2024

Bitcoin

ZachXBT

April

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 <li><strong>Crypto investigator ZachXBT successfully recovered $275,000 in Bitcoin stolen from an elderly U.S. victim.</strong></li>
 <li><strong>The scammers operated from an Indian call center and targeted senior citizens in a global fraud scheme.</strong></li>
 <li><strong>Investigations are ongoing to recover the remaining $5 million in stolen cryptocurrency.</strong></li>
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<p>Crypto investigator ZachXBT has recovered $275,000 in Bitcoin stolen from an elderly U.S. victim by scammers operating out of an Indian call center. This is part of an ongoing investigation into a global fraud scheme targeting senior citizens.</p>
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">In April 2024 an elderly victim from the US was targeted by Indian call scammers posing as Coinbase support resulting in a large portion of their life savings stolen.<br><br>Pleased to share that I helped recover $275K which was recently seized and will be sent back to them.<br><br>Theft txn… <a href="https://t.co/kJO7wMmtOl" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/kJO7wMmtOl</a></p>— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) <a href="https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1843261993282650156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">October 7, 2024</a>
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<p>In April 2024, scammers pretending to be Coinbase support representatives tricked the victim into transferring 15 Bitcoin, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars at the time, to fake accounts. Because of the efforts of investigators like ZachXBT, $275,000 of the stolen funds are being…</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://coinedition.com/zachxbt-helps-recover-275k-in-bitcoin-stolen-by-scammers/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ZachXBT Helps Recover $275K in Bitcoin Stolen by Scammers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://coinedition.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Coin Edition</a>.</p>

ZachXBT Helps Recover $275K in Bitcoin Stolen by Scammers

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