The desire to make quick money with the price variations of cryptocurrencies usually ends with bad results. This happened to a group of 58 people who had sent more than $ 70,000 to an alleged “trader” who called, through Twitter, an investment fund in digital assets.
The operator , identified as @Ozono_Merval on the popular social network, raised the funds and apparently “invested” them in the cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network, ether (ETH). The alleged operation would have been carried out more than a week ago on the Binance exchange, according to local Argentine media reported.
In total, Pablo Roberto Kobylañsly, 53, as the operator would be called, leveraged 325 ethers with the ETH / USDT pair at 25x, which is considered a high risk position since a slight retracement would generate a large loss . And so it would have happened. The invested capital was reduced by 90% in six days, presumably.
«People I feel very bad. I’m not getting anything and I’m just losing money. I don’t even sleep. I’m so sorry. My life is shitting me. A disaster. Forgiveness. I need a break “, the supposed trader would have written on Sunday, July 11, through instant messaging services.
From the Twitter account, which now appears as non-existent, the operator had already established a community of followers with whom he shared investment signals and technical analysis. For this fund, which was presented as a common investment fund, although it did not have the corresponding authorization from the National Securities Commission (CNV), the trader “made” investment packages with different types of return.
After the fall of the cryptocurrency and in a supposed desperate action, the operator sold the ethers to try to recover some capital. “I sell everything. USD 10,000 remained. That means I screwed up my life, I really want to kill myself. I’m not well. Here I am and I must reinvent myself. I have no other source of income because I gave up everything for this project. I traded bad and hot, ”the cryptocurrency trader shared.
The investment in Ethereum is considered lost
Those who trusted @Ozono_Merval, without knowing him personally, now give up their investment. This is the case of a student from La Plata who offered his point of view, but preferred to protect his identity. The young man affirmed that the operator gained the trust of his followers, although they had never dealt with him in person.
On Twitter the event generated multiple reactions. Some users classified what happened as a case of scam and not as an investment error on the part of the trader . One of them was Carlos Riello, who from his account highlighted:
«A follower that one of the many scammers that move on Twitter had caught and took several lucas from unsuspecting ‘investors’. @Ozono_Merval seems to have made hair and beards to several with the Trovato and Beto models “.
Another reflection on the case was that of @criptuit when remembering that traders with criteria do not leverage and neither they allow their positions to be liquidated with the falls of cryptocurrencies. “So it is possible that he has escaped,” said the user.
The cryptocurrency ecosystem is susceptible to cases of scam, a warning that CriptoNoticias has made in the past. The recommendation in these cases is not to allocate funds to unknown people or to those who promise large profits in a few days. Also, if you are interested in investing in bitcoin, for example, professional traders suggest not investing amounts you may regret in the event of a market crash.
