Cyber-Forensics.net
Cyber Forensic Specialist
Scammers pose to be government or lottery officials and promise people big prizes in exchange for cryptocurrency, cash, or personal information.
— Timothy Benson
SOFIA, BULGARIA, August 22, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Cryptocurrency is full of imposter scams, with crooks pretending to be government or lottery officials and demanding payments in bitcoin for supposed debt.
According to Federal Trade Commission (FTC), In 2021, these scams swindled unwary victims out of $255 million. The FTC received 148,000 reports of fraud that involved prizes, lotteries, and sweepstakes, 27 percent more than the previous year, (https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2019/sweepstakes.html)
The Federal Trade Commission(FTC) has nearly got 1.3 million reports about government imposters making it far more than any other type of fraud reported in the same timeframe. Most people reported this scam said it all started with a phone call.
“Though some crypto investors are getting rich, some of those same investors are scammers, taking money from innocent investors. These scammers put their best game on the line to win the investors’ trust by promising them big returns.”‘ says Tim Benson, Chief Analyst at Cyber-Forensics.Net – a bitcoin recovery…
