A woman in Hong Kong fell victim to a "cryptocurrency investment expert" online romance scam, losing over 2 million Hong Kong dollars.
BlockBeats News, April 13th. According to the police's "Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau" platform, a romance scam involving a single loss of over 2 million dollars occurred in the past week.
It is reported that the scammer took the initiative to follow a female victim in her fifties on Instagram, started a conversation through comments on posts, quickly established a romantic relationship, and then claimed to be a "cryptocurrency investment expert." Using "no-risk investment" as bait to commit the fraud. The scammer first asked the victim to transfer 40,000 dollars as an "account opening fee," then induced her to go to a physical currency exchange store seven times to exchange USDT with cash and transfer it to the scammer's account through an e-wallet. Once the funds were received, the scammer immediately "disappeared" and went incommunicado.
The police remind the public to be vigilant when making friends online. If someone claims to be an investment expert and requests a transfer for any reason, they should immediately pause and think calmly.
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