We received a report regarding the Koneoyp crypto scam.
The reporting person, Z. G., fell victim to it, and decided to tell how it unfolded so as to warn other possible victims to stay away from these scam attempts.
The contact via WhatsApp, the beginning of the crypto scam
It all began in early August this year when ZG was contacted by a girl via WhatsApp. Apparently, it was a message sent by mistake, because it was about a supposed date with a person ZG knew nothing about.
Although ZG responded by saying that the girl had the wrong number, she apologized by writing that the number was almost the same as her boss’s, and then began a dense exchange of messages regarding their respective activities and passions.
The contact had taken place, and it was hardly a casual one.
In fact, after a few days, the girl said that she was also involved in crypto investing, thanks to her aunt, and at that point, she suggested that ZG visit Koneoyp’s website, which was then still called Koneoy.
Cloud mining
The site offered “cloud mining,” which were different packages with different prices to be able to purchase for a limited time the computing power of machines that apparently mined BTC and ETH.
ZG had already begun to have some suspicions because of very high daily promised profit percentages but decided to go ahead. At that point, the girl says to contact Koneoyp’s contact person directly, namely Lisa.
Lisa explains to ZG the reason for such high percentages,…
