitcoin machine where she was abandoned by her captors after depositing the money was fabricated.

“Based on the seriousness of the information originally reported by the victim, a team of Major Crime investigators were reassigned to focus on and prioritize this incident. Detectives confirmed this morning that the victim was embarrassed for falling for the scam and panicked, deciding to exaggerate her story to include fake police,” said Doucette. “Our officers will continue with their investigation and will consider available options.”