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Fraud complaint involving bitcoin scam call in Prosperity, Prosperity WV

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Prosperity, WV

A person in Prosperity received a scam call falsely claiming she owned $12,000 in Bitcoin. She gave personal information to a caller identifying as Mike in California and suspects fraud.

Audio|Source: Raleigh County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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648. We have a fraud complaint near Vario Lane in Prosperity complaint advised.
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She had received a call yesterday saying that the complaint herself had $12,000 in Bitcoin.
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She does not have any Bitcoin at all.
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And the subject that called her transferred over to someone named Mike in California and gave...
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the personal information of the complaint to them.
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She feels like she may have been scammed.
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She is wanting to see what can be done and speak to an officer.

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