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Canadian Robbed of Crypto via ATM Kiosk, Recovery Efforts Lead to Another Scam Attempt

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Canadian Robbed of Crypto via ATM Kiosk, Recovery Efforts Lead to Another Scam Attempt

In brief

  • A Nanaimo resident lost C$5,000 in a crypto job scam before a second scheme emerged.
  • Fraudsters posed as a lawyer claiming to have located $60,000 in crypto “profits.”
  • Victim data is reused because those targets already showed vulnerability, Decrypt was told.

Canadian police warned Wednesday that fraudsters are using the Royal Canadian Mounted Police logo in crypto recovery schemes targeting victims who already lost funds in earlier fraud.

The warning follows a case in Nanaimo, British…

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