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Reddit post alleges 185 BTC stolen via fake support scam, 25-month sentence

A r/Bitcoin community post claims someone stole 185 BTC by posing as support and tricking a victim into sharing keys. The post says the perpetrator was sentenced to 25 months and urges readers never to share their keys.

Why “Rumor”

  • Only community or trader posts: r/Bitcoin

0 independent source groups across 1 post · evidence score 9/100. How labels work

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What the sources claim

  1. The poster claims someone stole 185 BTC by impersonating support. BTC

    “Dude just stole 185 BTC larping as support”
    r/Bitcoin
  2. The poster claims the victim fell for a support scam that asked for keys after claiming an account hack. BTC

    “The victim fall for the old school trick support saying account hack and asking for keys!”
    r/Bitcoin
  3. The poster claims the perpetrator was sentenced to only 25 months. BTC

    “Worst is he only got sentenced 25 months!”
    r/Bitcoin

Sources

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Summary and claims extracted by AI with prompt analyze-story@5 on 2026-10-29 11:30 UTC. Labels are computed from the sources, not by the model.