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<p class="is-style-lead">UK couple Tony and Eloise Johnson became victims of a bitcoin fraud, which left them with significant debt of £45,000 ($55,900).</p><p class="is-style-default">The con artists pretended to be affiliated with a well-known financial guru Martin Lewis, a respected financial journalist who educates millions about their consumer rights and strategies for saving money on television and his website, MoneySavingExpert. His image has been appropriated for use in a variety of deceptive con games as a means of providing legitimacy to fraudulent activities.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>'Martin Lewis' Bitcoin scam: Paulsgrove couple left 'crying' and 'shaking' after conmen taken out £45,000 loans in their name <a href="https://t.co/3jp0ggSNkE" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/3jp0ggSNkE</a></p>— The News, Portsmouth (@portsmouthnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/portsmouthnews/status/1659425880089788416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">May 19, 2023</a></blockquote></div></figure><p>On March 9, Eloisa was browsing Facebook when she came across an advertisement that lured her in with the promise of increasing the value of her savings via <a href="https://crypto.news/free-bitcoins/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">bitcoin</a> trading.</p><div class="cn-block-related-link"><span class="cn-block-related-link__prefix"> You might also like: </span><a href="https://crypto.news/peckshield-pepe-coins-rise-inspired-a-series-of-scam-tokens/" class="cn-block-related-link__link" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Pepe coin’s rise inspired a series of scam tokens </a></div><p>Eloisa clicked on the advertisement, which sent her to a website where she immediately started filling out the registration form. On the other hand, she was uncertain and had second thoughts.&nbsp;</p><p>At that same time, an influential guy made touch with the 45-year-old woman and persuaded her to continue. Eloisa described what transpired, noting,</p><blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“I asked if it was legitimate, and he said yes because it was affiliated with Martin Lewis.”</p></blockquote><p>As a result, the couple was left at a loss of £45,000 and the following debt, which made them realize the degree to which the scammers had manipulated them using their deceptive techniques.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><iframe title="This Morning Martin Lewis - Bitcoin Code Scam Alert 2022!!!" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ks18o1rUdmU?feature=oembed"></iframe></div></figure><div class="cn-block-related-link"><span class="cn-block-related-link__prefix"> Read more: </span><a href="https://crypto.news/scammers-stole-3-23-million-worth-of-nfts-in-april/" class="cn-block-related-link__link" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Scammers stole $3.23 million worth of NFTs in April </a></div>

Bitcoin scam leaves UK couple with $56k worth of debts

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