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Anhui Woman Falls Victim to Scam in Offline Transaction of 277,000 USDT; Police Open Fraud Investigation

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February 22nd. According to Guangming Net, the Hefei police have initiated an investigation into an offline transaction fraud case involving 277,000 USDT. According to the victim, Ms. Cheng. On January 17th, she and her boyfriend conducted a USDT transaction with an old friend named Sun and his two companions at a café. The price of USDT at that time was around 7 RMB. During the transaction, Ms. Cheng first transferred more than 7,000 USDT as a test. After confirming its accuracy, she transferred all the remaining USDT to the other party. At this moment, Sun claimed that he was unable to transfer the USDT to his companion because of "phone virus infection." And his companion immediately used this as a reason to call the police. After the police arrived, a suitcase containing 2 million RMB was taken away from the scene by Sun's accomplice. The cryptocurrency had already been transferred out, and the cash had been taken away, leaving Ms. Cheng in a state of panic. By the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, through wallet information tracking, Ms. Cheng and her boyfriend saw that the U coins they transferred to Sun had all been transferred out.
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