Hi, I have a friend that has got scammed yesterday.
He was searching on youtube about Bitcoins and he found a video about a Bitcoin Generator. He trusted it (He is noob at pc and money so he didn't know about scams).
He downloaded the program, he launched it and there was "You have to deposite 0.01 btc to [wallet address] to activate the generator". He deposited it
He restarted the program and nothing happened... he lost the money.
He want to report this to the police... can he do that? Will the police do anything? Will my friend get back his bitcoins?
He was searching on youtube about Bitcoins and he found a video about a Bitcoin Generator. He trusted it (He is noob at pc and money so he didn't know about scams).
He downloaded the program, he launched it and there was "You have to deposite 0.01 btc to [wallet address] to activate the generator". He deposited it
He restarted the program and nothing happened... he lost the money.
He want to report this to the police... can he do that? Will the police do anything? Will my friend get back his bitcoins?
What happen to your friend is not even scam if you ask me, but its a pure case of being greedy and that what a lot of people have been guilty of thinking there is free money somewhere. The question he should ask himself is that, is it even possible to put fiat somewhere and expect double of it in a matter of minutes?
Reporting to the police might even land him in more trouble especially if its the police department that know nothing about bitcoin which is common is several countries in the sense that, you have to explain to their understanding how you come to own the bitcoin that they cant see nor is in your account among other curiosities that will be raised which I am sure he might not have the answers.
In all, he has learnt his lessons and its time to count his losses and move on.