The value of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum has repeatedly set new highs in the past year, and related crimes have also increased proportionally. In the past six months, there have been at least three cases of snatching the funds of cryptocurrency purchasers. When the victim met, he saw the opportunity to steal the money.
According to data from the Police Cyber Security and Technology Crime Investigation Bureau, there have been 496 cases involving cryptocurrency in the first half of this year, more than double the same period last year.
The police has added a "Net Keeper" website to assist different target groups to provide comprehensive network protection, security assessment and education, and to help them build the ability to self-check network security and make self-diagnosis.
Extended reading: Cryptocurrency scams｜The victim is too young to be deceived by half a million, 30-year-old youth loses more than 100 million
Superintendent Fan Junye of the Cyber Security Section of the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Investigation Bureau said that robberies caused by cryptocurrency are still continuing. In one case, a 37-year-old man met a South Asian person in January this year. Brought 3.9 million yuan to Chai Wan to buy bitcoin. As a result, the South Asian person escaped during the counting process, causing the victim to suffer losses.
Although the case is still under investigation, the police have so far arrested 10 people, aged between 22 and 46.
Man in Chai Wan boarded a private car to deliver bitcoins and was kicked off the car and robbed of 3 million yuan
The police seized a batch of exhibits, including cash, computers, and mobile phones.
(Data Picture / Photo by Wang Yiyang)
Another buyer invited two men to the money changer in Tin Hau in March. He intended to purchase 3.85 million yuan worth of cryptocurrency. During the counting process, one of the men borrowed the money to take the money away. Escape.
The victims in the above three cases lost a total of 11.03 million yuan. In both cases, the prisoners were looking for opportunities to steal the money when counting cash.
Bitcoin Robbery | Man was robbed of 3.85 million yuan at Tin Hau Money Changer to deliver Bitcoin and injured his hand
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On July 28, a 39-year-old South Korean man was entrusted by an online friend. Because the scammer claimed that cash transactions would have a return of 5,000 yuan, he brought 3.28 million yuan in cash to a unit in Tsim Sha Tsui for bitcoin transactions. On the back stairs, he was robbed by 4 South Asians.
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Li Shaocui, director of the Youth Illegal Prevention Center of the Youth Association, said that there was a case involving a female student making friends online. The fraudster persuaded the female student to invest and pay a deposit. The amount rose from several thousand yuan in the first time to tens of thousands of yuan. The female student wanted to stop investing, and the netizen disappeared.
In order to enhance citizens' awareness of cyber security, the police will promote the "Net Keeper" website.
Committed to assisting important infrastructure, different industries and citizens to cope with increasingly serious cyber threats through diversified and new services.
With the slogan of "Cyber Defender being your own Doctor", the "Netkeeper" project provides comprehensive network protection, security assessment and education for different target groups, and helps them build the ability to self-check network security and make self-diagnosis, and become a "network doctor" ".
The Cybercrime Project helps to improve the service audience, especially the important infrastructure, the awareness of cyber terrorist activities and the ability to deal with attacks.
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