Such scams are not new in Africa, but their scale and sophistication has grown as cryptocurrency spreads. — Pixabay
NAIROBI: Embarrassed and in debt, Edwin was left reeling after losing US$16,000 (RM67,464) to CryptoBridge Exchange (CBEX), one of the crypto-trading platforms preying on investors in Africa.
Edwin, a Kenyan government worker who only gave his first name out of shame, first encountered CBEX on Telegram, a messaging app.
