Virtual currency scams are emerging one following another. A Hong Kong man, Mr. A, won a lottery following being vaccinated earlier, and won a round-trip ticket to Fukuoka. After looking for a travel companion online, he met a Taiwanese girl, Ms. B, who agreed to travel, but persuaded him to invest in virtual currency. Finally, he invested in an account I have been unable to cash it out, and finally lost all my savings and filed for bankruptcy. The loss included 120,000 of the inheritance of the deceased mother.
TVB “Dong Zhang Xi Wan” reported on Monday and Tuesday that Mr. A, a Hong Kong man, was looking for travel companions online following winning the air ticket. At the end of December last year, a woman B who claimed to be from Taiwan said that she might travel together, and then lobbied Mr. A to join the virtual encryption Currency platform to earn travel expenses. After Mr. A became a member, he continuously recharged his account for trading, and invested close to hundreds of thousands of funds. The platform required Mr. A to exchange Hong Kong dollars into virtual currency through the platform, and then convert the virtual currency into US dollars through a third party. The method was very roundregarding. The result was Although Mr. A’s investment has made gains, the account has not been cashed out.
Later, the platform suggested that Mr. A upgrade his membership in order to obtain additional monetary rewards and cash out the account, but an additional capital injection of 270,000 Hong Kong dollars is required first. Mr. A was short of funds, so he borrowed regarding 130,000 from the finance company. Ms. B promised to provide an additional 140,000, but was regarded as “funds of unknown origin” by the trading platform, and the platform refused him to withdraw funds from the account. Mr. A failed to negotiate with the platform. Together with the 90,000 Hong Kong dollars he invested with his friends, the account balance was as high as 230,000 at one point, but because it might not be cashed, Mr. A finally decided to call the police for help.
Mr. A pointed out that since the transfers totaled 310,000 yuan in 4 times, the police told him that they would not recover the amount below 100,000 yuan. They might only try to recover one of the transfers of 130,000 yuan and try to contact Ms. B. The police also told him that the incident was a typical online platform scam, which happens quite a lot every year. The police also told him that the calling card used by the Taiwanese woman B was a “space card” and it was difficult to trace.
Mr. A expressed regret that he lost 130,000 in loans, 120,000 in his deceased mother’s inheritance, 20,000 in his own accumulation, and 50,000 from his friends. Buried money, but the family is so helpless, and life is so difficult.” He pointed out that he was unable to pay back and had to file for bankruptcy, describing life as hopeless, and even had “bad thoughts”, “I’m so sorry. Mom, there is no reason for the inheritance. I found out that I was greedy and wanted to earn travel expenses. The more I step on it, the deeper I fall into the trap.
