cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/37527321
A Chinese woman known as the “Bitcoin Queen” was sentenced in London to 11 years and eight months in jail for laundering Bitcoin from a £5.5 billion ($7.3 billion) cryptocurrency investment scheme. […]
From your link:
I will always be shocked how someone could come by $300,000 (through legitimate or illegitimate means) and simply pass that whole sum to someone else without understanding the enormous risk they take on themselves.
Don’t judge people at their weakest being preyed on by the most cynical
If by saying “be elderly” you mean “being cognitively compromised by natural aging”, then sure I can see that, but usually those that have massed that level of wealth have people to shield them from these kind of scams. Still, on this list this one I agree is the most likely.
I seems like a very rare use case for someone to have $300,000 in liquid assets/cash that would not have human contact. I’m not saying its impossible, but it seems like the confluence of those two things would be extremely rare.
I would think someone asking you for $300,000 would be a sign they don’t really love you.
TBH $300k isn’t that much for a lifetime of savings. That’s a nice house and maybe 1 year of top salary.
It’s not like a million or two
Everything is relative. Top salaries you’re referring to are a very small fraction of workers today. For many $300k is indeed a life savings.
Just saying For an elderly person today (ofc these were victims ~3-4 years ago now), it’s not all that surprising to (a) have amassed $300k net worth, and (b) give it away to scammer because people crave human connection