Trader claims to lose $310K on dodgy exchange pitched in LinkedIn request
The investor said they learned about the exchange from a “random friend request on LinkedIn.”
An investor claims to have lost $310,000 to an allegedly fraudulent crypto trading platform after learning about it from an unsolicited LinkedIn connection request.
A consumer alert from the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) Securities Division on June 13 said the investor had been using a purported crypto trading platform called “Ethfinance.”
“The investor learned of Ethfinance through a random friend request on LinkedIn,” the DFI said. It added the investor transferred a total of $310,000 from his “DeFi wallet” to the platform in hopes of earning profits from crypto trading.
The investor said they learned about the exchange from a “random friend request on LinkedIn.”
An investor claims to have lost $310,000 to an allegedly fraudulent crypto trading platform after learning about it from an unsolicited LinkedIn connection request.A consumer alert from the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) Securities Division on June 13 said the investor had been using a purported crypto trading platform called “Ethfinance.”“The investor learned of Ethfinance through a random friend request on LinkedIn,” the DFI said. It added the investor transferred a total of $310,000 from his “DeFi wallet” to the platform in hopes of earning profits from crypto trading. Read more