An 82-year-old pensioner from Brandenburg lost almost 40,000 euros through online money trading. He only noticed the fraud when he wanted to retrieve the wealth he had supposedly accumulated.
An 82-year-old man from Wittstock in the north of Brandenburg tried to top up his pension by trading cryptocurrency on the Internet. According to “MAZ-online”, however, this ended in a big loss when he lost around 40,000 euros to alleged fraudsters.
The online trading portal, which the pensioner became aware of through advertising, attracted high returns through the use of “artificial intelligence”. Convinced by the seemingly large profits generated by his original four-figure investments, the man invested ever larger sums in the hope of increasing his pension.
He believed he could increase his initial investment to almost 300,000 euros, i.e. increase his money almost tenfold. But when he tried to withdraw the apparent fortune, he encountered problems. According to the police report, the pensioner was unable to access the money he had accumulated, which led him to file a complaint.
In total, the senior from Wittstock lost around 40,000 euros through his investments in cryptocurrencies on the internet trading platform.
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