SALT LAKE CITY — More and more folks who think they are investing in cryptocurrency are actually being duped into sending money to thieves.
When a South Dakota woman found herself out more than $10,000 because of a scheme, she contacted the KSL Investigators because she wants others to know about it and hopefully avoid a similar situation.
“I was defrauded over crypto,” said Vianey Murguia.
She explained the rip-off began with a post she saw on social media made by who she thought was her cousin.
“(She) posted how much money she had made out of this cryptocurrency,” Murguia said.
She messaged her cousin through the app – though it turned out her cousin’s account had been hacked by a crook. After a lot of back and forth with someone Murguia thought was an investment manager that had worked with her cousin, she was convinced. She sent them $1,000. Then a bit more. And within a few days — bam! Murguia got a report showing that few grand she had invested had done remarkably well and was now worth more than $50,000.
My @KSLInvestigates story about a woman who lost $200,000 to a scammer posing as a crypto investor has spawned a federal investigation.
Meanwhile, new @FBI numbers show this type of “confidence fraud “is on the rise.
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— Matt Gephardt KSL-TV (@KSLGephardt) April 26, 2022
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