In brief
- A Nanaimo resident lost C$5,000 in a crypto job scam before a second scheme emerged.
- Fraudsters posed as a lawyer claiming to have located $60,000 in crypto “profits.”
- Victim data is reused because those targets already showed vulnerability, Decrypt was told.
Canadian police warned Wednesday that fraudsters are using the Royal Canadian Mounted Police logo in crypto recovery schemes targeting victims who already lost funds in earlier fraud.
The warning follows a case in Nanaimo, British Columbia, where a resident who had already lost money in a crypto job scam was later contacted by someone claiming they could help recover the funds.
The victim first lost about $5,000 CAD ($US3,600) late last year after receiving an…
