Tag: investment scam

A Gold Coast based cold call cryptocurrency investment company has just come under the radar as a scam after more than 100 Australians have been conned into handing over an estimated $2.7 million, with one victim alone losing more than $850,000, according to police. A total of five people, three men aged 33, 44 and 56 and two women, aged 21 and 28, have been arrested and charged over the scam, which ran from 2017 until May 2019. Among the victims are mostly senior citizens, which detectives have said the scam has “ruined a lot of lives”, and it will …