Gironde: complaints against scams in bitcoins multiply

Bitcoin is the best-known digital currency, and also the most capitalized. Leader of the cryptocurrency market since its creation, it is mainly via Bitcoin that we are introduced to cryptocurrencies. Nevertheless, what attracts investors also attracts scammers. This is what the judicial police of Gironde, which has identified fifteen complaints for fraud concerning virtual currencies.

The phenomenon is national, nevertheless here the focus is on the Gironde. Indeed, in the offices of the judicial police in Bordeaux, complaints are increasing day by day . The most injured victim to date has lost more than 700,000 euros believing to buy digital currencies safely on the internet.

Existing for a decade, a bitcoin was trading in 2009 for less than a cent, when it is worth more than 7,000 euros today . This strong "sustainable" rise attracts many investors, having the choice to invest among more than 1,500 official and legal cryptocurrencies. Alas, this diversity also attracts many crooks , looking for credulous targets, uninitiated preferences to the universe of cryptocurrencies.

In order to coax their victims and reassure them, the scammers' bank accounts are open in Europe , so as not to alert savers when they make their payments (most often by bank transfer). Once the money is received on the European account, it is directly transferred abroad , where it becomes immediately more difficult to follow accounting transactions.

 

For a novice, it is very difficult to distinguish one serious platform from another. The AMF has even established a blacklist of sites called "scam", the scams continue. This is partly the reason why, recently, a working group has been studying the regulation of cryptocurrencies in the National Assembly .

Until the regulators do the necessary, Bitcoin.fr has looked into the subject and provides a list, updated May 5, 2018, including the best cryptocurrency sites, according to customer reviews.