A student from Khakassia lost 300 000 rubles when trying to buy bitcoins – Bits Media

The new history of cryptocurrency fraud has become known thanks to young investor from Khakassia. The local 19-year-old student lost almost almost attackers 300 000 rubles.

The girl complained to the local police, what was looking for ways to make in Internet. With the help of a chatbot in telegram, a student learned about investments in bitcoins. I became interested and decided to become a crypto -investor. In a chatbot, the girl was offered to create a virtual wallet and transfer any amount on the specified details. Fraudsters allowed the girl to make an initial contribution of 2,000 rubles - and bring the earned allegedly on investments in BTC 3,600 rubles.

Then the attackers persuaded to replenish the virtual wallet for 6,700 rubles, And the purchased bitcoins after a short time suddenly began to cost 100,000 rubles. However, the victim could not withdraw the amount - it was necessary to go through verification, And for this, replenish the wallet for another 19,350 rubles. Then, for a certain period of time, under various pretexts, the failed investor was forced to make several more translations. The total amount of received by criminals reached almost 300,000 rubles.

Of course, scammers never allowed the victim to withdraw funds, After that, a student from Khakassia went to the police. A criminal case was opened under Part 3. 159 UK RF (Large fraud). Law enforcement agencies are investigating, And if they can catch scammers, thus threatens up to six years in colony.

In April, the Moscow pensioner lost
13 million rubles, Transferring them to scammers with cryptocurrencies.