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<p class="MsoPlainText">A heads-up for museum and heritage sites in Metro Vancouver:
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Someone recently tried to scam our museum into refunding their admission fees. Originally beginning with a false claim of “bad service” (saying we sold a ticket to their family 15 minutes prior to closing so they wanted their money back
- which we had proof that it did not happen), this escalated into an accusation of “siphoning from their bank account” and a false threat of an RCMP report being filed. A copy of their “bank statement” led us to believe that he has tried the same scam with
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<p class="MsoPlainText">If this sounds familiar, please contact me and I can provide information on how to deal with this individual.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Mimi Horita<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Marketing & Visitor Services Manager<br>
Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society<br>
<a href="mailto:mimi.horita@gogcannery.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">mimi.horita@gogcannery.org</span></a> | t: 604.664.9006<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.gulfofgeorgiacannery.org/"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:blue">gulfofgeorgiacannery.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Experience Canada’s West Coast fishing history at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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