Fashion executive thought she was adopting a kitten. She ended up losing R13.5 million in a Bitcoin scam.A fashion executive in Hong Kong was duped out of more than R13.5 million in a kitten sale scam, authorities said.She sent the scammer money via 40 cryptocurrency transactions over five months, the outlet wrote.
The executive was told she could receive the kitten for free, but that she would have to pay transport and insurance fees via cryptocurrency, per a case briefing the the Hong Kong Police Force sent to Insider. There was just one catch: The executive would have to make another payment, this time as a guarantee or administration fee, according to police.
BISouthAfrica Must be some special cat. 40 different transactions, but the lady just kept paying?
BISouthAfrica What a Mo ron
BISouthAfrica Eish. So much money 😭😭
BISouthAfrica She must be having some type of headache round about now😭😭😭
BISouthAfrica You have to wonder how easy this money came of they are so foolish to lose it like that
BISouthAfrica He had a white foreign accent. Probably British... women fall easily to 'a cup of tea' accent.
BISouthAfrica No man 🤣🤣 some women don’t love themselves. Being scammed of R13.5million is wild!
BISouthAfrica No man 🤣🤣 women don’t love themselves, R13.5million!
BISouthAfrica Wouldn’t have happened if it was a puppy…
BISouthAfrica Kitten?! Somethings not adding up