Bitcoin: Jury Duty Scam Costs Woman Thousands in BTC
The cryptocurrency market has witnessed an array of hacks and scams over the years. Despite increased scrutiny and regulations, scammers haven’t taken a step back. More recently, a woman from Colorado fell prey to a major scam that cost her $6,000 in Bitcoin. Also Read: META Stock Gets a Boost From Analyst: New Price Target Revealed Scammer Posed As Law Enforcement Official According to reports, the woman received a call from perpetrators posing as law enforcement officers last week. The fraudsters threatened the victim with arrest for allegedly skipping jury service. The victim followed the scammer’s instructions to pay a fictitious warrant using a Bitcoin ATM because she thought she had missed a jury summons. When she called Denver Police to verify the transaction, she found she had been duped. The patrol report says that even though her bank has been informed of the scam, “it’s not likely the money will be recovered.” But they were able to stop the compl...