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Mrs K, who is an 80 year old retired teacher, lives in Los Angeles, was defrauded of $69k via a Bitcoin ATM. At the beginning of the story, she received a pop up message, as a warning that her computer had been infected with a virus and she was advised to immediately call technical support listed in the pop up message. After Mrs. K called, she was directed to speak with a fraud friend who claimed to be an FBI agent.
The story became more complicated and exciting, so that Mrs K became confused, she thought her Chase bank account had been hacked by a Chinese hacker who was also a pedophile, the fraudster also sent a fake email to Mrs K which appeared to be from Chase bank.
Next, the fraudster advised Mrs. K to withdraw as much as $75k in cash, which she did over three days. The fraudster also instructed, if the bank teller asked, that she was withdrawing money for house construction and Mrs. K was prohibited from telling anyone. Next, the fraudster instructed Mrs. K to go to a Coinhub Bitcoin ATM, which allows someone to make transactions of up to $25k per day at a donut shop in Highland Park, Los Angeles. For three days, Mrs. K had successfully converted $69k in cash to Bitcoin and sent it to the fraudster's Bitcoin address and she only realized that this was a fraud, she then reported it to the police station, based on the investigation, the Bitcoin that Mrs. K had transferred had been deposited on the exchange. Huobi and Kucoin exchange, but until now Mrs K has not received her money back. (Source: Yahoo Finance)
The story became more complicated and exciting, so that Mrs K became confused, she thought her Chase bank account had been hacked by a Chinese hacker who was also a pedophile, the fraudster also sent a fake email to Mrs K which appeared to be from Chase bank.
Next, the fraudster advised Mrs. K to withdraw as much as $75k in cash, which she did over three days. The fraudster also instructed, if the bank teller asked, that she was withdrawing money for house construction and Mrs. K was prohibited from telling anyone. Next, the fraudster instructed Mrs. K to go to a Coinhub Bitcoin ATM, which allows someone to make transactions of up to $25k per day at a donut shop in Highland Park, Los Angeles. For three days, Mrs. K had successfully converted $69k in cash to Bitcoin and sent it to the fraudster's Bitcoin address and she only realized that this was a fraud, she then reported it to the police station, based on the investigation, the Bitcoin that Mrs. K had transferred had been deposited on the exchange. Huobi and Kucoin exchange, but until now Mrs K has not received her money back. (Source: Yahoo Finance)
