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Kaitlin Easton & Abbie Meehan

Scottish grandad loses £10,000 in cryptocurrency scam after his friend recommended it

A Scottish cancer victim has said he had been scammed out of a chunk of his savings in an intricate cryptocurrency scam.

Tom Roberts, 66, was left shocked and upset when he lost £10,000 of his retirement fund through the scam and is now speaking out to warn others against investing in the scheme, reports the Daily Record.

The OAP said: "It is embarrassing – you don’t want to tell anyone because they will think you are an idiot but this is all in hindsight. These people have to be stopped.

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