Crime & Safety
Weston Couple Targeted In Bitcoin Scam
The scammer threatened to release a "secret" about the husband.
WESTON, CT — A couple was targeted by a relatively new time of scam that demands Bitcoin in exchange for not revealing a "secret," according to police.
A husband was sent a letter that asked for $8,400 in exchange for not revealing a secret to his wife and everyone he knows, according to Aspetuck News.
The letter was received Jan. 26. Similar letters were sent to victims in Darien and New Canaan.
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