A Seaforth man has been ripped off by a crypto scammer to the tune of $120,000.
In January 2025, a man from Seaforth enrolled in a legitimate cryptocurrency education program.
Shortly after the course, a person impersonating a cryptocurrency trader contact him on Discord, a social messaging platform.
The scammer offered to maximise the victim’s newfound knowledge and invited him to an automated trading opportunity.
The scammer gained the victim’s trust, and over the course of the following few months, the victim transferred over $120,000 of cryptocurrency to addresses controlled by the scammer.
The matter was reported to police on 16 May 2025. Transaction records, including the scammer’s wallet addresses, will be traced; however, the outlook for recovering funds in these cases is bleak.
Air Tag used to recover stolen e-Bike
On Saturday 17 May 2025, an e-Bike was stolen from Lionel Watts Oval at Frenchs Forest.
The owner, a teenager from Belrose, had fitted an Air Tag to his e-Bike and used it to track it to Forest Way Shopping Centre where he found and recovered his e-Bike.
There was no damage sustained; however, his helmet remains outstanding.
This was a rare recovery of a stolen e-Bike and all due to a savvy owner with an Air Tag.
Crime Watch Northern Beaches is a weekly wrap up of local crimes and incidents from the Northern Beaches Police Area Command. If you saw or can help with any of the below incidents, please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or here. All calls are treated in the strictest confidence. You can also contact Dee Why Police Station 9971 3399.
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