One reader reveals that a man she trusted to make investments for her in bitcoin vanished with her money, in response to an article on romance scams
Re your article (‘I opened up like a giant elevator’: the seven sly, savage stages of a £100,000 romance scam, 11 November), in January 2017 I met a man who was both charming and entertaining. He knew all about bitcoin cryptocurrency and told me why I should invest in it. In fact, he said: “I will add you to my portfolio, then you will get more for your investment because wealthy people don’t spend money, they invest.”
He told me he lived in London, but only when I did my own detective work did I discover that he lived in Wales. He had lied so proficiently, so calmly that I believed him.
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