On March 23rd 2021, two people were persuaded to go to a shop in Tin Hau, Hong Kong and hand over HK$3.85mm — close to $500k — in exchange for BTC.
One of the two sellers took the cash, left the shop saying he needed to fill in some paperwork, and never returned.
After a lengthy delay, the prospective buyers realised it was a scam and had the remaining seller arrested. Meanwhile, the cash wad they had handed to a complete stranger — and then let walk out of the door — was never recovered.
It is incredible what greed does to some people.
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