The Australian Federal Police crack down on encryption ATM scams, with a 77-year-old victim losing approximately 280,000 USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the Australian Federal Police have contacted over 90 Australians as part of an operation to combat crypto assets ATM crime. One of the victims is a 77-year-old widow who was scammed out of AUD 433,000 (approximately USD 282,000) in an online dating scam. The victim met a scammer posing as a Belgian man on a dating app, who claimed to have earned 13,000 AUD in a week by showing fake documents, luring her to invest in Crypto Assets. Over 18 months, the victim transferred her entire life savings into a Bitcoin ATM.