A Coconut Creek woman lost several thousand dollars in a Bitcoin scam, authorities said.
Con artists recently targeted the 74-year-old resident with pop-up warnings on her computer claiming she had been hacked, according to Coconut Creek Police.
The pop-up messages directed her to a phony phone number that the scammers had cloned. When the victim called the number, the fraudsters pretended to be agents with the Federal Trade Commission, police said.
The culprits even went as far as to send the victim a fake picture showing a supposed FTC agent’s badge and face, according to investigators.
Next, the scammers told the victim she was in trouble and that the only way out of it was to make several bank withdrawals, then convert her money to Bitcoin, police said.
“They promised her that once they had her Bitcoin, everything would be okay,” police said in a social media post. “That of course was a lie.”
The victim lost several thousand dollars, according to police. A precise amount was not available on Tuesday.
“Remember that any time someone tries to convince you to send them money in the form of Bitcoin, or visit a Bitcoin machine, it’s a scam,” the police department said.
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