I was added to a whatsapp group called ICECLUB520 where Nina Greenwood and ELizabeth King sent trade signals and traded. I was sent a link and created an account in the blkaex site and started trading. I made profits and slowly deposited money and eventually signed a contract with Nina Greenwood. I traded with her daily for 2 and a half months with a promise of 4 million dollars in returns. When the contract expired on Oct 2nd 2024, she demanded more money and refused to give me my profits. She sent me to a Jeffrey Spreacher who i later found out was fake profile for Jeffrey Spreacher from ICE in Atlanta. My account which has amazed 42 million dollars was later deleted and i was removed from the group and blocked by the scammer Nina Greenwood

Was messaged on Facebook with a compliment and started to continue to stay in contact a couple days before using whatsapp. She brought up my interest in investing and had done well herself. Now she does short term trading and calculates data nodes to predict bitcoin price movement. There is a 60sec and 120sec model. 60s requires $200 to use it, profit is 15%. 120s requires $50k, profit is 24%. I am broke as can be, and just able to get by after my divorce this year. Long story short she offered to gift me .52 bitcoin so I can have access to 120s. Did lots of trades and my account including her contribution amounted to $267,000. But then I went to move $10k in bitcoin to my cashapp to hold there, and it froze the transaction. I questioned this and then found out I need to pay the $51k in taxes to them via a wallet address they provided. I was not allowed to use my new profit though and it all became frozen, including my actual $1,600 in that big balance, when I attempted to pay the tax with bitcoin purchased on “their” exchange to send to them. The tax had to be paid from an outside exchange(STRIKE). So in order to access this new amazing big life changing money I have to send mine, or my friends/family real money to a trusted exchange from the App Store and then convert it to bitcoin, then send from there to the “tax” wallet address provided. My mom and nobody else put money in. A friend did more due diligence then I did once he got news of it, he was able to find the reddit pages. It was the paying taxes upfront and he also could not find this exchange. I did more research, the domain was created April 2024 for ccryptol.com. They had me use the browser tab on DeFi to access it. So meticulous. But the relief I felt when I knew nobody I loved was hurt durning this was huge.

I was contacted by someone Xin Yu( Richard Yu) through my LinkedIn account. Initially, I thought he was the company's HR and asked me about my work background. Then he also introduced that he had his own financial company and asked me to add my WhatsApp, which gradually built trust. He began to teach and guide me on how to use and trade cryptocurrency, I followed his steps to create accounts and get set up. On August 1st, 2024, and August 9th, I transferred funds from my Wells Fargo account to my STRIKE account totaling USD 100,000 cash. Then he guided and taught me to transfer these funds from my STRIKE account to the cryptocurrency exchange platform: EMEX ( https://emexaeg.com/#/home emexs@geomails.com ), as instructed by Xin Yu( Richard Yu) who was guiding and teaching me I was able to work with the EMEX platform for a while, successfully making withdrawals on my little earnings. After that, I tried to withdraw funds from my EMEX trading platform again but was not allowed to withdraw by the EMEX platform, which requested me to deposit more for verification. the website gave me an error message. I was not able to be helped by the online customer service and the EMEX platform doesn't have a customer service number, I used to get the email ( emexs@geomails.com) from EMEX. I also tried to contact the person Xin Yu who had contacted me before, but he had deleted his account on LinkedIn, and I could not contact him by phone call, he is still on WhatsApp with the phone No +1 (323)570- 3070. I believe I am being scammed.

I was added to a WhatsApp group and there are about 500 messages each day, so I never paid attention. On 8/29 I checked a few of the recent conversions and asked what it was all about. I was told that it is an AI Crypto Trading Platform. I was asked to download an app (OPACOIN / OCN-Master) from the iOS app store, which I did and they guided me to set up an account and asked me to transfer crypto to begin trading. I was very skeptical all the time but believe at a point in time seeing the conversations (lately realized most of them are paid actors). Each time they traded showing high-returns and each day I was urged to transfer maximum amounts to participate/subscribe in ICO/IDO tokens. Finally, before I realized I already wired loads of money ($477,000) took all my savings, IRA, loans, etc. Immediately after that, I realized it was a scam. The scam is still going on. 9/22/2024 - I urged to return my money, but DAF (Robert Wilson) denied it, and asked me to pay $312,699 through external funds so that I could withdraw my funds. This is a Crypto Investment Scam and should be nailed down. * Filed complaints with FBI (IC3), FTC, NCDOJ, Banks ** DAF Financial Institute on Facebook page.

