[2018-01-19] Hong Kong Bitcoin Trader Robbed of $180,000

[Rick Nolan]

A citywide police search was under way on Friday for five men after a local bitcoin trader was lured to a bogus business meeting and robbed of HK$1.4 million (US$180,000) on a busy street in Hong Kong. This is reported by South China Morning Post.

Source: https://hype.codes/hong-kong-bitcoin-trader-robbed-180000

[Slow death]

A citywide police search was under way on Friday for five men after a local bitcoin trader was lured to a bogus business meeting and robbed of HK$1.4 million (US$180,000) on a busy street in Hong Kong. This is reported by South China Morning Post.

Source: https://hype.codes/hong-kong-bitcoin-trader-robbed-180000

 

the guy fell in this scam

Hong Kong man was given an offer to buy 5 bitcoin at a 5% discount off the market price

apparently the thieves had some time to plan this coup, there are online sites to sell or buy bitcoins and Lee wanted to change the way do business and forgot how much bitcoin is very valuable and also forgot that should not walk with lots of money and go alone doing business with strangers. these thieves could have done much worse things to him, he was at risk of life and the thieves were masked. I doubt they will be found. $180,000 is so much money to be stolen...

[bbc.reporter]

The ironic thing is the businessman should have agreed to talk to those people only if the meeting took place in a bank. I know it would be funny and contrary to expectation to some of you, but banks are among the safest establishments the world.