Experts say bitcoin scams becoming more common
MACHINE INSIDE WARNING PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF SCAMS. POLICE SAY SCAMMERS CONVINCED TWO PEOPLE TO DEPOSIT MORE THAN $11,000 INTO THE BITCOIN MACHINE AT THE CUMBERLAND FARMS ON EAST MAIN STREET. TONIGHT, THEY’RE URGING EVERYONE TO THINK TWICE BEFORE FEEDING MONEY INTO THE MACHINE. IF THEY ARE INSTRUCTED TO DO SO BY SOMEONE THEY DON’T KNOW OR HAVE NEVER MET. CYBER SECURITY EXPERT PETER TRAN SAYS THIS KIND OF SCAM IS EXPLODING BECAUSE THE BITCOIN MACHINES ARE EASY TO FIND AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TRACE. ONCE FUNDS ARE SENT CLAWING BACK YOUR MONEY. ONCE YOU FED INTO THE ATM AND ONCE YOU SCAN THE QR CODE, IT’S GONE. AND THE. AND THE CATCH TO THIS AND THE REASON WHY THIS IS SO DANGEROUS IS SOMEONE IS CONVINCING YOU TO DO IT SO NO ONE IS FORCING YOU. YOU’RE DOING IT SOMEWHAT VOLUNTARILY BASED ON SOCIAL ENGINEERING AND BEING SCARED. SO THERE ISN’T INNATELY ANY LAWS BROKEN. BESIDES JUST A FRAUDULENT SOCIAL ENGINEERING THAT HAPPENED. BELKNAP COUNTY RESIDENT JACQUELINE BRULARD FELL VICTIM TO A SIMILAR BITCOIN SCAM A FEW YEARS AGO. HATE TO SAY IT, BUT THE SCAMMERS WERE JUST SMARTER THAN US. THEY KNEW, THEY ALREADY KNEW AND THEY ALSO GET YOU INTO A REAL PANIC. AND IT WAS WEIRD. JUST LIFE. THINGS LINED UP. COMING UP AT SIX. WE’LL HEAR MORE FROM JACQUELINE AND SHARE HER ADVICE ON HOW NOT TO FALL VICT
Police in Tilton have issued a warning after two residents fell victim to a bitcoin scam.
Police in Tilton have issued a warning after two residents fell victim to a bitcoin scam.