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- Philadelphia, PA, USA • Jan 12, 2024
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I meet a girl in social media she invited me to join in the exchange platform and promised to made a desent amount of money. At she show how thr platform work and how much is in her account , I started put liltle by little come up to around 30k but she keep asking my to put money to make more profit at somepoint i felt suspicious and want to withdraw but the platform need additional amount of money in order to withdraw so I didn't deposit anything i knew i was scammed.

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- Caledonia, OH, USA • Jan 10, 2024
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I responded to a posting on Facebook, stating a profit could be made investing in Binary Options. A person claiming to be a Frank Lucy contacted me, via a program on an internet program, Telegram. He stated he was from Bitshine Capital Ltd. He posted a page claiming, with as small as $150, I could make $1850. In need of cash, I started with $300 for an earning of $3350. Next, they asked me to register. Normal things home address, email, phone # and a copy of my driver's license. Now they stated my driver's license was not clear and they needed to have it professionally fixed. @ $198.00. Next, Mr. Lucy informed me that my account required a minimum of $500 investment. so, it required an additional $200. I stated that this was a scam. A second person contacted me, claiming to be Alex Morris, the CEO of Bitshine. I checked his account and found the name on the account was Doc Spawel. He next informed me that the that upgrading was indeed a necessity. after this, I would be able to withdraw $8,600. all I needed to do was enter my Social Security Number. Now my Number didn't work and now they, finally, came with a solution. Yes more money. I finally wised up and stopped.

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• Jan 05, 2024
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I was contacted by the phone number shared, and was told they meant to contact someone else. I politely responded and they were also very polite. They offered to show me New York if I ever would visit. They transferred me to WhatsApp and said the number they started on was their work number. They identified themselves as "Yoko." They claimed they were japanese. Their second phone number they used is 516-243-0035. They sent photos of extravagant meals and of "themselves" which appears to be a Korean woman who has their images used in a few different platforms by likely imposters. Using Google Lens helped to find that out. They eventually mentioned that they were doing short term trading and doing so after having tried a number of different types of investing. They talked about investing exclusively cryptocurrency and its advantages due to govt. They encouraged me to sign up for a Shakepay account and said they would help me to learn how to do what she does which she says only takes a few days a week of checking on the markets etc. She does very short video calls where she has no charisma and said it was so nice to see you at the end. She somewhat pressures into getting the Shakepay set up and to start investments and continues to use the stolen photos from that particular beautiful Korean woman. Fortunately I realized after a little while, as the interactions just seemed unwarranted to be as positive as they were, though it seemed quite nice at the time.

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• Jan 03, 2024
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Identifies himself as Timothy James Cashman, a Filipino-American married living in UK working as a trading manager/broker for Beglobalfund based in Switzerland. He speaks Filipino fluently, hence I trusted him. Offered a trading platform using AI. Used shakepay & NDAX to transfer money. He helped me open a shakepay & NDAX acct (both are online crypro exchange & download the app. He also made me open an any desk app so he can help me process things without mistakes. Guided me to loan money, transfer money from my bank to NDAX via etransfer & wire transfers then transfer money from NDAX to my beglobalfund trading platform. I started in september 14 & closed the trade on Dec 7. Asked me to pay 1% brokerage fee before my profits will be released, paid it if full on dec 19. My profits was not released but instead somebody called me from swiss crypto agency telling me to pay 5% tax before my money is released. Then i realized I got scammed. Timothy is still messaging & calling me denying he’s a scam & advised me to pay the “tax burden.”

Timothy is using somebody else’s name &. Broker license of Timothy James Cashman. I called the really Timothy & confirmed he is not the timothy i have been talking to.

I can give you more info like the etherscan.io addresses where my money were transferred.

Pls help me! I havent been sleeping well & got sick since december.

Looking forward to hear from you soon.

Thank you!

