A lot of money can disappear from our account if we react badly to a strange phone call.
Fraudsters don’t rest when they want to grab our money. Their latest method is aimed at those who have decided to they store part of their savings in cryptocurrency, namely bitcoin. This method is more sophisticated than classic bank fraud phone calls: and it was based on a special event.
Fraudsters are taking advantage of the recent bitcoin halving, which has reduced the amount of cryptocurrency miners can extract from the network, writes Femina.
A halving is a pre-programmed event after which the reward that cryptocurrency miners receive for transactions in the network will decrease.
The purpose of the price reduction measure is to ensure that It is limited to 21 million coins the bitcoin supply.
Digital currency can be stolen from our account by a fraudster if we are not carefulOscar Wong / Getty Images Hungary
After the halving, fraud and abuse among Hungarian customers increased spectacularly with better and better methods try to extort cryptocurrency from them. With each bitcoin halving, there is also a large increase in the exchange rate, which further inspires fraudsters.
The bitcoin market is developing extremely fast, so much so that two countries have already made it an official currency.
So if you have digital currency, in addition to being happy about the high exchange rate, take care of it and don’t fall for those who call you with strange stories.
This is how the call to clear your account starts
It is immediately suspicious if a stranger suddenly promises a larger sum of money for some reason, as this only happens in fairy tales. By the way, this kind of scam is in Hungary is at its peak so there are many who have already been contacted in some way with a false story. Although it is not yet very common in our country for someone to store assets in bitcoins, it does not hurt to be careful, as the number of crimes of this type has increased tremendously in the recent period. However, this can be prevented if we are in possession of the necessary information – pointed out Imre Szilágyi, the main organizer of the B-DAY 7.0, Blockchain Budapest conference.
Currently, the most common attempt is when fraudsters contact their victim by phone or email with the promise of a large prize in bitcoins. All you have to do is transfer a small amount to unlock it.
We can already be suspicious here, since bitcoin cannot be locked, so there is no need to unlock it. Besides it is worth doing some research in relation to cryptocurrencies, as it is expected that over time their use will gain more and more space in Hungary as well.
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