One after another, members of the public fell into the online virtual asset investment scam. The victim this time was a 59-year-old factory worker. The police said that the victim received a message from a scammer on the communication software WhatsApp earlier. With the instigation of the other party, the victim invested more than HK$1.6 million through a fake online virtual asset platform (coinsilium.ls-bit.com).
As with other investment scams, the scammer first casts the bait, allowing the victim to make a small profit. In the first two "investments", the swindlers first let the victim earn and cash out nearly HK$20,000. The victim saw that it was profitable, believed it to be true, and invested more and more.
When the victim wants to withdraw the so-called "return" later, the scammer asks the victim to pay a "withdrawal fee" of about HK$350,000. The victim suddenly realized that he had been deceived and had to call the police for help.
Source: ON.CC
