A Hong Kong fashion executive thought she was adopting a kitten from Thailand. She ended up losing $764,000 in a Bitcoin scam.
A fashion executive in Hong Kong was duped out of $764,000 in a kitten sale scam, authorities said. The 58-year-old was told to transfer bitcoin for delivery and insurance fees, SCMP reported. She sent the scammer money via 40 cryptocurrency transactions over five months, the outlet wrote.