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A video blogger under the nickname Kitboga managed to deceive a fraudster who hoped to extort $4.5 million in bitcoins in front of several thousand of his subscribers.
Streamer Kitboga gained fame by deceiving various intruders in front of his fans. This time, he told viewers that for almost two months he had been communicating with a fraudster who promised to build him a house for cryptocurrency. To complete the transaction, you just need to make a video call in WhatsApp to follow the instructions of the unknown person.
Kitboga created a fake cryptocurrency account with 74 bitcoins worth about 3.5 million pounds ($4.5 million). The blogger introduced himself as an elderly woman and promised to send funds to a fake contractor. Communicating with the attacker, the blogger tried to conduct the transaction for as long as possible and deliberately behaved as if he did not hear the fraudster's wallet number. Kitboga slowly typed the text and, to the great delight of the audience, involved a second person in the conversation, the so-called husband of the woman.
At some point, the "old lady Kitboga" told the scam artist that she had found another person on Facebook who could help with the investment if this transaction did not take place. The attacker immediately tried to dissuade her, calling it a bad idea, because otherwise she will lose all her savings: there are only scammers around!
In the end, Kitboga specifically sent bitcoins to another address, while the scammer who saw the screen was already tired of shouting at his failed victim, demanding that she cancel the order. Upset over the failed deal, the fraudster turned off the video call, and later wrote to the fake old lady that he would never forgive her and in general hated her very much.
"I've never seen such a reaction before. Be careful: scammers find their victims on Instagram or Facebook, and then try to convince them to invest crypto assets in fake platforms, " Kitboga issued a moral message.
Last year, a video blogger helped the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange uncover a criminal scheme by which unknown people stole digital assets from users.
Streamer Kitboga gained fame by deceiving various intruders in front of his fans. This time, he told viewers that for almost two months he had been communicating with a fraudster who promised to build him a house for cryptocurrency. To complete the transaction, you just need to make a video call in WhatsApp to follow the instructions of the unknown person.
Kitboga created a fake cryptocurrency account with 74 bitcoins worth about 3.5 million pounds ($4.5 million). The blogger introduced himself as an elderly woman and promised to send funds to a fake contractor. Communicating with the attacker, the blogger tried to conduct the transaction for as long as possible and deliberately behaved as if he did not hear the fraudster's wallet number. Kitboga slowly typed the text and, to the great delight of the audience, involved a second person in the conversation, the so-called husband of the woman.
At some point, the "old lady Kitboga" told the scam artist that she had found another person on Facebook who could help with the investment if this transaction did not take place. The attacker immediately tried to dissuade her, calling it a bad idea, because otherwise she will lose all her savings: there are only scammers around!
In the end, Kitboga specifically sent bitcoins to another address, while the scammer who saw the screen was already tired of shouting at his failed victim, demanding that she cancel the order. Upset over the failed deal, the fraudster turned off the video call, and later wrote to the fake old lady that he would never forgive her and in general hated her very much.
"I've never seen such a reaction before. Be careful: scammers find their victims on Instagram or Facebook, and then try to convince them to invest crypto assets in fake platforms, " Kitboga issued a moral message.
Last year, a video blogger helped the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange uncover a criminal scheme by which unknown people stole digital assets from users.
