MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) – For one North Carolinian, it started with the promise to earn enough money to buy a house.
After meeting “Vether Weber” on a dating app, the person was then coached how to create an account, obtain a loan and then “invest” in cryptocurrency. Then, after sending more and more money, Weber’s messaging account was disabled, their contact information disappeared and they’d blocked their victim.
By the end, the person had lost $75,000 to the cryptocurrency scammer, according to their firsthand account to the Better Business Bureau.
That scam, reported in February, is the highest dollar amount someone in the Carolinas has lost to a cryptocurrency scheme, a type of fraud that has seen an exponential increase since the start of the pandemic, according to officials.
The February scam included sending money to a French bank. The fraudster then claimed the investor had made money, but needed to send more to pay for taxes. The scammer pressured their victim to give...
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