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Reddit user recounts suspected scam call claiming police found their data

A Reddit user describes receiving a call that appeared to come from Wanstead Police station, in which the caller claimed a busted gang held folders with the user's emails, passwords and a 24-word document. The user says they hung up after realising a fraud investigator would recognise a seed phrase.

Why “Rumor”

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What the sources claim

  1. The caller claimed police had busted a gang holding thousands of folders with people's names, including the user's, containing emails, passwords and a document with 24 random words.

    “Had busted a gang. They had thousands of folders with people's names and one was mine. Had emails, passwords and a document with 24 random words.”
    r/CryptoCurrency

  2. The user says the call displayed the correct number for the police station.

    “It also flashed up the correct number for the police station.”
    r/CryptoCurrency

  3. The user says they hung up after realising a fraud investigator would recognise a seed phrase and would not claim to be unsure what it was.

    “I immediately hung up when it dawned on me that a fraud investigator would recognise a seed phrase and would not say they were not sure what it was.”
    r/CryptoCurrency

  4. The user says the caller did not ask for anything and only wanted to give a reference number.

    “He didn't ask for anything and said he just wanted to give me a reference number”
    r/CryptoCurrency

  5. The user says they no longer hold crypto but previously held a fair amount of BTC and ETH stored on a Trezor and Ledger that have been dormant for years.

    “I've no Crypto anymore but had a fair bit of BTC and ETH back in the very early days. Stored on a Trezor and Ledger which i still have but have been dormant for years.”
    r/CryptoCurrency

Sources

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