The Western District Court of Virginia warned of cryptocurrency scammers sending people to people with fake arrest warrants and convincing to pay a ransom in bitcoins for lifting the charges.

Fraudsters send potential victims fabricated orders for arrest for failure to appear in the jury. In addition to sending “judicial documents”, which look very realistic, attackers apply threats to people. Ultimately, scammers offer a way out of the situation – to pay a bunch in bitcoins or gift cards. Often, to solve the problem, they ask for information about the bank account. When the victims agree to pay the so -called penalty in bitcoins, criminals send them detailed instructions on how to do this.

The court of the Western District of Virginia called on local residents not to come across these tricks, since the court does not issue orders for arrest for failure to appear in the jury, if a person was not summoned to court and did not appear at the meeting. In the case of receiving such suspicious calls or messages, the court recommended that he contact him directly to check the authenticity of the information. In any case, the courts will not ask citizens or gift cards from citizens, and warned the authorities.

Recently similar incidents occurred in Arizona. The criminals calling themselves law enforcement officers are associated with elderly people, threatening them with arrest for failure to appear in court. Distributed victims are also given detailed instructions on how to send money to fraudsters through cryptomats.

Due to the increase in the amount of fraud over the past few months, the American authorities have taken measures to limit the use of crypto -materials. In March, the Senate of the state North Dakota adopted a bill establishing a daily restriction on cash withdrawal in cryptomats to protect users from scammers. The Governor of the state of Nebraska has already signed a law on the limit on transactions in crypto -like up to $ 2,000 per day.