A woman in Youngsville, North Carolina, whose pet dog had gone missing, was told to pay a bitcoin ransom by criminals claiming to have taken the family pet.
Patricia Howell was told to pay $600 in bitcoin or Happy the basset hound would be sold or killed. The pet owner said that she knew it must be a scam because she already had her dog back.
When Happy went missing, Howell posted details of the lost pet on Facebook and a service called Pawboost. It is believed that the criminal found her details on social media, and tried to take advantage of the pseudonymity that bitcoin affords consumers.
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