Two Nanaimo residents lost nearly $20,000 to Bitcoin scams in one day this week. According to a news release from Nanaimo RCMP, two men transferred significant amounts of money to scammers on Wednesday, Jan. 15. 

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Nanaimo men lose thousands to bitcoin scams in one day: RCMP

Mounties in Nanaimo are warning the public to exercise caution after two residents lost about $17,000 combined to bitcoin scams in a single day.

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The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fraud reported on Wednesday in which a 67-year-old man lost $156,000, Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said.

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67-year-old Lancaster County man victim of $156K crypto scam

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Two victims lose thousands to Bitcoin scams in one day in Nanaimo

It starts when the victim is attracted to an advertisement displayed on Facebook.

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Bekas akauntan rugi lebih RM460,000 diperdaya tawaran 'bitcoin'

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With losses of over $20,000. The post Two separate bitcoin scams in Nanaimo leave victims out thousands of dollars: RCMP appeared first on Victoria Buzz.

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Two separate bitcoin scams in Nanaimo leave victims out thousands of dollars: RCMP

[Tsu] On the 17th, the Tsu Police Station of the Mie Prefectural Police announced that a man in his 50s from Tsu City had been defrauded of approximately 6.5 million yen worth of crypto assets by a man he met through a social networking site (SNS). The case is being investigated as a fraud case. According to the police station, the man registered the LINE account of a man he met on X (formerly Twitter) around mid-October last year. In mid-Novemb…

【津】三重県警津署は17日、津市の50代男性がＳＮＳ（交流サイト）を通じて知り合った男に、約650万円分の暗号資産をだまし取られたと発表した。詐欺事件として捜査している。 同署によると、男性は昨年10月中旬ごろ、Ｘ（旧ツイッター）で知り合った男のＬＩＮＥ（ライン）を登録。11月中旬、通話で男に指示を受けながら暗号資産「ビットコイン」を購入した。 男性は２回にわたって指定されたアドレスにビットコインを送金し、だまし取られた。男との連絡が途絶え、先月27日、同署に相談した。

暗号資産650万円分被害　津の男性、ＳＮＳで知り合った男に　三重

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Man from Tsu loses 6.5 million yen worth of cryptocurrency to man he met on social media in Mie

A Clayton-le-Moors man was involved in a bitcoin fraud which has seen £28m in stolen assets recovered by Lancashire Police.

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NANAIMO — Two unrelated Bitcoin scams involving significant volumes of digital currency burned a pair of local men. Nanaimo RCMP say both incidents occurred on Wednesday, Jan. 15 with the complainants losing thousands of dollars after willingly sending the digital currency to recipients via the Woodgrove Centre Bitcoin machine. RCMP Res. Cst. Gary O’Brien said in the first incident a man with a strong Asian accent proclaiming to be a police offi…

Two victims lose thousands to Bitcoin scams in one day in Nanaimo

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