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Omaha Man Loses $200,000 in Bitcoin Scam
A 70-year-old Omaha man lost $200,000 to a Bitcoin scam involving an alleged Chinese pornography company.
According to an Omaha police report, the scam began on May 27, when the man received an alert on his computer screen from a scammer posing as Microsoft, telling him to call the phone number displayed. The man told police he immediately called the number.
The scammer, who was not identified, responded and told the man that a “porn crew” in China would withdraw $32,000 from the man’s bank account if he did not act immediately.
The scammer told the man he needed to withdraw $32,000 from his account and send the money in Bitcoin. The man obeyed.
The man continued sending money, including from his individual retirement account, to the scammer via Bitcoin until Friday. Days later, the man went to his bank to withdraw another US$40,000. Bank employees told the man he was the victim of a scam and to stop sending money.
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The man told police he lost about $200,000 from the scam.
The Bitcoin Scam Appeared to Use Multiple Tactics Ryan Sothan, who is the outreach coordinator for the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office, outlined to The World-Herald in October. The scammer created a scenario too bad to be believed and used high-pressure tactics to get the man to send money via an unconventional payment method.
The Attorney General’s Office and the Better Business Bureau encourage victims of fraud to report fraud to local law enforcement agencies. The BBB also encourages people to report scams to the organization’s scam tracker online at bbb.org/scamtracker.
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