On Indian matrimonial site Jeevansathi, meaning "life partner" in Hindi, he started talking to a woman who said her name was Rekha Shah. After months of talking on WhatsApp and video calls, she asked him if he would invest in crypto trading with her - a decision which caused him to lose his life savings and left him feeling suicidal.
A pair of MoonPay executives lost $250,000 worth of Ethereum in a scam they believed was a donation to Donald Trump's inauguration. The victims received a fake email from someone pretending to be a Trump official, requesting the donation to a crypto wallet.