****** ******* Beglobalfund address:

Grosspeter Tower, 21st Floor,

Grosspeteranlage 29, 4052 Basel, Switzerland

16135151039

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- Boynton Beach, FL, USA • Dec 19, 2023
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I met this person, Rashan Lawthorne, via Facebook as an Influencer. He has many followers and was speaking about how you can generate generational wealth through one of his franchises. I've followed him for a while, trusted and believed in him. We talked (January 2023) on the phone about this franchise (Rich Cleaning Service) and he assured me that the return in this investment would be well worth the monies invested and I'll be able to get more in return to secure generational wealth for my family. He assured me that the contract and all other information will be exchanged right after we got off the phone. He had me to put him on 2-way and call Navy Federal Credit Union and apply for a loan in the amount of $30,000. I was approved. He then instructed me to call another number to make the transfer to his account and the loan was transferred into his account. Before we got off the phone, I reminded him to send all documentation to my email. He said it would be sent. I called him daily after that for something tangible to hold onto since that transaction. He promised a visit to Florida and would bring all documentation with him. He did come but empty handed and to prove to me that he was real and legit about the business. Overall, we've had many text, phone calls, promises to pay loan and truck payment until business gets off the ground and starts to pick up. He made 3 payments on the loan and 3 payments on the SUV and the business never started up. He was supposed to do all of the leg work and get cleaning contracts, interview employees, train me, etc. Everything promised in the brochure has not come to fruition as of yet. (since 02/23 - present) All I've received are a few supplies promised in a "brochure" and a 2023 BMW SUV (cleaning vehicle was included in brochure). He also drove said vehicle to me from Georgia to Florida. My last correspondence with him, I was asking for assistance with loan payment and SUV payment since we were supposedly still working on getting the cleaning business up and running. His response was "he was waiting on payments on his investments with our (many victims are involved) monies and he would make a payment to my accounts. Nothing and no communication at all at this point. His website and facebook no longer exists.

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- Norcross, GA, USA • Dec 17, 2023
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[email protected] approach me to become SHEIN marketplace seller and took my investment

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- Fords, NJ, USA • Dec 15, 2023
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Cameron T******* offered a ”mentorship” program on his Up Your Income telegram group. He blocked me from the group once I requested for a refund. He also has a website UpYourIncome.net he never rendered services I requested for a refund he stated “Listen… you’re not getting a refund. End of discussion”. We can go back and forth til 2032. It’s not happening. I am a millionaire. He now has an “Assistant” after attempting to reach out for 4 months the business number is 404-410-6662. She stated, I spoke with Cam he said he spoke with you and you had something going on, he told you to call him back when you’re ready and you called back two months later. At this time he is done. I spoke with Cameron T******* twice time over the phone in 5 months. He stated I can contact him on Sundays only reached out no response.

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- New Tripoli, PA, USA • Dec 14, 2023
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I invested over 9000 in this company's short options and ended up with 11474. I attempted to withdraw the money to my credit union with the aid of customer service. They said the process would take 2-4 days. On day 3, i was told that my credit union (PSECU) is at risk and that my account was placed in a safety zone. In order to get my money out of the safety zone, i had to deposit an addition 11474. They tell me that if i do so, all my money will be released for withdrawal. If i don't, I will lose the money. My credit union is highly reputable. It is not at risk. Being a senior citizen, age 74, I cannot or will not willingly provide the funds necessary to release my money. This is a great hardship for me as i live on a pension. Customer service will not budge an inch. They insist i give them an addition 11747.

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- Magnolia, TX, USA • Nov 28, 2023
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This scammer group has an elaborate setup, communicating over WhatsApp and they change phone numbers repeatedly. First, you are told to pay for initiation items (usually around $600), which you never receive. Then you are told to help out a charity (around $3,000), but there is no indication if the charity ever received anything. Sometimes the funds are requested via Western Union, and sometimes they are requested via BitCoin. After you pass this 'test', you are invited to pay for your 'Wears' which is supposedly ceremonial regalia, similar to what Masons wear in Lodge, that is around $10k, but again you never receive. Finally, you are asked to donate to a fallen 'brother's' family, another $10k which again, no indication if it got to where they said it would go. This is what they describe as your final step, after this they tell you that you will receive your benefits (money, car of your choice, etc). After this you are contacted by a Shipping Company (in my case it was Global West Coast Logistics), they claim they have a secure container that they will deliver to me, but first I have to pay $16k in BitCoin, of which 98% will be refunded, they keep 2% for their paperwork and rental of the 40ft shipping container. Needless to say nothing ever materializes, and no explanation of what happened. In an isolated case, they told me that someone took the money and they would be removed from the organization, and then told me to send in more money. Again by Bitcoin. As I am able to afford, and proceed, I will update my findings.

