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Investment Scam Reports & Reviews (133)

• Feb 18, 2026

PrimeInvest broker, was a scam from the start,and unfortunately, my concerns were justified. After I deposited the sum of $15,000 and my profits was $115,000. I faced constant obstacles trying to withdraw my profits. Not until I was advised to seek help from a legal recovery expert, to help me recover my money back. Which I was introduced to a reliable recovery expert, and i reached out to him through his email,([email protected]) and i provided him with every necessary information he needed, to help me successfully get my money back, I’m sharing this review to applaud his good work and his team, you can reach out to him for help.

• Feb 03, 2026

I was a victim too, and I have suffered a financial loss exceeding $180,000 as a result of its activities. A recurring pattern observed in this scheme is the continuous demand for additional payments from victims under false pretenses.

I am pleased to state that I have since recovered my funds with the assistance of cybertechdata_forensics. Based on my experience, I recommend that affected individuals seek professional assistance and submit electronic communications supported by relevant evidence for proper review and action

Telgrm: cybertechdata_forensics
Whtspp: +51 920 385 401

• Feb 03, 2026

I was a victim too, and I have suffered a financial loss exceeding $120,000 as a result of its activities. A recurring pattern observed in this scheme is the continuous demand for additional payments from victims under false pretenses.

I am pleased to state that I have since recovered my funds with the assistance of cybertechdata_forensics. Based on my experience, I recommend that affected individuals seek professional assistance and submit electronic communications supported by relevant evidence for proper review and action

Telgrm: cybertechdata_forensics
Whtspp: +51 920 385 401

- Chicago, IL, USA • Nov 12, 2025

They portray themselves as a Sportsbook, but it is a scam. Once you make a deposit and win a bet, they will then say you need to wager 3x the deposit amount + promo funds. They initially told me I had to wager $775 to withdraw the $30 I won, and now two weeks later they are saying I need to wager $2,2751 to access that $30. Honestly ridiculous and who’s to say after wagering that amount, I would even get my funds. I do not recommend this app to anyone. 

- Fitchburg, MA, USA • Aug 26, 2025

Someone invited me to invest in this company name lssc they invented too they keep forcing me then I invested $2000 the person who in top who always texting us in that bone chat app name Ethan William he ask us to put more money down to verify how account I don’t have the money I didn’t put no more money down but those people who make me invested in the lssc company put the money they lost everything Ethan William close my account and take my and everyone he do the same even when I ask him just let me get the money I invested he still take my money Ethan William

- Bronx, NY, USA • Jun 01, 2025

I invested in this platform called I3Q, promoted by some YouTubers who promoted returns through the stock market using artificial intelligence. Their website is www.i3q.com and they say they are located at 122 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3V 4AB, and in the USA they are located at 124 W Capitol Ave, Little Rock 72201. From the start, they do not allow withdrawals of funds and deposited profits, and when you try, they tell you they will send you a code via SMS which never arrives. Yesterday they disabled their website and they are trying to partially update it, but when you try to enter your credentials, it does not allow it. Do not invest your money there, they are scammers.

- Dekalb, IL, USA

Charles hobbs the owner of worldwide credit systems approached my family and I with an investment. He was someone who I knew and thought I could trust. The investment was in credit card readers that his business would then place in businesses. We were to either get our investment back or get our investment back plus 50% of all sales for the first 2 weeks of machine usage. After initially investment money was to be received back 6 months later. Charles using many manipulation and lying tactics and a over a year later we still have no return. After some digging, we found out that he has similar judgements to where no justice was served, and he continues to live a lavish life. While leaving me with ***** dollars to my name. I am elderly and disabled. Please help

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• Feb 03, 2026

I was a victim too, and I have suffered a financial loss exceeding $120,000 as a result of its activities. A recurring pattern observed in this scheme is the continuous demand for additional payments from victims under false pretenses.

I am pleased to state that I have since recovered my funds with the assistance of cybertechdata_forensics. Based on my experience, I recommend that affected individuals seek professional assistance and submit electronic communications supported by relevant evidence for proper review and action

Telgrm: cybertechdata_forensics
Whtspp: +51 920 385 401

- West Palm Beach, FL, USA

They have a Facebook business account with the name of Growth pilot, he's the one who sent the website, when you sign up it may looks like a legit website, you deposit $100 and after 4 hours they fund the account with $4400, when you have to withdraw you get to KYC verify first after that you start the process of withdrawal and 30 minutes later when you never receive the money you contact support they gonna ask you $400 for Network gas fee so you can receive the money after 2 minutes, I didn't get farther than that because that confirm me it was a scam. Be careful people.

