A crypto scam just victimized a woman in Utah after dealing with a man she met on a dating app.
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A visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin on October 23, 2017 in London, England. Cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Lightcoin have seen unprecedented growth in 2017, despite remaining extremely volatile. While digital currencies across the board have divided opinion between financial institutions.
KSL TV reports that the woman, who hails from Ogden, fell victim to a so-called “romance scam” involving buying and selling cryptocurrency on a fraudulent site. The aforementioned mat she met gained her trust and offered to teach her about crypto trading, but the trades being put in front of her were all fake.
As per the report, the scam supposedly went on for weeks, with the scammer sending “proof” that the victim’s money was being well-invested. The scammer said he was a “self-made man” who’s made a killing as a crypto investor (particularly Bitcoin). But his way of “teaching” the victim how to invest involved him asking for more money than she likely thought at first.
The victim, who goes by the name Dianne, said she initially only put out $2,000 of…
