A tourist in London "caught a fake Uber", and $120,000 worth of Crypto Assets were stolen from his phone.

A shocking theft case against cryptocurrency holders occurred in London, England. After an American tourist boarded a vehicle disguised as an Uber downtown, about $123,000 worth of Bitcoin and Ripple (XRP) were stolen from his phone. (Synopsis: French Interior Minister urgently recruits crypto tycoons!) Kidnapping for ransom serial explosion, don't wear Web3 clothes, online posting) (Background supplement: TikTok beauty kidnapped members of the Saudi royal family to "extort bitcoin", and after being arrested, she didn't have to go to jail? Recently, on Old Compton Street in central London's Soho district, a 36-year-old male tourist from the United States met a man claiming to be an Uber driver while trying to hail a ride through the Uber app to Bethnal Green in east London. The man claimed that Uber had assigned the pick-up and directed the tourists to a black Mercedes car parked nearby, and the victim, Seyed claimed, that shortly after getting in the car, the fake driver began talking to him and unexpectedly asked if he had cryptocurrency. Although Seyed was initially confused and did not respond positively, he eventually admitted to owning cryptocurrency under further inducement from the driver, who then asked him to unlock his phone and handed it to him on the grounds of assisting in "verifying" Seyed's cryptocurrency app. After the driver picked up the phone, he quickly changed the login credentials of the app and drove Seyed out of the car. Seyed later discovered that about $123,000 worth of Bitcoin and Ripple had been transferred from his cryptocurrency wallet, which was Exodus and did not have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled. The Metropolitan Police has confirmed that it has received a report of the case and said that the investigation is ongoing and that no suspects have been arrested so far. Seyed regretted not enabling two-factor authentication and the ease with which he gave his phone to a stranger. He also mentioned that he may have been lowered by drinking alcohol at the time of the incident, and he hopes to share his painful experience to remind other cryptocurrency holders, especially those traveling in London, to be vigilant against similar scams and thefts. The incident highlights that cryptocurrency holders are being targeted by scams, with criminals no longer limited to online hacking or phishing, but extending to real-life contact crime, taking advantage of the convenience of ride-sharing services and the trust of passengers, which has become a new mode of crime. New challenges to the security of physical assets The case of counterfeit Uber drivers stealing cryptocurrencies in London has once again sounded the alarm for all digital asset holders, especially the way many people use to keep cryptocurrencies is to use mobile applications without additional security authentication methods, and in the past in the industry in order to promote wallets and reduce registration usage, many operators chose not to need users to add 2FA when the account was first opened, or backup annotation words, add passwords and other operations for annotation words, which also made gangsters have the opportunity to take advantage. Recently, crypto crime also has a tendency to favor entity crimes, France has recently broken out a number of extortion cases, including Ledger founders and other celebrities in the circle, declaring that holding cryptocurrencies, in some areas has become a physical threat, the moving area here reminds readers that criminals are increasingly sophisticated and diversified, while enjoying the convenience and potential benefits brought by cryptocurrencies, users must always put asset security first, constantly learn and update security knowledge, and take multi-level, all-round protective measures. And keep a low profile, don't easily go online to show off, in order to effectively prevent potential risks and protect your digital wealth. Related reports Animoca shouts "chain school loans" will drive Defi outbreak, Yat Siu: the scale of three trillion US dollars, young people can learn to earn money repayment JPMorgan Chase completed transactions on the public chain "for the first time", cooperated with Ondo and Chainlink to settle tokenized assets, and accelerated the integration of DeFi to give stETH holders "decision veto power"! Lido's New Proposal or Reconstructs DeFi Governance Power Structure "US tourists "hitched a ride on fake Uber" in London, and $120,000 in cryptocurrency was stolen on their mobile phones" This article was first published in BlockTempo's "Dynamic Trend - The Most Influential Blockchain News Media".