Scammers have been chatting about setting up virtual currency “mining” scams for more than a month, and more than 30 people have been defrauded of more than 3 million yuan

Comparative news, according to the Qilu Evening News, a new type of virtual currency “pledge mining” scam has recently appeared. The crooks use long-term dating platforms to create perfect personalities, chat with victims for a month or two, and then guide victims to overseas private communication software such as WhatsApp and Discord to induce them to download false mining platforms and sign contract authorizations, and use the contract's asset transfer authority to silently transfer account funds in the background.

The crooks did not mention sensitive terms such as “investment” and “financial management” throughout the process, packaging the scam as “idle computing power pledge mining,” claiming zero risk and stable income, and inducing victims to increase their investment through small rebates. Currently, most of the victims are young people in need of side jobs. It is known that the amount of money defrauded exceeds 3 million yuan, and the maximum loss per person exceeds 300,000 yuan. The victims are spread all over the country. Lawyers cautioned that virtual currency transactions are not protected by law. Anyone on a social networking platform that induces a stranger to switch to overseas software or asks the wallet to authorize an unknown contract is considered fraud, and never transfer money twice.