LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – An extended-time Lincoln resident is looking for solutions after falling sufferer to a cryptocurrency costing him almost $70,000.
Salman Moshiri acquired a textual content Thursday afternoon of a verification code stating if he didn’t request one to give that quantity a name. The particular person behind that quantity wished Moshiri’s cash.
Moshiri informed 10/11 Information he spent two hours on the cellphone with the scammer below the impression he was defending his cash, however as an alternative $67,000 was transferred to the scammer’s account.
As soon as Moshiri reached out to his cryptocurrency funding dealer, it was too late.
“I can’t sleep, I can’t eat something as a result of it’s heartbreaking,” Moshiri mentioned. “It’s shedding one thing that’s (price) lots of cash.”
Whereas he takes accountability for the problem, he wished his dealer stepped in sooner.
“The place is the safety? The place is the safety?” Moshiri mentioned. “They need to name me rapidly to cease it.”
Moshiri is hoping that others in Lincoln don’t endure from a similar crime.
“Any textual content message, don’t open it, don’t name as a result of you may be liable for this case and it’s a really arduous scenario,” Moshiri mentioned.
Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird just lately introduced new ordinances to assist curb the rise in cryptocurrency scams, the story might be discovered here.
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