CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Cranberry Township Police are warning the neighborhood that a number of individuals have been not too long ago victimized in a new Bitcoin scam.
Police mentioned scammers focused aged people and in whole, the victims have been scammed out of $60,000.
“That’s quite a bit of cash that’s being stolen from these hard-working individuals. That’s horrible,” mentioned Malik Thomas.
In previous few months, police mentioned 5 victims obtained a phishing e-mail from scammers claiming there was one thing incorrect with their Apple machine or their Amazon or Paypal account. Then, the scammers requested 4 victims to ship cash in Bitcoin to substantiate their identification and have providers restored. One sufferer was requested to pay with present playing cards.
Folks within the space mentioned that is regarding.
“Folks simply need to the cautious simply have to look at who you’re getting these emails from,” mentioned Tramyer Summers.
Police mentioned the Division of Treasury is now concerned with this current scam.
“The Division of Treasury is definitely attempting to place out some coaching for native officers however the assets we’ve obtainable, it makes it very troublesome to do an investigation monitoring the Bitcoin transactions,” Lt. Chuck Mascellino mentioned.
Police mentioned companies would usually by no means ask you for cash to confirm your identification or account.
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