The Heist Issue
All the Ways You Can Lose Your Bitcoin
The bad things that can happen, some of which would be your own damn fault.
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There are lots of opportunities for cryptocurrency to go missing—some inherent to buying internet money, some involving crime. Below, a few common ways of going virtually broke.
Pretty basic: Scammers hijack people’s mobile accounts by calling their carriers and impersonating them. The thieves get their victims’ numbers transferred to new devices and ultimately gain access to crypto accounts.