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- Manassas, VA, USA
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I have a person reach out to me on social media. She introduce me to trade in SERC Capital Ltd. She showed me all her expensive assets and told me to trade so she can help me to earn money. She was asking me to follow her on trading, and she help me to create SERC Capital account and inject funds to start with my investment. We were communicated via Telegram. After few weeks of trading my funds have increase to $184,141.00 of total assets. She told me to withdraw funds, so I contact to online customer service to help for withdrawal. The online customer service said: According to the relevant regulation of the US Taxation I need to declare and pay personal income tax of 20% I must pay tax amounts of $26,832 prior withdrawal. A week later I have paid $26,832 for tax. Soon after my tax payment completed, I asked for withdraw again. The customer service sent me another message said: I must pay $8800 to flat form to remove detected by automatic risk control system. So, a week later I have paid $8800 to remove the control system. Then I start asking to withdraw my funds again. During the processing, the customer service has sent me another message that the system has detected to my account, and I need to pay $3,800 to remove that detected. After that, I did not continue to pay anymore. I have noticed it is scammed.

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- Miami, FL, USA
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Facebook Tony Curatolo was targeting me for an investment scam. His Facebook Messenger account was hacked by scammers. I thought it was my coworker. I paid $4000 and did not receive any money via cash app as promised. The scammer still promises me payment if I pay $500 more. I initially bought bitcoin and then transferred it to someone else. I had to buy Amazon and Apple gift cards for $1500 thinking that I would receive money via cash app. I had to pay a fake transfer fee. I never received the huge payment Tony Curatolo works with me and is a Supervisor for TSA. Transportation Security Administration

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- Palm Harbor, FL, USA
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I was contacted to invest $2000 in a pyramid scam with the promise of a quick return on investment. Turns out that the company is refusing to let me cash out my investment. They is no way to contact anyone.

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Michael Rodriguez called to say he works for an Investor by the name of Adair Joseph Lawrence that has properties to clean. He stated the contract is for 2 months and would give me the contract if I purchased the business license he was offering. He set a meeting place at the Mcgregor Country Club but I had to wire the money to get the insurance before we meet. As soon as the wire went through I have not been able to reach them or receive any correspondence. They took $2600 from me.

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- Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
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I got a message late in the night about some website called Crowdibucks they sent me a link about it. They then tell me I should sign up and put money in it. They talked about how God would want me to do it and if I were a true Christian I should move on faith. I told them I don't believe in Christianity or blind faith that they would have to prove that the system works. I then told them to add something to it from their withdrawal money and I'll add my money when I prove the system. The day that the money is supposed to be able to withdraw I send a request for the profit (being fair to the person trying to trick me) and two days pass by, your "request has been rejected". The person that reached me through Telegram tells me that I tried to make a withdrawal and that I tried to steal from them (the nerve lol). Proceeds to tell me that the upline can cancel withdrawal request at their request. Don't Fall This Scam!

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- Charlotte, NC, USA
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It is a one and half year before, Trust My Stock Instagram profile one of American guy told me for investment in crypto currency and through the crypto platform take 700$ from me. One of my brother suggested me these website but unfortunately I couldn't able to open these but incidentally I open it so I will have been going to do everything for caught that person so others can't be the part. Thanks and *** **** ***** **** ******** ****** ** ******* ** I will puted that details in next staps f process

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- West Palm Beach, FL, USA
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masitrades contacted me on Instagram, she is a trader, I've been following her for months, she sent me a link to deposit money for trading, she sent me instructions how to deposit the money, I deposited $1,000 and after only 3 days, she contacted me again and told me I won $7,500 BUT I had to deposit 10% from commissions over the money the transaction $750. I realized it was a SCAM and tried to get back my initial deposit but they said it's not how the business works. Thies weekend, they contacted me again and they said they have instructions to get my money back but I have a good news, I have $32,000 in my account BUT I have to pay the commission 10% first in order to receive $32,000. I blocked the phone. I never did any trades on that website, How I won $32,000 in only 2 months, only with one deposit for $1,000?

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- Lake Worth, FL, USA
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westly billion dollar scammer scammed out $10, 090

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My elderly father met someone on WhatsApp who gained his trust with a personal relationship. This friend referred him to a former senior analyst at JPMorgan Chase Bank for an investment opportunity with large returns. He was instructed to download and create various crypto currency accounts which he would then transfer to Coinfuture for investing. The app link provided for Coinfuture was https://m.coinfuture.live/app. The senior account manager asked him to wire the money to crypto.com and then send it to the company wallet. Coinfuture has relentlessly pressured my father with fear tactics to pay them more money or he won’t be able to make a withdrawal. They said once his account was over a certain amount, he could pay his unreasonably high service fees, and withdrawal his funds. Then they said he would have to come up with huge additional insurance fees to unfreeze his funds. Now, although his Coinfuture account shows that his money is there in USD, he is being told that his funds are frozen by the Hong Kong government. This company continues to come up with reasons to blame my father for not having access to his money. He has given them everything he has to be able to withdrawal his funds and the only solution they have offered is to pay them more money.

