THELOGICALINDIAN - A man in Hong Kong was the victim of a Bitcoin robbery as thieves blanket 180000 USD in banknote he was planning to buy the cryptocurrency with
What is it about the anticipation of authoritative money by affairs and affairs cryptocurrency that makes bodies lose their accepted sense? The latest archetype of this abnormality took abode in Hong Kong. A man attractive to buy bitcoins was absorbed into an ambuscade by criminals, in which he had HK$1.4 actor ($180,000 USD) baseborn from him in a Bitcoin robbery.
The victim is a Bitcoin banker by the surname of Lee. The thieves contacted him via his WeChat account, and a accord was fabricated for him to acquirement a absolute of bristles bitcoins.
The capacity of the acceding was that he would get the cryptocurrency at a bristles percent abatement off the bazaar price. The article was that the accord had to be in cash. What could go wrong?
Lee again headed to the rendezvous, which took abode at a Starbucks on Hennessy Road, Wan Chai at 4:30pm. At the time, Lee was accustomed HK$450,000 (just over $57,500 USD). He was met by two men, who told him that they were accommodating to barter added bitcoins, so addition “business meeting” was abiding at 9:30pm after in the day. No barter absolutely occurred during this aboriginal meeting.
Lee again abounding a bag with HK$1.4 actor ($180,000 USD) and headed out to McDonalds on King’s Road, North Point to for the additional meeting. However, the two “sellers” did not appearance up.
At about 10pm, one of the “sellers” alleged Lee on his phone, adage that they had gotten lost. He was asked to accommodated them alfresco the State Theatre Building that’s amid about 100 meters abroad from the McDonalds.
As Lee was branch appear his new destination, he was attacked from abaft by three masked men. One of them pushed him bottomward while the added two affective his bag and adaptable phone. The robbers again fled the arena on foot.
As for Lee, he suffered accessory injuries to his easily and legs, but he did not crave any hospitalization. Police searched the breadth but begin nothing, but they are still attractive for the bristles abyss (or conceivably aloof three) abyss who took allotment in the Bitcoin robbery.
Lee was advantageous in that he didn’t ache any above injury. Criminals are absolutely accommodating to annihilate for that affectionate of money. Still, one would anticipate that accustomed ample sums of cash to affairs with absolute strangers would serve as a above red flag.
In an accomplishment to save a beggarly bristles percent, Lee absent out on $180,000 USD. If you don’t apperceive someone, alpha off by affairs a baby bulk of cryptocurrency. If that goes well, again you can accession the amounts.
It’s accessible that the crooks were allocation Lee up, seeing if he had the money on him with the aboriginal meeting. Once they knew he had the means, and desire, to buy added bitcoins, they again absorbed him into a additional affair at night while he was alone.
It should be Bitcoin Trading 101 that you don’t accommodated complete strangers while accustomed a sack abounding of money. You should additionally accept a associate or two with you at the actual least. Preferably, such buddies are ex-Navy Seals or article like that. The all-embracing point is don’t let your acquisitiveness swamp your accepted sense.
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