tldr; A man in Scottsdale, Arizona, named Nuruhussein Hussein has been charged with stealing $223,000 in cryptocurrency from passengers who mistook him for an Uber driver. Hussein allegedly picked up victims by calling their names outside a hotel and then manipulated their phones to transfer cryptocurrency from their digital wallets to his own. He is accused of using threats to maintain control over the victims’ phones. Hussein is currently on a $200,000 bond, banned from internet use, and under electronic monitoring.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
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This is a weird ass story
>Nuruhussein Hussein, 40, allegedly picked up two unsuspecting people who were looking for Uber rides they’d ordered in Scottsdale—one in March and the other in October according to Fox 10—by shouting their names on the street outside a hotel. It’s not clear how Hussein may have known these people were looking for rides and court documents give no indication how he accomplished this or knew the victims would have crypto accounts, according to Fox 10, though a hotel does make sense as a target-rich environment for those looking to get picked up.
So was he targeting them or not? Probably – but how did he know their locations?
>Once the victims were in the car, Hussein allegedly obtained the phones of the victims through some kind of pretense, including problems with his own phone and the need to look something up as well as a need to connect with the Uber app, according to NBC News. Hussein would then allegedly open up the victim’s Coinbase account.
So they simply handed over their phones – and he just went straight to Coinbase? What about Face ID or other security features?
>“While manipulating the unsuspecting victim’s phone the suspect transferred cryptocurrency from their digital wallet to his digital wallet,” police reportedly explained in a statement. And when one of the victims asked for their phone back, Hussein allegedly got mean and threatening.
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Pretty impressive to be honest. But this is why you use a hardware wallet, and don’t bring your keys with you in the uber
Hypno_Hamster on
$5 wrench
goldenbuyer02 on
Someone who was brought into the country by Democrats
iloreynolds on
and he typed in his 30 character wallet address? this sounds like bs
BensLight on
Honestly, this sounds like a pretty stupid scheme to report a huge crypto loss, while keeping the crypto, for tax purposes considering we are 2 weeks aways from the end of 2024.
If it’s real there are too many issues that weren’t mentioned like how the drive knew about the amount and also how he bypassed the security measures most people have regarding their crypto holdings (at the very least Face ID or a password to enter your crypto apps)
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tldr; A man in Scottsdale, Arizona, named Nuruhussein Hussein has been charged with stealing $223,000 in cryptocurrency from passengers who mistook him for an Uber driver. Hussein allegedly picked up victims by calling their names outside a hotel and then manipulated their phones to transfer cryptocurrency from their digital wallets to his own. He is accused of using threats to maintain control over the victims’ phones. Hussein is currently on a $200,000 bond, banned from internet use, and under electronic monitoring.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
This is a weird ass story
>Nuruhussein Hussein, 40, allegedly picked up two unsuspecting people who were looking for Uber rides they’d ordered in Scottsdale—one in March and the other in October according to Fox 10—by shouting their names on the street outside a hotel. It’s not clear how Hussein may have known these people were looking for rides and court documents give no indication how he accomplished this or knew the victims would have crypto accounts, according to Fox 10, though a hotel does make sense as a target-rich environment for those looking to get picked up.
So was he targeting them or not? Probably – but how did he know their locations?
>Once the victims were in the car, Hussein allegedly obtained the phones of the victims through some kind of pretense, including problems with his own phone and the need to look something up as well as a need to connect with the Uber app, according to NBC News. Hussein would then allegedly open up the victim’s Coinbase account.
So they simply handed over their phones – and he just went straight to Coinbase? What about Face ID or other security features?
>“While manipulating the unsuspecting victim’s phone the suspect transferred cryptocurrency from their digital wallet to his digital wallet,” police reportedly explained in a statement. And when one of the victims asked for their phone back, Hussein allegedly got mean and threatening.
Pretty impressive to be honest. But this is why you use a hardware wallet, and don’t bring your keys with you in the uber
$5 wrench
Someone who was brought into the country by Democrats
and he typed in his 30 character wallet address? this sounds like bs
Honestly, this sounds like a pretty stupid scheme to report a huge crypto loss, while keeping the crypto, for tax purposes considering we are 2 weeks aways from the end of 2024.
If it’s real there are too many issues that weren’t mentioned like how the drive knew about the amount and also how he bypassed the security measures most people have regarding their crypto holdings (at the very least Face ID or a password to enter your crypto apps)
This was definitely a set up