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- Brooklyn, NY, USA
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I got myself into a sticky situation involving someone that defrauded me out of tens of thousands of dollars from me (he is basically a scammer) as well as destroying my relationships with bank accounts I opened and much more. I wasn’t in a very good mental state of mind and this person took advantage of the situation.

His purpose was to originally trade my money to make more under his former company Deluxe Signal and he allegedly won a lawsuit for millions of dollars but refuses to pay me back what was owed. In addition, in a situation, where one of his clients canceled a check, he put me in danger when that so-called client nearly arrested me in order to get to Micheal. However, he lied that he was imprisoned in order for me to send him more money. He also lied about meeting in person this Monday, 4/17 when he promised to pay me back on Monday. He not only disappeared but had several people working for him to scare me away from money owed, pretending to be secret services.

He is trying to leave the country in a few days from now to fly back to Morocco due to taking care of his family with my money owed to me and worse he has brought several people involved that might endanger my livelihood.

Not only he scammed me out of over $47,000 dollars, but his network sent fraudulent checks that had not just several of my accounts closed but one of them having me owe over $65,000 to my td bank business account. Although I admit I did give him my personal information and my funds out of my free will, he is very good at manipulating and gaslighting me to do his very bidding given how poor my mental state was.

The mental and emotional abuse this person dealt me is immeasurable. His name is Micheal Maat but he might go by another Alias. this relationship has been happening for over a year. The original goal of our relationship was for him to trade my money in order to pay off outstanding debts and work with him as a personal assistant under his company for Deluxe Signal, which shut down and scammed several people in the process.

He is a terrible inconsiderate person who is not transparent, does not communicate properly, and is a ******** ***** **** without any consideration for another human being.

I really need all the help I can get and tomorrow I am filing a police report. Please help me bring this man to justice. I repeat he is trying to leave the country back to Morocco pretty soon, most likely in 2-3 days from today.

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- New York, NY, USA
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I was told about trading they requested $300 to start then another $300 to so called improve earnings then $500 for so called ROI time I then cancel my requeste for the excess funds and requested my original $1100 back and they're holding my money hostage

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Was stated that a person can make money using the app. Instead they drain your bank accounts and credit cards. When you try to contact the company they answer the phone only once and then they change the number. Complete rip off.

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- Eustis, FL, USA
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I have submitted screenshots of the last conversations.

I have videos/audio recordings as well from him. That I could not add to here.

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- Tampa, FL, USA
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She reported on Instagram that for $100 dollars she returned 5,000 thousand dollars after 15 minutes and she receives 500 dollars for the process after making the payment after 15 minutes she requests 299 through the irs and then immediately returns 5,299 it is a scam

 

Informaba por Instagram que por $100 dólares devolvía a los 15 minutos 5000 mil dólares y ella recibe 500 dólares por el trámite después de hacer el pago a los 15 minutos solicita 299 por el irs y después inmediato té devuelve 5299 es estafa

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- Land O Lakes, FL, USA
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Site has erroneously flagged my account as fraud and is holding my funds hostage unless I deposit 30% more to that account.

I was just trying to withdraw my funds so I can pay bills and they just keep asking for more money.

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- Dora, AL, USA
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Invested in because on online platform. Now they are telling me I have to pay membership fee to withdraw funds.

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- Dover, DE, USA
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It started off as $1000 investment, which grew to a total of $35000 over a period of 2 months.

Each time I didn't have the money, I had to borrow more money. When I didn't have the money by the end of February, he said

the money would be gone.

When March got here, the company reopened and said the money is still there, I needed $500 to get the money this time.

I gave $250 first and said he needed the other $250 he would send me $7000 to my CashApp account and the rest to my PayPal

account later. I gave him the last of the $500 and told me he was going to send me the $7000 but now he needs another $700

to send the other $28000 to my PayPal account. That's $1200 instead of $500.

He's still waiting for me to pay the $700. Last week he said if I didn't pay the $700 the money will be gone.

Today he says he is still waiting for the $700 that the money is still there!

He never sent me the $7000. He now says it is on hold till I pay the $700

He showed my a copy of a payment of $7000 to my CashApp account. CashApp says they never received any notice of payment!

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Pu Prime got me to invest 1200 dollars off the start we actually made some money trading so they convinced me to go to the next step and i sent them 20k well in only took 2 weeks they lost it all i called talk to richard said were lossing money he said dont worry it will turn around well i got $5.21 left they get a person to put money in a trading account which i had control of then they want to put it in a pam acct once the money goes there its gone i had no control of it o total scam Now i cannot talk to anyone at pu prime wont answer the phone i call and txt richard on whatsapp nothing no response

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Investing in crypto

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Hi , I have invested with Finance with Emilia who profoundly known as Emilia Bartell, i invested with her , before giving me profits of withdrawal she has taken commission and after that she mentioned that there was an account signal and made me deposit money total of 700 dollars.After taking money now she blocked me from contacting her.

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