Bitconned: Hook, line and sinker

More and more women are being swindled out of their money without lifting their head from the same screen on which they watch popular Netflix series ‘The Tinder Swindler’, but they are not alone, investment fraud has risen dramatically during the pandemic, writes Ann Murphy

Detective Superintendent Michael Cryan heads up the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau says investment fraud has risen dramatically during the pandemic, with fraudsters zoning in on the growing obsession with cryptocurrency.

AS THE Tinder Swindler continues to rank high in the top 10 of most popular shows on Netflix, the reality is that many people will never meet the fraudster who rips off or financial ruins them.

The perfect storm of Covid and the explosion in online investment products and offers means it has never easier to try and make money.