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Indicated initial deposit, profits made could be withdrawn, but at time of withdrawal, was told 10% commission needed to be paid out of pocket first. Promised no other fees, received company email saying pay xx amount of dollars to withdraw. Paid that commission fee. Then, received another email saying needed to pay another fee to withdraw it quickly, paid that and told nothing more needed. Even received email from company saying nothing more needed. Paid that fee and still can't withdraw because they needed more money. Requested refund and can't get that either.

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It was e-transfers that I sent .

He also had me send a picture of my drivers licence ..The email address and street address are not real but I had to put in something to continue.

The person called himself Maurice Laraunt.. was managing my “trading account” , had me send e-transfers for investment and then more to help me get some $back which of course I didn’t get any back

A Mississauga company has offered to help me recover the money .

But I don’t know whether I can trust them either.

Would you be able to put me in contact with a reputable company to help me recover the money ?

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- Kerman, CA, USA
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Somehow this Carlos Cisneros, Roberto Tarrios , Anthony Cisneros aka on instagram as Mike Piper @piperpositive

Scamming my personal information and enters into my online bank accounts, PayPal, Cash App etc by making faulty purchases then refunding back to my Wells Fargo account

Nothing police can do

This person portrayed as a business investment from a friend. He says he lives in Indiana but his picture is a man by the multiple name Roberto Tarrios from Cuba.

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Told to make initial deposit by a person who did investments for this scamming company. Initial deposit to start crypto trading I made was $970 thru depositing thru cash app to their "website" then told in 320 hours plan ends and can make withdrawal of available funds or add more, added another $972. I Said after next 320 hours that I did not want to add any more funds and would like to withdraw my earnings. I was told that I could not withdraw funds for 4 months. Person for company would not give any detail only to contact their live support line. Support line said to go to withdrawal sections and enter my bank info to have available earnings deposited into my bank account. My bank info was entered along with my name and live chat line said I will get an email with further instructions to get my withdrawal of earnings put into my acct. Email said I had to deposit a "transaction fee" of $850 to my account with them the same way I did the past 2 times thru cash app and once that money is in there they will transfer the funds. The bank "swift" number was changed to a different bank to transfer my interest in on the email and when I questioned the online chat they said that must be a scammer who sent the emailed instructions on how to get my funds. then online chat replied to Just wait for Elitestack Markets to send you correct email. The next email said I had to deposit $500 as a service fee to transfer money with not my banking info in transfer to account. When trying to contact the phone on website says "restricted or not in service" and when I wrote online chat again they said "that's what you have to do to get your earnings from your account. This is a fake website that leads people to keep putting money in account and will not give the money out. The person that told me they were an investor on the company's website is someone I know. This person is not helping in any way, says I cannot get my money or my "available earnings" out since I did not keep giving money for 4 months. This person said after 320 hours, can make withdrawal to get funds out before I even made any deposit. I have screen shots of conversations with this person who is an investor of people's money and refers people to this scamming website as well as the chat conversation with the scammers company online chat person.

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- Washington, DC, USA
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Whitney was a former co-worker who set up a real estate investment scheme to become a business partner. One investment was to be paid back in 6 months. The other was to be a business partner in a hotel in Jennings Florida. Shortly after I was told that my funds were being used to get a better loan rate from his mortgage bank. And then that my funds were used to pay off a worker's compensation suit filed against him. He has not returned any investment funds in 2 years. He has scammed several other investors in this time as well. I am currently in the process of taking him to court to try and resolve this.

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- Philadelphia, PA, USA
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I met this man in a facebook group about investment money he told me about his company everything sound good so I was on fast forward now it’s to withdraw and they giving fake tracking code and telling me it’s a delay I don’t why

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The scammer had 2 other accomplices, the husband named **** ***** ****** and their friend ******* ********. They recruited several individuals in their workplace (******), to join to what they introduced as FOREX TRADING BUSINESS. They showed their account earning money through Forex Trading. In order to join you have to sign up or create an account using their personal link and you have to give them money cash up front. They said to trust them and they will look after the process and assist you all the way. They promised such guaranteed returns. They mentioned that they know the master trader and have direct contact through their cousin named ******* ******* who is also residing in the Philippines. The husband and wife ( ******* and **** ***** ******) who are involved in recruiting were former employees of ****** ************, however ******* ******** remains in the company. They managed to recruit more than 50 individuals at their workplace, that until now most of them didnt get the returns of investment that their promised. ******* and **** filed their resignation to ******, in order to avoid their co-workers who happened to join and trusted them.

