The victim contacted her scammer through social networks, where after gaining his trust, he ended up taking all of her money.
Pedro Silva
Fuente: Unitel
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A person lost 40,000 bolivianos after being scammed for the purchase of cryptocurrencies after contact a supposed seller via social networks. The incident occurred in the department of Cochabamba.
“This person, via Facebook – Messenger, offers to sell you cryptocurrencies, so when faced with this offer they are in disbelief. complete this sale of cryptocurrencies and find yourself in a aforementioned cell phone store“, indicated Julio Zapata, spokesperson for the Felcc.
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According to the report of the Special Force to Fight Crime (Felcc), the victim reported that this person, to gain his trust, First he asked for a deposit of Bs 8,000 from which he received the expected cryptocurrency.
Later, when they had contact again, he asked for a larger amount of money, so the victim deposited Bs 40,000 into a bank account, but no longer received a response, thus completing the scam.
“Once the transfer has been made to the aforementioned QR and to the aforementioned account, this person who is a victim You no longer receive any confirmation that the transaction has actually been made“, revealed.
The Police warned about this new modus operandi that criminals would be using to take possession of other people’s property, in which They first gain the trust of their victims and then flee with all the money.
“Thus, due to these types of cases, we want to alert the population to be extremely careful, especially with unscrupulous and unknown people. If you are going to make transfers or purchase cryptocurrencies, do so on authorized secure platforms”he added.
