Cryptocurrency scams, in 2 months ... 2 million pounds of damage to the British. Concern is growing for new cryptocurrency fraud.
According to what the sources say British police, local citizens would lost more than 2 million pounds sterling in just two months due to cryptocurrency criminal activity. In particular, the Action Fraud dossier claims that the scammers mainly used social media channels to advertise their Ponzi schemes, unfortunately achieving considerable success in the months of June and July.
In even more detail, UK police revealed that the average loss per defrauder was around £ 11.000, and that the fake mining and false commercial offers they were the most popular methods of "stealing" money from unwitting victims.
Recall that the mining it is the process of "creating" cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH), and that since this activity has become very popular, criminals have started targeting the market by offering bogus investments in creating coins that are presented as very valuable.
“Fraudsters convince victims to sign up for websites cryptocurrency investment and to separate from their personal data such as credit card details and identity documents to open a trading account. The victim will then make an initial minimum deposit, after which the scammer will call them to convince them to invest even more to obtain a greater profit "- says the police.
In the past two months, the British have submitted 203 reports to the anti-fraud project to the national cybercrime reporting center. The initiative is part of the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), which is under the umbrella of the City of London Police Department.
“It is vital for anyone who invests or thinks about investing in cryptocurrency try to investigate deeply the company with which he has chosen to invest "- said Pauline Smith, head of Action Fraud. "Statistics show that scammers are taking advantage of this market, offering investments in cryptocurrencies and using every possible trick to defraud the unsuspecting victims" - he concluded.
