https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2018/01/04/polisen-utreder-fall-av-bitcoinbedrageri-det-handlar-om-betydande-summor
A Finnish person has been cheated on large sums in connection with the purchase of virtual currency bitcoin. The police station in western Finland has begun investigating the case.
The value of bitcoin has increased lately. At the same time, fraudsters have also seen an opportunity to appeal.
The case the police are investigating now began in a telephone conversation from England. One person was called by a foreign company who announced that they can help with the purchase of the virtual currency bitcoin.
Spyware was installed
The person became interested and agreed on the offer.
After a while, the company asked to install a program on the plaintiff's computer to facilitate the trade.
- Now it seems that the software installed on the computer was a spyware. With the help of the emptied company, the person's account says criminal commissioner Jukka Paasio at the police station in southwestern Finland.
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