A 27-year-old Australian woman says she was left “completely spooked” after falling victim to an elaborate scam, which claimed her bank cards and personal information were compromised, even though authorities later confirmed no such case existed.
The woman, who shared her story on Reddit, said she considers herself “internet safe” but was overwhelmed by a series of messages and phone calls linked to an Australian cryptocurrency platform, CoinSpot. CoinSpot users often receive “recovery codes” to reset access to their accounts, but the woman did not have an account. “I kept replying ‘N’ to ‘stop the recovery’ Lesson 1, never reply,” she wrote.
