TROY, Mich. (FOX 2) –

A scammer used a dating app to meet and steal $20,000 from a Troy woman with a cryptocurrency scam.

Meeting on a Dating App

• Police said the victim reported meeting a man on a dating app in June.
• Last month, the man asked the victim to invest $20,000 in Coinbase using Uniswap Interface to deposit the money.

Fraudulent Investment

• Police said the victim invested the money.
• The next day, the victim started receiving emails from someone who claimed to be with Coinbase.
• They told her that her account had been flagged as high risk and she could not make any withdrawals until she deposited an additional $30,000.

Discovering the Scam

The victim contacted Coinbase and learned that the Uniswap platform she used was fraudulent.

The victim compared the logo for the link she used and the actual Uniswap Interface and found that they did not match.

No Response from the Suspect

When the victim tried to contact the suspect about the fraud, he stopped replying.

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