A 70-year-old resident of Yakutsk lost 1.7 million rubles in a fake cryptocurrency trading scheme. About this сообщает the local police.
According to the victim, in August an unknown person called her, presenting himself as an employee of the brokerage firm Pineda International. He proposed earning money from selling stocks, cryptocurrencies and gold. The alleged broker convinced the pensioner to open a deposit and transfer 15 000 rubles to the account.
On the same day an alleged company analyst contacted the pensioner and proposed registering in the Skype app so that, through it, he could oversee all “trading on the exchange” processes. During the calls the interlocutor did not show his face, but the Russian woman continued to follow his instructions. She sent various sums from her own savings and also took out loans.
Over two months, the Yakut woman transferred 1.7 million rubles to unknown accounts. She could not withdraw the money herself. After that, the scammers stopped contacting her.
The police are conducting an investigation into the incident.
Earlier ForkLog reported that a painter from Togliatti handed over 2 million rubles to cryptocurrency scammers.
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