PITTSBURGH (KDKA) A Greensburg woman feels duped after falling for a social media offer that shes now calling too good to be true.<\/p>\n
It all started when a friend reached out to her on Instagram and asked her to invest in cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n
You dont have to put a lot into it, and you get this obscene return, which is what I knew wasnt real, but I wanted it to be real. I wanted it to be real so bad, Natasha Reyna said.<\/p>\n
Reyna believes it could happen to anyone and said she saw dollar signs when a message popped up on Instagram.<\/p>\n
I was like $200, and that is a lot of money, said Reyna. But at the same time, like a little part of my brain was like, oh, my God, what if this is legit?<\/p>\n
Reyna said the friend asked her to buy $200 worth of cryptocurrency using Cash App, saying shed see a huge return on her money.<\/p>\n
Like $4,700, said Reyna. I could pay my bills, my car off.<\/p>\n
The Better Business Bureau said its a scam thats tripled in popularity. Cybercriminals are so advanced that they now hack into an unsuspecting persons account and target their friends.<\/p>\n
It was someone that she had met a handful of times but didnt have a lot of direct contact with, said Caitlin Driscoll with the Better Business Bureau. But she was an attorney, so she trusted her, and it seemed a little bit more plausible as to being legitimate.<\/p>\n
Reyna said the person even gave her a link to watch her $200 grow into more. But then came a red flag.<\/p>\n
I was like, Ok, I want my money, she said. I was like, Now, gimme it. I want to withdraw this. And they were like, No, you have to reinvest $1,500.<\/p>\n
Reyna stopped there and called the BBB. But Driscoll said many people keep giving the scammers money. Shes tracking 2,400 complaints totaling losses of $8 million.<\/p>\n
Cryptocurrency scams were identified as the second-riskiest scam last year, a significant increase from the seventh spot the year prior, said Driscoll.<\/p>\n
Reyna feels lucky to only be out $200, but she wont invest again without doing her research.<\/p>\n
Thats what makes people drawn to it because its the unknown, said Reyna. It could either like be really good or really bad, and I think if youre gonna do that you should really educate yourself on what exactly youre investing in.<\/p>\n
The Better Business Bureau told KDKA that most victims lose about $1,200 in these cryptocurrency scams.<\/p>\n
Driscoll recommends people looking to invest in crypto only download apps from the Google Play or Apple App stores and not click the links that pop up during a routine Google search.<\/p>\n
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