How do you recognize scams by crypto criminals? “My mother has lost 30,000 euros in no time, perhaps for good” | My Guide: Money

Where money circulates, scammers and thieves reside, and therefore certainly also in de cryptowereld. In the first half of 2021, the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) received no less than 54 percent more questions and reports of cryptocurrency fraud than in the first half of 2020. In this article we reconstruct how crypto criminals recently defrauded a 75-year-old woman. . “I’m afraid we’ll never see the money again.” Crypto expert Gwen Busseniers explains how you can recognize such a scam and protect yourself against it.