Ontario Man Loses $188,000 in Crypto Scam: Details
A man from Guelph, Ontario, lost $188,000 to a crypto scam after being tricked by someone posing as a childhood friend. An Ontario man lost $188,000 when he tried to invest in cryptocurrency for the first time after being contacted by someone claiming to be his childhood friend. The crypto scam began in July of
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A man from Guelph, Ontario, lost $188,000 to a crypto scam after being tricked by someone posing as a childhood friend.
An Ontario man lost $188,000 when he tried to invest in cryptocurrency for the first time after being contacted by someone claiming to be his childhood friend. The crypto scam began in July of last year after he met an individual at a public forum who masqueraded as a tourist he had known while growing up in China.
Over the next two months, the conversation progressed from the public forum to private messages. By September, the scammer had started convincing him to consider crypto investment.
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