CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 13 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
Criminals are using Australia's national cybercrime reporting channel and impersonating police to try to scam Australians out of funds from their cryptocurrency or seed wallets.
According to the AFP-led Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre (JPC3), cybercriminals have illicitly obtained personal information - such as email addresses and phone numbers - and used them to submit false reports to Australia's national cybercrime reporting tool,ReportCyber.
AFP cybercrime investigators detailed one real-life case that illustrates how the scam works.
The target was called by someone purporting to be from the AFP. They were toldsomeone had been arres...