A social media user shared an incident he experienced yesterday in which he perhaps escaped from losing all his BTC at the last moment. Stating that the fraudsters called him on his mobile phone pretending to be a Canadian police officer, this person shared the incident step by step.
“They imitated the real number”
Stating that his identity information was also obtained by a group of fraudsters, this person stated that the number calling him was actually the police number of his region:
"Today, I was targeted by a sophisticated fraud group. It was very disturbing that they had a lot of detailed information about me. First, they said they were calling from the Vancouver Police Department. The number I called was also correct. That number was the police department's number. The fraudsters said that they caught a Chinese person and that my identity information was on that person."
“I was suspicious, but I continued”
Stating that the caller continued talking even though he was suspicious because of his British accent, this person stated that he was told that a USB memory stick was found on the imaginary person named Xin Li:
"What they told me was that the USB found on this captured Chinese person had my credentials. It also contained the keywords of my cryptocurrency wallet. They mentioned the words Ledger and Trezor wallet. All the information they gave was correct, and this convinced me at that moment."
“They called under the name Trezor”
Stating that after the police conversation, the scammers pretended to call from Trezor this time, this person said:
"After the 45-minute conversation, the police phone call ended and this time I called from Trezor. That's what the scammers said. The Trezor representative was actually like the police officer I had just talked to. His voice was very similar to his. This person also stated that my keywords might have been compromised. They asked me not to open my wallet, not to connect it to any computer and to update my device."
“My wife called and warned”
The fraudsters stated that the crypto security company named Coicover can recover the keywords and the Trezor Suite application can also recover the words, but they could not deceive the user here:
"They told me that I could regain my keywords through Coincover and that people using Trezor Suite had done this before. This was complete nonsense. Here my doubts increased and my wife called at that time. She said that this might not be real. I was so engrossed in the details that I could not think of the main idea. This warning from my wife helped me see the general picture."
“The e-mail was the same.”
This person stated that he checked the e-mail address sent by the fraudsters upon his wife's warning, and there he realized that it was a fraud:
"They told me that I had received an e-mail from the police department. The e-mail was very realistic. But when I looked at the address, I noticed that there was a very small change. At that moment, I understood everything. It was obvious that it was a hoax. I immediately hung up the phone. They called me again. This time it was a UK number. I did not answer."
“I'm afraid they will attack my house”
Stating that the fact that fraudsters had so much information about him seriously frightened him, this person said that he was afraid of an attack on his home:
"My biggest fear right now is that there will be an attack attempt on my house... Because they have all my information and it is all true... I don't even know if they have such a plan. I also have a license to use a gun. This is actually good... Get this license, get armed... take this physical security issue seriously... Never share your keywords with anyone else..."
