Krasnoyarsk teacher lost 4.5 million and lost her apartment earning money on crypto

A 45-year-old teacher and speech pathologist from Krasnoyarsk fell for the tricks of scammers and lost 4.5 million rubles, including money from the sale of an apartment. The regional prosecutor's office spoke about this.

It all started in September 2025 on a dating site. A woman met a man, communication quickly turned to instant messengers. A new acquaintance offered her easy money on the Quick crypto platform, where she had to buy and sell currency pairs.

First, we hired a “manager” who helped us register and carry out the first operations. The teacher invested 30 thousand rubles through exchangers. Then the “head of analytics” appeared and convinced her to increase the amounts. The woman took out a loan for 500 thousand, exchanged it for USDT cryptocurrency and transferred it to the scammers. 20 thousand dollars appeared in the account, but they did not allow me to withdraw them – they demanded “insurance” for another 6 thousand. I had to take out a new loan, borrow from my brother and sister, and add my savings.

The scammers advised downloading the “cold wallet” Trust Wallet and stated that in order to withdraw cash, documents for the entire 30 thousand USDT are needed. They convinced me to take out a loan for 1.8 million secured by an apartment. The woman completed it, translated it, and again nothing.

The brother and sister also got into debt: the brother took out a loan for 500 thousand, the sister added almost a million of her own and borrowed money. Banks began to block cards, exchangers returned money with errors, and scammers demanded new loans and new people.

“The conversations with them were very convincing and realistic, I believed them from the very beginning,” the victim said. The police remind you: do not trust offers of easy money from strangers on the Internet.

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