A Cryptocurrency exchange warns a Canadian woman about a scam, and she loses $670K on it despite several warnings. See how the loss was not prevented through warnings.
In a case involving a woman in British Columbia, she lost a sum of money of 670,000 USD in transferring cryptocurrency to a scammer, despite her exchange giving her numerous warnings, NDAX Canada.
B.C Supreme Court decided that the transaction was not liable since they had warned her against the transaction on several occasions. The woman, Yan Li Xu, was persuaded by an online friend to place funds in a scheme that was offering very high returns.
Crypto Warnings Ignored Amid Promises of High Returns
Xu had put in 671,000 CAD in her NDAX account after remortgaging her home and borrowing funds through a friend.
She acquired Ethereum to be part of the scheme that promised her about 1 percent returns a day. On April 18, 2023, NDAX raised a red flag on the transaction when Xu initiated a withdrawal.
The exchange called her several times and advised that the requested transfer must be part of a scam, and asked her to provide the information of the recipient’s wallet.
Although warnings were given, Xu continued and gave false information about having a wallet. NDAX increased the anxieties, but finally paid the money as required by her.
Justice Lindsay LeBlanc pointed out that it could not have been any more obvious that the warnings were present. The court did not blame NDAX because it did its duty of care by giving several warnings to Xu.
Crypto Scams Thrive on Trust and Pressure
Frauds involving cryptocurrency are cases in which a scammer uses social media or dating applications to gain credibility among their subjects.
The victims tend to be older and financially fit. Once a connection has been established, the scammers suggest profitable crypto investments, which later empty the funds of victims. Such schemes are evident in this case, with small returns starting off, luring victims of the scheme to pay big amounts of money.
The government of British Columbia has brought into the limelight the increase in crypto scams. The MO is usually to build long-term trust, and thereafter request investment, and make fast losses. The financial authorities remind consumers to take precautions when investing in companies offering exceptional amounts of money as an unusual payoff.
The problems with safeguarding crypto investors also come out in this case. Transactions are warning, and in the end, users are in control of their money. The efficacy of warnings depends on the reaction of the user.
Source: https://www.livebitcoinnews.com/exchange-news-woman-warned-by-canadian-exchange-still-loses-670k-crypto/
