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Bitcoin Scammers Are Demanding Ransom for Lost Dogs

26 May Bitcoin Scammers Are Demanding Ransom for Lost Dogs

Posted at 00:58h in Bitcoin News by

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Online scams demanding bitcoin currency are far from unusual, but in a new stunt, scammers are preying upon the devoted owners of lost dogs in North Carolina.

On Sunday, Patricia Howell’s basset hound, Happy, went missing in Granville county. She immediately posted her phone number to Facebook, as well as on pet finder site, Pawboost.

Soon after, Howell received a threatening text message demanding $600 worth of bitcoin in exchange for the safe return of the lost dog — only one problem, Happy was already home.

The bitcoin scammer, who told Howell he was using a burner phone to avoid identification, claimed to have the lost basset hound. Howell would need to send the bitcoin ransom within five days, otherwise they would “sell it or kill it or whatever.”

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