Bulgarian businessman loses half a million dollars from call center crypto fraud-
Bulgarian businessman loses half a million dollars from call center crypto fraud-
A Bulgarian investor has lost a large amount of money to fraudsters who convinced him that he invests cash in cryptocurrency. The fraud operated through a call center in a system that developed into an established scheme to extract money from victims that were attracted to promises faster profits on stock and cryptoma markets.
cheated Bulgarian crypto investor transfers money to bank accounts around the world
A businessman from Bulgaria has transferred over 1 million Leva (more than $ 550,000) to fraudsters, who claimed that he could earn well with crypto-assets. He was persuaded by a fake consultant to transfer the amount to accounts at various banks from Europe to Hong Kong.
The investor was initially contacted by a call center operated by the fraudsters and offers high returns on crypto -investment. This communication took a while and they were able to convince him that he would triple his money in no time. When the man expressed interest in the offer, he was forwarded to an encrypted chat and set up with an online account.
"The data of the victim - name and telephone number - most likely come from a platform in which he has registered," said Commissioner Vladimir Dimitrov, head of the Department of Cybercrime in the General Directorate to combat the organized crime of the Interior Ministry
The businessman, whose identity was not revealed by the investigators, was then offered a small deposit of 250 euros, which in a few weeks multiplied by many times in virtual assets. Later he sent tens of thousands of euros to Polish, British and a Chinese bank.
The call center, of which the person concerned received the first call in this case, was most likely somewhere in the Middle East, Bulgarian official said. However, the country from which the organizers of the fraudulent system operated still has to be identified.
The fraud is part of a recent criminal trend in Europe where call center are used to lure unsuspecting victims with non -existent opportunities to invest in stocks of famous global companies or cryptocurrencies.
In mid-January, authorities from Bulgaria, Serbia, Cyprus and Germany in cooperation with Europol and Euro Just decreased A network of call centers that "led victims to invest large amounts of money in fake cryptocurrency systems". In September last year the Ukrainian police caught a similar criminal organization, the investors in all of Europe cheated.
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