At first, I was looking for a part-time job on Facebook and came across this link (Isn't Available Anymore). The person asked me to provide my phone number, saying that someone would contact me. Then, the scammer, posing as a trainer, asked me to add her on Telegram. There was also a group on Telegram. The trainer began teaching me how to operate on the platform (https://www.helispiritsystems.com/) to earn commissions. Each round consisted of 36 tasks. If a prime order appeared, it required recharge and the commission was 0.05% of the amount; if it wasn’t a prime order, no recharge was needed. The commission was 0.01% of the amount, and after completing all 36 tasks, I could withdraw the earnings. After completing the first round of 36 tasks, I successfully withdrew my earnings. The next day, they asked me to start a second round, but the recharge amounts kept getting larger and larger. Starting with a few hundred at first, then increased to several thousand. During this time, the trainer let me call the bank to increase my limit, then use some apps (like Kraken, Bitget) or bitcoin ATM to convert CAD into crypto currency, which I then recharged into the address they provided. Each time I managed to gather the required amount and deposit it on the platform, I would then face an even larger amount. Finally, the last required amount reached 35,089.92 USDT. When I borrowed money from my sister, she told me I was definitely being scammed—that’s when I finally realized it, but I had already put in over 50,000 CAD. Then I spoke with the scammer’s customer service, asking if I could get back the money I had already invested. They said no; I could only withdraw everything after completing the tasks. I also told them that I was just a student and really didn’t have that much money. They responded that there was nothing they could do, as it was the platform’s rule and the amounts were randomly assigned by the system. They also sent me a document showing that they were authorized by Helispirit. I started to cry, feeling so foolish, greedy, and reckless. I usually find it hard to spend even a few dozen dollars, yet here I was giving tens of thousands to scammers. Much of this money was what my dad had worked his whole life to earn, and I had just wasted it like this. Now I am still playing along with the scammers and haven’t confronted them directly. They just think I’m currently trying to gather more money. What should I do now? Please help me...

Victim was contacted by scammer, who claimed to be federal agent. Victim was swindled into sending cryptocurrency to address via Athena Bitcoin INC.

“On 10/4/24 at approximately 1719 hours, I was dispatched to 1324 Hill Cross Ct in reference to VI Myrtle Walker being involved in a phishing scam. Upon arrival I met with both VI Walker and WI Tina Arnold who stated the following. VI Walker was using her iPad when it locked up and a popup stated her iPad had been hacked and to call a number. VI Walker called the number and an unknown subject on the other line began talking to her about being involved in a "Child Pornography' investigation by the Feds. At first VI Walker was skeptical but the subject sent her a text message with a photo of a Federal ID Card "proving" she was speaking to a Federal Agent. The number who sent this text was 1-559-682-4277. This photo was sent to me by text and I uploaded it into Axon evidence, along with other photos. At this time VI Walker then believed him and began following his request to purchase gift cards from lowes and home depot as well as deposit money into a crypto currency account under Athena Bitcoin. The total amount VI Walker purchased gift cards for and sent money was approximately $54,000. Part of the instructions was to call the number on the back of her cards, 1-800-421-2110 where VI Walker was greeted by a subject who called herself Jessica. VI Walker is unsure how calling the number printed on the back of her card and speaking with Jessica allowed for this. VI Walker advised Bank of America of this incident and speaking with a Jessica and they are running their own investigations. WI Tina, VI Walkers Daughter, believes she was taken advantage of because she is elderly and did not know better. We attempted to get as much information as possible and VI Walker has canceled her cards, but she had already given all the gift card codes and deposited money into the crypto account. While on scene speaking with everyone the suspects called VI Walker back. I answered the phone and requested the information of the subject calling. I eventually advised I was an officer with the Oklahoma City Police department investigating this incident and they immediately hung up."

I once had used an app to get attention of buyer. I encountered a guy lameck who first seemed interested in my business then after a short while she introduced crypto to me, also she promised high output. I started with small amounts I can barely remember it was like 10,000£ then it really paid me at first. But since he made me believe in it so I decided to to invest huge amount that was £250,000 then when withdrawal time reached the site demanded some withdrawal fees for the account protection so I added roughly £40,000 to the site and I could not access my account any longer. So there was this day I was doing my own research to try recover at least my some of my funds back. It was indeed a search of a whole week but surprisingly I came in hand with @pedrecovery on telegram where he helped me recover £190,000. So I'll highly recommend if you've ever been scammed again just check this guy on telegram with username @pedrecovery Thank me later.😊 Indeed he came to my rescue

I deposited a cashier’s check for $10000.00 into my brother's Bank account. He transferred my money plus his money for a total of $20213.20 into his Cryptospherex account, then he sent me the money into my Cryptospherex account. I purchased a Crypto coin ICO (TON) on 10/03/2024 $20213.20 I sold the (TON) coin on10/04/2024 for a profit of $174667.40 plus my initial investment of $20213.20 for a total of $195205.60 Here is where the fraud/scam occurred on 10/04/2024 I was issued a subscription to purchase the ENRC token for 10775 share worth about $11000.00 on 09/30/2024 and I did not purchase it, then their system issued a second subscription on 10/04/2024 and forced purchased 350975 shares for $361504.25 which I could not purchase because I did not have the money, and I did not click on the buy link to authorize the purchase. As soon as I sold my TON crypto the money came into my account, then instantly the money was used to purchase/fill the ENRC token order without my permission. This platform is still active, but the service desk is not responding to my request and my account is locked for trades. They emailed a general response to everyone apologizing for what happened because they could not stop the selloff\shortsell of the token which is false. They want everyone to pay their penalty of 30% up front and they will give you the balance back afterward. I just want my initial money back because I did not purchase the ENRC token. This is a complete scam/fraud. Can you please help me in any way.