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69-year-old scam victim allegedly fleeced again by trusted friend

Original: A 69-year-old man, after falling into a cryptocurrency scam trap, sought help from a friend in hopes of recovering his l

A 69-year-old man who lost money in a cryptocurrency scam turned to a friend for help recovering his losses. Instead, the friend allegedly demanded multiple payments over 15 months under pretexts such as attorney fees and witness costs, deepening the victim's losses. The case highlights how fraud victims are being targeted a second time by people they trust.

Why now: The betrayal of a scam victim by someone he trusted for help is striking and raises concern about secondary exploitation of fraud victims.

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• A 69-year-old man, after falling into a cryptocurrency scam trap, sought help from a friend in hopes of recovering his losses, only to find that the friend allegedly demanded payments from him multiple times over 15 months under pretexts such as attorney fees and witness · zaobaosg · 15

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