Ocononovoc Police warn crypto fraud on the rise after the local woman loses savings

Oconovoc, Vis. – Retired woman in Oconomovac lost all savings after the victim’s criminal fraud, as the local police report an alarming increase in similar cases last year.

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Lee Ann Malec lost $ 24,000 when the fraudsters convinced that they transfer money in Bitcoin, claiming that it was the only way to protect her bank account from false activities.

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“Sometimes I wake up and I’m shivering because I can still hear his voice. It’s probably something I’ll never get over,” Malec said.

The review began when a web page appeared on Malec’s laptop that she could not close. She believed that she said from Microsoft that something was wrong with her computer, but not. After displaying the number shown, the man told her that there was a suspicious activity in his bank account.

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“Microsoft came to my laptop and I tried to turn off and wouldn’t turn off. So I called the number,” Malec said.

Malec even called what he believed was her banking management for fraud, which was actually another number that control fraud.

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“He said you were going to have to go to the bank. I said,” I won’t go to the bank. Are you sure that happens? “He said,” You don’t understand that this doesn’t happen in the bank and we have to find out, we don’t know who it is, “Malec said.

In a few hours, fraud convinced her to convey the entire $ 24,000 in the Bitcoin ATM. Oconomovooc Police said that money entered the machine, it was missing – they are likely to transfer internationally.

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Oconomovoc Police warn crypto rise deception after retired woman loses savings

Malec said backwards, wants to just say something to her bank store during the incident.

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“The phone was with me to the bank, I wish I just got it up,” Malec said. “But my mind wasn’t there. He scared me very much.”

The problem has become so widespread that Oshkosh police published signs of Cockocurrency ATMs on the usual scenarios, including “Is someone sent you to Bitcoin? It’s a scam” and “Paying Jury”.

Courtesy of Oshkosh police department

When Malecn’s Zet called Shammer the next day to face him about withdrawing all his savings, man, as reported, has not shown remorse, using lightness and stating that he did not care.

“I don’t know how these people can come in and look in the mirror in the morning, getting money from people. I don’t understand, I don’t understand,” Malec said.

Oconovoc Police explores the incident.

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