Scammers impersonate police to steal crypto | Information Age
Scammers are impersonating AFP officers to convince Australians to hand over their cryptocurrency. Photo: Shutterstock
Australians are being warned about a new scam in which criminals pose as federal police officers and pressure victims into handing over their cryptocurrency.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) says the scheme is spreading fast – and it’s catching people off guard.
Investigators at the AFP’s Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre (JPC3) say scammers start by getting hold of a victim’s personal details, such as email addresses and phone numbers.
That information is often scraped from public sources or bought from leaked datasets.
Armed with these details, the scammer phones the victim…