- Clinton, MD, USA

The offer came to be saying all it needed to be done was to like videos and submit them on their app. The pay depended on what level you were on. To get to a higher level you to pay more. Once you have pay and done with your tasks and you want to get your money they say you have to pay an extra fee to access your money. Once you pay that fee is paid and you want to get your money then they ask you to pay 15% of the taxes before you can access your money.

In January 2025 Arden (Ujka) Banks (instagram: ecomdeni, ecomarden, ecom_arden, etc.) and I entered a signed contract by both parties for his online services. In this agreement I paid him with the promise to make my initial investment of $4000 back within 30 days or I would receive a full refund. He promised to make at least $5,000+/Month with his services and possibly retiring my family. I never received any return on my investment. He ghosted and came back, deleted, blocked me everywhere, and when he did contact me, he gave 2 word replies every 2 days. I already had a store I created for free, which had better results, but trusted him, as I was vulnerable and desperate after being laid off before Christmas Eve. When I showed proof to Arden, I asked for a refund, I was told I will not receive one even though he was in breach of our contract, and all he did was blame me and threaten me. He did not honor is own contract and blocked me my other accounts on social media after explaining to him I will make an official complaint if I do not receive a full refund. This has caused great stress and financial hardship on me and my family. I was already in debt before dealing with him. Huge mistake on my part and he should be in jail for doing this to people who are already struggling.
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- Washington, DC, USA

ZI RUSSELL IS THE INDIVIDUAL NAME WHICH WHOM I MADE BUSINESS WITH HE WAS SUPPOSE TO, PROMISED TO HELP ME OBTAIN LICENSES PERMITS AND SPECTIONS FOR ME FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO OPEN A BUSINESS BUT HE LIED STOLE MY MONEY AND DID NOTHING THEN JSUT DISAPEARED DOES NOT ANSWER MY PHONE CALLS BECAUSE HE KNOW IT IS ME HE HAS SEVARAL DIFFERENT BUSINESS I AM DESPERATE FOR HELP IN GETTING MY MONEY PLEASE DONT BELEAVE THIS MAN...... SPECTRUM CAPITAL FINANCIAL INVESTMENT NETWORK AND PAN-AM CORPORATION ARE TWO OUT OF MANY MORE ENTITIES THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL USE TO SCAM YOU

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- Englishtown, NJ, USA

In late September Arden and I entered a signed contract by both parties for his online services. In this agreement I paid him with the promise to make my initial investment of $4500 back within 30days or I would receive a full refund. He promised to make at least $10,000/Month with his services and possibly retiring my family. After multiple attempts following Ardens instructions, I never received any return on my investment. When I showed proof to Arden. Then I asked for a refund, I was told I will not receive one even though he was in breach of our contract. He did not honor is own contract and
blocked me on social media after explaining to him I will make an official complaint if I do not receive a full refund. This has caused great stress and financial hardship on me
and my family.

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What's your number? I was scammed by him as well. Let's chat.

- Hemet, CA, USA

Scammer oresented themselves as stock broker and this was to start a long term investment relationship, but now no longer available

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- Kingfisher, OK, USA

Met through online dating app. He created a similar life experience to hook me and have me believe in him. Once hooked then the money investment came into play. He had me open a chase and wells fargo accounts, he would transfer money from a LLC account, that I later found out was not his. There were two different company accounts. Then he had me transfer them to my crypto apps and then to said company for a total investment of $120,000 with a return of $240,000.

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- Edenton, NC, USA

Facebook account was hacked and the account owner was not aware. I trusted this person and ended up taking
All the money and
Never hearing from it again until they told
Me I hadn’t made any withdrawal and in order to withdraw I had to
Pay a $2000 fee by bitcoin. Of course I knew better this time.

Notes as provided by the FBI:

WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE A VICTIM
If you are a victim of an online shopping scam or bitcoin, the FBI recommends taking the following actions:
• Report the activity to the Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.IC3.gov or your local FBI field office, which can be located at www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices.
• Report the activity to the online payment service used for the financial transaction.
• Contact your financial institution immediately upon discovering any fraudulent or suspicious activity and direct them to stop or reverse the transactions.
• Ask your financial institution to contact the corresponding financial institution where the fraudulent or suspicious transfer was sent.
If you believe you are the victim of an Internet scam or cyber crime, or if you want to report suspicious activity, please visit the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.IC3.gov.

