The scammers demanded that the victim pay an additional R$ 16 thousand to recover the invested amounts.
A woman from the city of Jundiaí, São Paulo, filed a police report on Thursday (3) after falling victim to a scam involving cryptocurrencies.
She reports that a supposed investment company in crypto assets, where she had invested US$ 50 thousand (about R$ 271 thousand), blocked her withdrawals, preventing her from recovering the invested amount, according to G1.
The São Paulo Public Security Secretariat (SSP-SP) reported that the scammers then began to demand that the victim deposit an additional R$ 16 thousand on the fraudulent platform to supposedly recover the invested amounts — a common practice in scams involving cryptocurrencies, but which does not occur on serious and regulated platforms.
The name of the platform used by the scammers was not revealed. Authorities advised the victim on the deadline to file a criminal complaint, as it is a conditional criminal action. The case was registered as fraud and is being investigated by the Civil Police.