Woman from Mumbai loses $ 30,000 of crypto fraud to man, whom she got to know on the matrimonial site: report
Woman from Mumbai loses $ 30,000 of crypto fraud to man, whom she got to know on the matrimonial site: report
A 60-year-old Indian lost almost $ 30,000 in a crypto investment fraud after she was addressed on the marriage web, on which she registered to look for a life partner.
The fraudster told her that he was an engineer based in the United States and that she could make quick profits through Bitcoin investments.
investment in love that went wrong
according to the media report The woman from Mumbai, who was a retired manager of a private company, registered on a married website in early 2022. Soon afterwards she was approached by a person on the website, and the two exchanged her phone numbers and began to call and chat regularly.
In March 2022, the man told her about an investment opportunity in cryptocurrency and how he supposedly achieved huge passive income. He informed another person's phone number and told her that he would guide her at the investment.
between April 2022 and December 2022, the woman invested almost $ 30,000 in cryptocurrencies through "The Guide". At a time when she had $ 62,000 on her virtual account, she asked "the Fiihrer" to help her withdraw the money. They told them that they had to pay a currency transfer fee and taxes of $ 15,000 to withdraw the money.
While she was still thinking about what to do, she noticed that the duo had stopped communication and her virtual account no longer worked.
In this stage she turned to the police and complained. According to the authorities, a case under the relevant sections was registered, fake and criminal conspiracy.
the same city, another incident
in a similar way fraud , another woman from Mumbai was cheated with almost $ 12,500 (one million inr) than was looking for one option to work and asked by the fraudsters to invest in bitcoins. The 49-year-old victim realized that when she was asked to pay almost $ 10,000 ($ 0.8 million), just to withdraw her money.
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