Social Engineering Scam: Elderly US Investor Hit with a $330M Bitcoin Heist
TL;DR A scammer managed to steal $330 million in Bitcoin from a U.S. citizen using a carefully planned social engineering scheme. The attacker hid the funds
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Since 2011, thanks to the standard Bitcoin open source, new cryptocurrencies known as Altcoins are beginning to emerge, that use blockchain technology as an alternative to Bitcoin, complementing their ecosystem with new algorithms and functionalities.
Some of the best known altcoins are Ethereum [ETH], Ripple [XRP], Tron [TRX] or Litecoin [LTC].
Today there are many exchange houses or crypto exchanges, where these cryptocurrencies have established themselves as a new investment market for financial assets that grows in volume and complexity every day.
Some of the best known cryptocurrency exchanges and where you can make your exchanges are: Binance, Poloniex, Kukoin, or Kraken, among others.
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TL;DR A scammer managed to steal $330 million in Bitcoin from a U.S. citizen using a carefully planned social engineering scheme. The attacker hid the funds
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