According to Bitcoin.com, on May 13th, the New Hampshire Department of Treasury issued a notice reminding residents to be wary of Bitcoin scam calls impersonating government officials. Scammers use forged official phone numbers, falsely claiming that the victim's identity has been stolen, and inducing them to transfer money through Bitcoin; Protecting funds&34;. The state finance department emphasizes that government agencies will never require payments or transfers in the form of Bitcoin, and recommends that citizens immediately hang up and report such calls to the FBI Cybercrime Complaints Center.
One week before the warning was issued (May 6th), New Hampshire had just passed the first&34 in the United States; Strategic Bitcoin Reserve&34; The bill allows state finances to allocate up to 5% of public funds to cryptocurrency assets with a market value exceeding $500 billion, such as Bitcoin.
