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The Independent UK
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Meredith Clark

Woman swindled out of $300,000 worth of bitcoin by Hinge date

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A 33-year-old woman was reportedly swindled out of $300,000 worth of bitcoin by a man she met on the dating app Hinge.

According to The New York Times, the woman met the Chinese architect while he was staying in Maryland for a long-term assignment. Tho Vu, who works in customer service for a security company, developed a crush on the architect, who went by the name Ze Zhao, after months of texting back and forth.

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