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• Nov 27, 2023
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To: **********************.org

Subject: Kindly get in touch

Importance: High

Greetings,

We trust you are healthy and well today, do you have a project or investment that requires loan and funding from a legitimate investor with a reputation globally. Kindly contact us for a formal introduction towards the process of possible funding.

Our investors only approve projects that are viable from the tune of five million dollars above on a good ROI.So furnish us with your business plan or deck for evaluation if you are interested.

Respectfully,

Yousef Khalid.

Clients managers to investors.(CMI)

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- Brooklyn, NY, USA • Nov 24, 2023
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The imposters created a fake whatsapp group with using 100s of different numbers pretending to be clients but actually same people. They also used Edwin Conway from Blackrock ,name to lure people. I also have one more person who fell for the scam. After confronting them they blocked me and didn't allow me to withdraw money.

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• Nov 17, 2023
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PAYBACK CONSTRUCTION LTD - BN - 876744913

From: Brooke Hanson <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, November 10, 2023 12:41:06 PM

Dear, ******** ********* It was a pleasure to speak to you.

As per our conversation, below you will find information on our company including credentials.

We are registered with the GOV of Canada.

Below you will find a direct link to the government website (online information and services). Please click on the link or paste it to the search bar to finds the desired result:

PAYBACK CONSTRUCTION LTD - BN - 876744913

https://www.canada.ca

Offices:

2366 Ave C North, Saskatoon, Canada

We would be happy to have you here in our office, if possible.

Subject: ******** ********* please receive credentials Payback Construction

I hope this information will be proven beneficial for you.

If you have any more questions, please let me know.

With best regards,

Brooke Hanson

About Us

In the very beginning our team of experts finds out as much information about the scammers as possible, we collect all the proofs and evidence of a fraud actions and begin to investigate.

Our experience and knowledge covers all the common types of scam, most of the cases are similar. We mostly work with such cases as Forex, Cryptocurrency and Binary Options fraud.

Contact Us

[email protected]

2366 Ave C North, Saskatoon, Canada

Copyright ©2001, PAYBACK CONSTRUCTION LTD BN - 876744913

Registry ID: 101024451

All Rights Reserved

THIS COMPANY IS 100% SCAM</[email protected]>

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• Nov 09, 2023
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They have called from in excess of 20+ phone numbers which mostly list from Que. asking for me to continue with my account to deposit 250 in order to have access to the investments after numerous calls they change their tactics to say that I have an invested amount waiting for me that belongs to me even though I said, I never deposited or started an account and they continue to argue with me. Yes it’s all yours it’s just waiting for you and they’ve called several times different locations and I’m assuming they’re using some kind of a router to change their location. They resorted to text messages in the beginning. It was an email which I blocked and when I confront them and say you guys have called me 1520 times or more from different locations and they’re saying oh well we never called you before , I called them scammers and hung up. Thank God I didn’t go through with anything else.

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- East Jordan, MI, USA • Nov 08, 2023
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They said if I invested $1500 that I would.

Get a Total of $9,000 through them investing it in bitcoin, But then when the day came to pay up, they never could and required more money because they invested my money. The wrong way or something anyways long story short. I got screwed out of money. My dad who was no longer alive now. Lost as well, So I would really like you guys to get this money for me. I can't afford financial loss like this especially now. I'm the last man In my family, You said his name was mark Andrew.

And has an Instagram page.

I can show you the images. They've just recently sent me trying to get more money from me. And I won't do it!

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- Mineral, VA, USA • Nov 05, 2023
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I was contacted by a person i have known for years about bitcoin tractions. I thought it was legit. It started with asking for $100 and has ended with asking for more and more money. I used bitcoun through cash app and also sent moeny via zelle. I kept getting told " this is it I promise" now i am out of $850 and they are asking for another $400 to again complete the transaction. I tried recovering money through my bank unsuccessfully. At one point i was asked to provide my Facebook user name and password. Next i was told to send a video wishing someone a happy birthday to receive my payment .

