Dating App Crypto Scammers Strike Again as Catfished Japanese Man Loses $90k
Crypto scammers are ramping up their catfishing campaigns on East Asian dating apps, with another Japanese man falling victim to fraudsters. The man lost “more than $90,000” to a “foreign woman” – who has since vanished....
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NHK reported that, per the police, the man – aged in his 50s and a resident of the Murayama region – first met a “foreign woman” via an unnamed dating app in April this year....
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