HOUSTON – A Houston woman is out $12,500 after falling victim to cryptocurrency theft.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, since 2021, more than 46,000 people have reported losing over $1 billion in crypto scams.
The woman KPRC 2 spoke with asked us not to reveal her identity.
“I went on the computer. I paid a couple of bills, I used my email; suddenly the computer had all these boxes on it,” the woman said. “I couldn’t get out of it and suddenly a number came up called ‘Microsoft.”
The woman said her computer was brand-new and the only time it had been used was when data from her old computer was transferred. As for the number that popped up on her screen, it did not connect her to anyone with Microsoft as she thought.
“The person on the other end told me I had been cyber-hacked, and there were all these porn sites and gambling sites on (my computer),” she said.
The person on the other end of the line then said she was transferring the woman to Chase Bank’s fraud department....
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