The UK police is working to recover a victim’s money after managed to steal the price of 2.1 million British pounds ($ 2.8 million) of bitcoin by implementing a senior police officer.
The North Wales Police Cybercrime Team said on Tuesday that it is investigating the theft of Bitcoin (BTC), stating that “a long -term crypto holders who use cold storage devices harass a new trend that targeted the long -term crypto holders.”
Police said the victim could be identified in a data breech, making it “highly targeted and advanced scam”.
Police in Britain and abroad have long warned scammers to enforce laws for victims or government officials, with detailed, direct requests for payment of versatile plans to obscure the scam.
Police said that the officer, police in Crypto theft, police say
The North Wales police said that a victim was approached by a scammer “presented as a senior UK law enforcement officer.”
Scammer claimed that he arrested someone who had the identity documents of the victim in the phone and emphasized that it could mean that the victim was open to host possible security violations.
Exploiting the “feeling of fear and urgency”, the police said that the victim was asked to log in to his crypto cold wallet and “secure his assets”, with a link provided by the fake coop.
“The victims were a sophisticated, fake website, which they were following the police instructions that they were following the police instructions.
Scammers withdrew bitcoins worth $ 2.8 million, now with total control and access to wallets.
To verify the police, don’t believe
The North Wales police said she is working to locate and recover funds, and told the Crypto holders how to verify how they are talking to the real police and what the law enforcement would really ask.
The team said, “The police will never call you unexpectedly to discuss your crypto assets or ask you to take action on your cold storage devices. This is a big red flag.”
This advised to hang on suspicious calls and contact the police directly that if someone claims to be an enforcement, it is directly valid to verify the call, and that the police would never say for the Crypto Seed phrase.
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“Scammers are constantly developing their strategy,” said North Wales Police. “They are not only targeting new investors; they are preparing sophisticated social engineering plans to trick the most hardworking holders.”
Police warning of other copying scams
The US FBI warned earlier this month that scammers are presenting as employees of the Crypto Exchange, claiming to contact potential victims that they have account problems and are deceiving them to send information to be used to reach the account.
In May, the FBI warned that the attackers were mainly using artificial intelligence-powered deepfac to send voice messages as senior American officials in a campaign targeting the current or former American federal and state government employees.
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