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The Australian Federal Police said they contacted over 90 Australians in the framework of the procedure against criminal use of cryptic ATMs, including the victims of pig butcherhood and suspicious perpetrators.
One of the victims was a 77 -year -old widow that was Scammed from $ 433,000 ($ 281,947) in online dating fraud, Australian Financial Agency, Austrac, said Wednesday.
Australian public broadcaster ABC reported The widow did not know that the Belgian man, who had been walking online for two years, was a scam until the police appeared at her door.
“Half -day work” on the mission of Scammer Cash
The victim said she was encouraged by a scammer she had encountered in a dating application to invest in Bitcoins (BTC) By showing their fake documents that claimed that he earned $ 13,000 in one week ($ 8,464).
For his first transaction, Scammer reportedly spoke to it in a process that included raising money from an ordinary ATM and then fed them and Bitcoin atm. She has sent her whole life in just 18 months.
The victim told ABC that at one point she threw around $ 20,000 ($ 13,023) worth cash and added that transfers often occupied “half -day work” and became a “quite expert on the use of Bitcoin ATM”.
“The worst part was to tell my daughter that I actually gave my life savings, which took me 40 years to earn and took 18 months.”
“The working group identified another woman in her 70 years. She was accepted after she saw what she considered a legitimate commercial advertising that offers a considerable return on investment. She lost over $ 200,000,” said Austrac CEO Brendan Thomas.
Police is charged to issue other formal caution
During the intervention, the Australian police focused on the best users of crypt ATMs who were identified as a high risk of being used for illegal activity or fraud.
In particular, the police contacted 21 people who were either suspected of victims of fraud related to the ATM or allegedly participated in unlawful activities associated with machines.
“We suspected that a large volume of ATM crypto was probably illegal, but our partners in the enforcement area found that almost all the transactions we were referred to were victims rather than criminals,” Thomas said.
One was accused of offenses of property washing, while four others received a formal warning of suspicion that they used a crypto to buy drugs or acted as money for criminals.
However, some suspects were fraudulent victims that either unknowingly helped criminals or consciously transferred the means to raise their stolen money. AFP said several of them did not want to admit that cybernetic criminals cheated on them.
The latest hit is followed by Austrac, Introduction of new operating rules and transactions limits For the Krypto ATM 3. June in the fight against fraud. Last December The agency also indicated a crypto as a priority for 2025.
Fake promises for crypto
Commander AFP Graeme Marshall said In a statement that fraud victims are manipulated in feeding thousands of dollars into crypt ATMs through fake promises of love, employment, investmentor fast profits.
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“If you have a quick profits, if there is a high -pressure term or sense of urgency, and if you have never met a person before, stop contacting and reporting them immediately,” he said.
“We have to get a message there: If someone, a company or a government agency asks you to pay the cryptocurrency, do not send money.”
Australian online system of computer crime, reportyber, received 150 unique reports on fraud concerning cryptic ATMs from January 2024 to January 2025, according to AFP, with losses exceeding $ 3.1 million ($ 2 million).
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