RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office is warning of a new cryptocurrency scam.

The new SMS based scam involves scammers claiming to be from Coinbase. The scammer will send an unsolicited text message claiming that a withdrawal was requested to a user’s account and asks the victim to contact them if the action was unauthorized.

The messages will often involve a withdrawal code as well as a reference to a callback number, a strategy used to trick victims into a sense of urgency that causes them to share sensitive information.

If you receive this text message, you are asked to report it to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office.

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