London nightmare. An American tourist has had a traumatic experience in London. Indeed, the latter was the victim ofA flight of cryptocurrencies after taking a false uber. A mishap which cost him more than $ 120,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) and XRP.
- An American tourist lived a traumatic experience in London, he was the victim of a cryptocurrency flight by a false Uber driver.
- The victim lost $ 123,000 in Bitcoin and XRP after being drugged and influenced to give access to his Cryptos accounts.
A fake Uber driver tromed his victim and drugs without his knowledge
Like the report Especially The Block, an American tourist from Portland (Oregon), Jacob Irwin-Clinewas the victim of a Cryptos flight Rather extraordinary. The event took place on May 9, when the latter spent two days of stopover in London.
Indeed, after spending the evening in Roxy, a nightclub located in Soho, Jacob Irwin-Ciné A ordered an uber To go home around 1:30 am. However, it seems that a driver Haded his race request via the application. Thus, the latter intercepted Jacob Irwin-Cline by pretending to be falsely for his Uber driver.
Once in the car, the driver would have offered him a cigarette. According to Jacob Irwin-Cline, it contained the scopolaminea drug known to cause memory holes while making the victims very influenced.
An American tourist is so destroyed by $ 123,000 in cryptos in London
The victim would then have provided his attacker phone code as well as Access to his Cryptos accountsbefore being abandoned in an unknown area of London.
In total, our unlucky tourists estimates that it has lost $ 123,000, including $ 72,000 in XRP And $ 50,000 in bitcoin. Following this incident, Jacob Irwin-Cline contacted the local police authorities, Action Fraud, the IC3 special unit of the FBI, as well as Uber. But without much result, however.
For his part, the city of London confirmed that this crime had been reported and thatAn investigation is underway. However, no arrest has yet been made. Uber would conduct its own internal investigation.
Unfortunately, there is little chance that Jacob Irwin-Cline recovers his precious cryptos. In any case, the latter considers that he has » less than 1 % chance To recover his funds. In another register, but which shows the ingenuity of thieves when it comes to stealing cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin thief malware was found in printers pilots.