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******* ******** encouraged her co-worker **** **** ***** to invest to a FOREX TRADING BUSINESS. After convincing ****, she referred him to her other accomplices named ******* AND **** ***** ******. They instructed **** **** to send the money to their cousin in the Philippines named ******* *******. *******, ******* and ****, promised a guaranteed return of investment after 3-4 months. They said that they know the business well and they have experienced money growth. They said, there will be no contract or receipts provided, that they just have to trust them for the process. Statements and proof of conversations and wired transferred can be provided upon request. **** **** trusted them because of the reassurance and because they are employed in the same company. Now, ******* and **** ***** ****** quit their jobs at ****** to avoid **** and other co-workers who joined them.

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Having diligently deposited funds for several weeks, I eagerly anticipated a timely response. Throughout the depositing process, their daily communication was commendable. Yet, to my dismay, their demeanor drastically shifted when it was my turn to withdraw. Their easily annoyed disposition left me perplexed and dissatisfied. Determined to address this issue, I took matters into my own hands and reported the incident on SkylineRecvery.com.

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I invested $50k in to this company and have been trying to withdraw and have been informed by customer relations there that I can only withdraw only $300 dollars due to the terms and conditions of the agreement. All of the money people deposit’s to these low life individuals goes directly into their pockets. We need to get these guys in jail as soon as possible…Don Jacob’s, Miles Grey, Michael Morris, Andy Wells, Steve Nelson and the lady answering the phone Rheva Gray all are criminals. This is so unfair what these criminals can do and get away with it..

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- Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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A person on tictoc referred me to a person on Telegram to invest with. His company is grosstrade.org. They said they do crypto mining. I must purchase crypto with my checking account and the crypto is placed in a mining account. I just want to know if this is a scam or not. They are extremely aggressive.

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- Choctaw, OK, USA
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Contacted me wanting to be friends then talked about Crypto investments. Was introduced to a web site https://metaversefxoptions.com/user/investment/log

Encouraging deposits and was sent automated earnings. However never allowed to make withdrawals. I made deposits of $3000, $6000, and then $5000. Each time I was told I could get ROI after deposit was made. But there was always some problem.

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- Choctaw, OK, USA
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******* **** Contacted me wanting to be friends then talked about Crypto investments. Was introduced to a web site https://metaversefxoptions.com/user/investment/log

Encouraging deposits and was sent automated earnings. However never allowed to make withdrawals. I made deposits of $3000, $6000, and then $5000. Each time I was told I could get ROI after deposit was made. But there was always some problem.

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Got me too, didn’t tell me I had to buy a bitcoin to get the advertised return and capability to withdraw

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- Glendora, CA, USA
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I am a victim of Pig Butchering Scam. I was contacted by Alice through a WhatsApp group. I was introduced to forex trading by her and asked to do several wire transfers. I did 5 wire transfers to this company called RS Import Export Trafing LLC. I was told that it is a 60 day cycle of trading and at the end I can withdraw principal and profit. At the end of the cycle, I tried to withdraw and was told to pay taxes. I asked to take taxes from my original principal and was told that I need to wire new money. That’s how I came to know that it was a fraud and I was scammed. They are asking us to wire money to this company under false pretense and misrepresentation. I have reported local police on wire fraud and also filled IC3 complaint form with the FBI. My case is under investigation with the FBI. I still want to do everything that I can to recover any amount of money from these fraudulent businesses. They are using accounts to launder money and finding more victims like me to wire money to them.

4 wires in the amount of $25K, $78K, 100K and $55K to:

R S Import Export Trading LLC

63 Dover Common Drive, Tucker, GA 30084

Bank money was wired to:

Bank of America, National Association

Routing # *********

100 W 33rd St, 4th FI

New York, New York 10001

Recipient Acct # ************

1 wire in the amount of $25K to:

R S Import Export Trading LLC

63 Dover Commons Dr., Tucker, GA 30084

Bank name and address: First IC Bank

Routing # 06119794

Bank Address: 6170 Live Oak Pkwy, Norcross, GA 30093

Recipient Account # 1560008995

I did initiate a wire recall with my banks Chase Bank and Wells Fargo Bank on Dec 18, but I feel both banks didn’t do any due diligence and declined my request to further investigate my situation.

I have also reached out other authorities like FTC, CFTC,SEC, NFA, BBB, Attorney General of NY, Attorney General Georgia State, CFPB, FINRA and DFPI.

Banks are opening accounts for these illegal companies and helping them to launder money and fraud 100’s of victims like me. We are loosing our lifetime savings and I feel nothing is done to protect us US Citizens from predators like these.

The company RS Import Export trading LLC is registered under Rain Shun.

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- Philadelphia, PA, USA
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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
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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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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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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
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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
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[email protected] approach me to become SHEIN marketplace seller and took my investment

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