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- Centreville, VA, USA

I have an excoworker and we always contact on facebook for a long time. she moved to another state and we keept in contact. We both worked as teachers aid and she told me that she invested money and that she was no longer working for school system. Then she got me involve investing and sending money to this TopunionTrade, in various way: cash app, venmo, apple paid, credit card, debit cards, and we my husband and me send money to paid IRS, and now they will not realease documents that shows payments made to the IRS recipt or nothing because they want us to pay 15200 more. They stole our money. I contacted police in North Carolina because that was the place my friend (***** *****) moved to. When I checked the phone numebr it was in California, then I knew something was not right, and she will not take my phone calls or call me. I sent $7500 to a wallet to supposstly paid taxes and it was just a scam.

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I initially came into contact with Xqtraders via their website in January 2022. Xqtraders presented itself as a reputable investment firm, registered with the Florida Department of State, claiming to offer high-yield returns through Forex trading, stocks, indices, commodities, bonds, and cryptocurrency investments. Encouraged by their professional appearance and the promise of substantial monthly profits, I decided to invest with them.

Initially, my experience seemed positive; I was able to withdraw small amounts in February and April 2022, which reassured me of the legitimacy of their operations. Motivated by these successful withdrawals, I reinvested my profits. However, in October 2022, the Xqtraders website became inaccessible, and all attempts to contact them for support or to withdraw my funds were unsuccessful. The website disappearance coincided with a complete cessation of all communication from the company.

Throughout my interaction, Xqtraders used various tactics to appear credible and attract investors. These included:

• Displaying a legitimate-sounding address in Florida as part of their contact details, suggesting a stable business operation.

• Offering detailed and seemingly sophisticated trading programs which promised guaranteed returns, an unrealistic claim in the volatile world of trading.

• Utilizing professional-looking marketing materials and communications which included charts and graphs of market activities to demonstrate their trading success.

Further investigation revealed that the claims of association with recognized professionals and institutions were unfounded. For instance, they claimed that a certain "Russ Kevin Childers" was a managing member, who is, in fact, a Philanthropy Database Analyst at Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington and has no ties to the financial or trading sectors.

Given the abrupt disappearance of their website and their failure to respond to contact attempts, along with the misleading information they provided, I believe Xqtraders was operating a Ponzi scheme under the guise of a legitimate investment firm. The platform's strategy was likely focused on using funds from new investors to pay earlier ones, rather than engaging in actual trading activities.

I am reporting this incident to help prevent further fraudulent activities by Xqtraders and to alert potential investors of their deceptive practices.

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- Levittown, PA, USA

They have you put money in a fake stock system make you think you are making a lot of money and ask for more deposits to up the leverage on ur trading trade twice a day a teacher tells u when to buy and sell then at the end they say you can withdrawal your money but want to charge you percentage of what your fake acct says you made and then you can't get anything they just want to scam u for more and within a day the sites have disappeared

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- Kearney, NE, USA

Invest money but held money ransom using IRs demands of Paying the tax within 7 days and astronomical fines after that.

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- Mount Rainier, MD, USA

They run ad on Facebook promising to teach people how to trade stocks and crypto. The ad then takes you to WhatsApp. While we were getting comfortable his assistant Abeline Watkins from Ottawa Canada introduces us to John Christmas who introduced a scam trading platform called dexfly (h5.dexflypro.org and gave a few winning trades which we practiced on dexfly. Then he started asking people to buy subscription to new crypto currency call ico promising great returns. This all started in June 2024, by August i had 550 worth of crypto currency because when others were throwing in tens of thousands, i didn't because I am new to the idea, in August i had check my dexfly account for the balance, i couldn't access it. I contact customer service for dexfly at 478-305-3535. I was told to pay $400 in order to get access to my account. So I called John Christmas because he introduced us to the scam and he said go ahead and pay it, and I refused.now the dexfly is gone John Christmas and Abeline Watkins all disappeared in to thin air ( fly by night operations) so I need to warn others. Because first of all they made it so difficult to withdraw from the account. So at anytime they can shut it down and ask for ransom or take your money with them. I have Google dexfly it's no were to be found. So they know exactly what they were doing.

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