[thomcano]

This is why you shouldn't wholeheartedly give money to people online without even knowing them that well.

[ivanche]

I would even expand this that you (probably) shouldn’t give $300,000 to anyone, ever.

[masterphilo]

The highlight to me in this article is how pandemic loneliness + crypto frenzy has made this type of victim a lot more common today.

You can't do anything about crypto over the short-term, but I hope the loneliness aspect of this gets reduced as people slowly go back to their pre-pandemic lives.

[mgh2]

Except when they take time to "know you" with carefully crafted social engineering with full teams behind them- similar to some ad corporations.

Ex: China's "pig butchering scam": 70% of victims are woman https://coffeemeetsbagel.com/blog/blog/news/how-to-spot-the-...

[sepiasaucer]

I would focus more on the enabling technology for this scam (e.g., how would a victim transfer $300,000 using traditional financial system? how they might recover those funds if needed?)