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- Washington, DC, USA • Oct 30, 2023
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I wascontacted by them through WhatsApp, and initially, they requested $200.00 as an initial investment, promising free trades in return. I transferred the $200.00 to them. After two weeks, I received a message from them stating that I needed to maintain a minimum balance of $30,000 to gain access to VIP membership and continue trading with ST5-VP1 privileges. At that point, I had earned around $22,000, so I wired them an additional $1,000. However, they then demanded an additional sum of approximately $7,000.00, which I sent via crypto.com to upgrade to VIP1. I was granted access, but...!!!! When I attempted to withdraw some of my earnings, they refused to release any funds unless I sent them an additional $5,000, citing system detection issues as their excuse. This fraudulent operation involves individuals who go by the names Cindy and Jason Thomas. It appears that they manipulate the price chart they provide, making it seem lower than the actual crypto price.

This trick IMO causes people to invest, driving up the price as the chart starts at a lower point. It's essential to report this scam to the FBI or the appropriate authorities responsible for investigating such crimes. These scammers are defrauding hundreds of individuals! Please be cautious and do not trust anything they say. Keep records of your WhatsApp conversations as evidence of the scam.

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- Oklahoma City, OK, USA • Oct 11, 2023
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A friend Tim ******** messaged me on Facebook telling me about investing in Bitcoin mining. He said he has made a lot of money and suggested I contact his mentor Paul *****. After investing a couple hundred dollars Paul Leach started mentioning fees I have to pay to proceed to collect my profit. Paul had me login to a peakprotrade website to see my profit which at the time showed 63,000. The fees were 2,000 to 3,000 each. I confirmed this with my friend Tim and both said multiple times that I only had one more fee to pay. I stopped paying the fees after I realized it was a scam.

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- Hitchcock, OK, USA • Oct 09, 2023
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The person came across as someone locally known as Stephanie ************ Snider in Kingfisher, OK. They are a very well known & respected family in the community (the **************). I thought I could trust "her" and everything was fine after my initial investment of $1,000 to do Bitcoin trading. Well, the trading cycle came to an end (about 3 weeks after the initial investment) and "she" said that after all the trades were completed, I profited $76,000 (I was only expecting at most $4500). I said that was awesome and how do I go about withdrawing it? "She" told me that I had to pay the fees and the trading % of $15,200 before I could get the $76,000. I said well, you can take the fees out of the $76,000 and that would be good. "She" said no, it needs to be a wire transfer to her Coinbase wallet then I'd get the money. I told her no and that I had enough trouble getting a $1,000 to invest and I sure couldn't get $15,200 to wire her. She refused to answer me or say anything for several days, then asked when I was going to wire the money. I told "her" again, that she could take the fees out of the $76,000 and if "she" couldn't do that, to just give me my original investment of $1,000 back and forget about the rest. "She" blocked me on Messenger and haven't heard anything else.

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- Lincoln, NE, USA • Sep 27, 2023
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They promise me, if I invest in their platform, I will get some revenue in interest and gain money to pay my debts. she also promise she is an Expert doing trading, have a lot of years of expertise. So I trust it put in the minimum amount. Then they did trade put a crazy amount in the platform call Boomoptionsmarket.com and asking me to pay a fee before my 1rst withdrawal. I questioned the amount is too much and she said is because she is good in trading.
Everything was made and talk in Instagram Account name. createwealthwithpaige.
email: [email protected]

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- Manhattan, KS, USA • Sep 26, 2023
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At first, we added friends on Twitter, and later we added cable friends. Through chatting, she gradually gained my trust. Then induced me to invest in this platform, from August 21 to August 30, and accumulated to 22,700 dollars. In order to gain my trust, she helped me invest part of it. Later, I was told that I could withdraw money, but I had to pay taxes, and I realized that I had been cheated.

Her Twitter account is @LeslieG72128016. Her telegraph nickname is emily9300. The address of the fraud software is https://kcxdmc.com/#/. All my investments were transferred to KUPAYES through OKX, and the TRC20 address used was: TH6MCKYmSTfaefaUQQVXVLdsXpux7bQZFk

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