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Australian Federal Police Crack Down on Crypto ATM Scams, 77-Year-Old Victim Loses Approximately $280,000
Summary: According to reports from Cointelegraph, the Australian Federal Police have contacted over 90 Australians as part of an operation to combat cryptocurrency ATM crimes. One victim, a 77-year-old widow, was scammed out of 433,000 Australian dollars (approximately $282,000) in an online dating scam. The victim met a scammer claiming to be a man from Belgium ...
According to reports from Cointelegraph, the Australian Federal Police have contacted over 90 Australians as part of an operation to combat cryptocurrency ATM crimes. One victim, a 77-year-old widow, was scammed out of 433,000 Australian dollars (approximately $282,000) in an online dating scam. The victim met a scammer claiming to be a man from Belgium on a dating app, who falsely claimed to have earned 13,000 Australian dollars in a week and persuaded her to invest in Bitcoin. Over 18 months, the victim transferred her entire life savings into a Bitcoin ATM.
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