Bitcoin pyramid scheme leaves Kenyans out of pocket after exit scam

Bitcoin pyramid scheme leaves Kenyans out of pocket after exit scam
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2019-3-5 17:39

A Bitcoin-fuelled pyramid scheme from Brazil has pulled its inevitable “exit scam,” stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a number of Kenyan cryptocurrency investors. The scam, known as “Velox 10,” suddenly disappeared early this week.

It apparent closed its website, making of with millions in Kenyan shillings contributed, Nairobi News reports. The domain is currently up for auction. Since its “colourful” launch at the Hotel Intercontinental, Nairobi in September 2017, the phony firm had been luring unsuspecting Kenyans into contributing money to its supposedly sound “Bitcoin investment fund,” under the guise continual dividends. Velox 10 founder, Ricardo Rocha, promised…

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