{"id":357677,"date":"2021-12-27T10:40:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T10:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=357677"},"modified":"2021-12-27T10:40:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T10:40:09","slug":"teacher-was-told-elon-musk-would-double-her-bitcoin-investment-in-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=357677","title":{"rendered":"Teacher was told Elon Musk would double her Bitcoin investment in scam"},"content":{"rendered":"

A teacher lost \u00a39,000 that she had hoped to use as a house deposit after falling victim to a scam that promised would ‘double her investment’.<\/p>\n

Julie Bushnell, from Farnborough in Hampshire, lost thousands of pounds after visiting a fake \u00a0News website that said the billionaire was having a Bitcoin ‘giveaway’.<\/p>\n

The website, which is made to look like BBC News and is still active, advertised that Mr Musk had bought $1.5billion worth of Bitcoin and was doubling people’s cryptocurrency investments.There is no suggestion Mr Musk was involved in the scam.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An active trader herself, the Brighton and mother thought to take advantage of the eccentric Tesla CEO’s generosity, but quickly realised she had been a victim of fraud.<\/p>\n

Con artists were able to swindle \u00a39,000 out of Ms Bushnell, who has revealed the lasting effects the scam has had on her.<\/p>\n

Speaking publicly for the first time since the incident, she said she was ‘ashamed and embarrassed’, suffered panic attacks and was constantly ‘crying and shaking’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The news comes as cryptocurrency trading experts revealed blockchain ‘giveaway scams’ have skyrocketed in 2021, costing victims more than \u00a313million globally.<\/p>\n

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Science teacher Julie Bushnell (pictured) lost \u00a39,000 that she had saved for a house deposit when scammers tricked her into believing Elon Musk was conducting a Bitcoin giveaway<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Bushnell is an active cryptocurrency trader herself, and was lured in by a fake website that looked similar to BBC News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ms Bushnell, who invests in cryptocurrency herself, was lured in by the website that looked similar to BBC News – which claimed Mr Musk, chief of electric car firm Tesla, would double Bitcoin deposits.<\/p>\n

She handed over \u00a39,000, which she had intended to use for a house deposit, but soon realised something was amiss when she did not receive anything in return.<\/p>\n

The teacher frantically scurried to suspend her Lloyds account and any pending transactions, forex minute trader robot for trading but it was already too late.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She was left ‘crying and shaking’ and spent hours combing<\/a> the web to see if there was a way she could reclaim<\/a> her money.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The science teacher insists she still thinks about her actions ‘every day’ and wants to raise awareness to ensure others don’t fall victim to similar scams.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The fake website (shown above) which used branding similar to BBC News, advertised a Bitcoin giveaway by Tesla CEO Elon Musk.The website is still active<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

After being conned by the fraudsters, Ms Bushnell decided to go public with her story in a warning to others.<\/p>\n

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