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?
This event will be charged to our experience to not to easily trust a person specially strangers. The Police cant help for this matter except if your friend knows the scammer personally with a complete name and address but in this case your friend completely dealing with a stranger plus your friend will need a deep proof that he was scammed, showing wallet transaction alone is hard to proof as evidence so lesson learned here.
He knows the name (He had is name on his YT account but he changed it), and he knows the country (he lives in the same country). And the scammer is 15 years old
