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Description
Conracted via instagram in April 2024, they pretened to be a celebrity actor.. Led me offsite to telegram chat tricked me into sending 350.00 dollars in gift cards and 150.00 in bitcoins to pay for a fake VIP card with the actors picture on it claiming it was for access to meet the actor. Pretended the whole time to be the actor while claiming to be using management of the actor for the payment transaction.
Dollars Lost
$500
Targeted Person's Location
AL, USA- 36303
Scam Type
Romance
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Business name
Unknown
Date Reported
July 6, 2025
Scam ID
1010170
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