🤔Have you ever thought that a seemingly ordinary website link could make you bankrupt? Recently, Indian citizen Chirag Tomar used a fake Coinbase Pro website to cause hundreds of victims to lose more than $20 million in cryptocurrency! What shocking secrets are hidden behind this?
💻According to court documents, starting in June 2021, Tomar and his accomplices carefully forged a fake website that was almost identical to Coinbase Pro, using the fake URL "CoinbasePro.Com" to confuse victims. They induced victims to provide login information and even required the installation of remote programs to directly control the victims' computers and easily access their real Coinbase accounts.
📞What's even more terrifying is that these scammers will pretend to be Coinbase customer service staff and ask victims to provide two-factor verification codes through phone scams. Once the victims take the bait, their assets will be transferred to the scammers' accounts in an instant. Just like a victim in North Carolina, after he provided two-factor verification information, more than $240,000 worth of cryptocurrency in his account quickly disappeared!
🛍️These scammers used the money they defrauded to live a life of luxury, buying expensive watches and luxury cars, and traveling to Dubai and Thailand for vacation many times. But the good times didn't last long. In December 2023, Tomar was arrested when he entered the United States at the Atlanta airport.
💪After the trial, Tomar was eventually sentenced to 5 years in prison, and will be subject to 2 years of supervised release after serving his sentence. This case once again reminds us that network security cannot be ignored!
🔍So, as a cryptocurrency investor, have you ever encountered similar scams? How do you prevent these scams? Let's share our experiences and be more vigilant together!
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