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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
She revealed. “If his company found out then he would probably be buried.”They initially came into contact last January via social media and for months Sophie believed she had found a new friend. He said he was originally from Guangzhou in China but was now based in London. He declined to meet in person, citing Covid-19 as an excuse.For four months he never once mentioned money as he built up her trust and friendship.But in April, he suggested doing a crypto investment together and Sophie decided to go ahead, feeling secure that she had her own Coinbase account.‘Money in my account turned to 0’However, she was sent a link to a convincing, fake website – known as a smart contract – that contained technology that gave the scam gang a backdoor into her account.“On the last day of April, after making a few trades in crypto, I was trying to transfer some money to my own bank but when I tried to withdraw money, my account emptied,” she said.“I watched as the money in my account turned to 0,0,0,0 within two seconds. My brain was on fire, and I started to google everything about coinbase liquidity mining. Then I knew I’d been scammed,” Sophie added.“I didn’t sleep for one week and I went to hospital because of low blood pressure and stress. I couldn’t stand up because most of my savings were gone. I went through the hardest time in my life for past six months,” she said. “I was mentally in pieces for months.”After seeking help via the Global Anti-Scam Organisation (GASO), an activist and victim support group, Sophie opted to glean more information from her scammer, to try to warn others of the dangers. She passed on the details to law enforcement authorities, but there is little police
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