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I was approached through a text message of a nice job available that was going to allow me to work but to hurt myself. I took the bait, but only after I was initially suspicious of the amount of persistently pushing me to get or find money to help the situation. Either way, I went through the “paid” training program. I ended up with roughly $67 for training. I was excited because it had been a long time since I had money coming in. So I received my basic instructions and then on my way. I cannot remember having trouble on the first day, other than I needed to be able to somehow come up with $34 so that I had the proper $101, that I needed to start my day. And that’s where it started. I had to ask my other half to spare me the money. The whole first day on my own went smooth no hook ups, I made enough money to turn around the next day and start with the $101 and then a little emergency fund, so you don’t become overdrawn. There was one task in specific called a “combo task” these are the ones that normally will put you in the negative and why you have the reserve of extra money. Well I was told several times that combos were rare, in general, so 2 combos hardly ever happen, and then 3 combos are unheard of, but according to the trainer “it is within code to get 3, though unlikely”. So on my second day, I had some hiccups where I had to earn the money but then could get it right back, however the idea is to continuously reinvest. It makes you want to hold every penny as to be precautious. So the third day, I ran into a combo transaction, I believe, I was on 20/30 and that one instantly sent me into the negative but I was able to salvage that transaction with the emergency money. I was thinking ok, I received my combo task for this round, I will not get another. Well the only catch is, if you have to add more money to get yourself out of the negative, then as soon as you clear that transaction, as long as you can make it to the end of your 30/30 tasks, you are then able to cash out your winnings, however, if you it another combo, my 2nd one, it’s most certainly going to make me negative, bc what the trainer said is, if you have to add money to get yourself out of the negative whatever you then have in your account, I.e., $500 then if you hit a combo, then they have a chance from taking anywhere between 3-30% on that $500 and so coincidentally is did. So again with the harassment from the trainer, when over and over and over again, I told her I couldn’t find the money, somehow I came up with it, and this was task 38/40, so I thought alright, I’m going to get this money back as soon as I can cash it out and we will be squared away, and we’ll wouldn’t you know, with the most UNLIKELY thing to happen, when I have one task left, I get a 3rd combo, and now they are taking the $1500 I had to get me out of the negative for the second time, and multiplying it from 3-30% and of course to get the very last task unlocked, ALL OF A SUDDEN, now I need $4500 to unlock the last task. I began to get really really upset be it all felt so incredibly coincidental, that the first damn I'm really on my own as a brand new employee with NO money to continuously put up. I lost my mind when I found out they were trying to get and additional $4500 out of me. That's when I started panicking and was begging my mom to help me bc I thought I was a chance of a lifetime. She went and pulled the money out for me. I was trying to get it into my PayPal I wasn't having any luck, and was getting even more upset. All while, they are harassing me about what going on, are you putting the money in your account, so on and so forth. I ended up choosing not to go through with putting that money into the bank. I couldn't risk losing that much money, because I'm already in the whole, the initial $1000 they got out of me, somehow. Anyways, I asked them to please cancel the transaction, as I'm going to be unable to complete it and I will just take my original amount that I have to put in, and dig myself out of the whole, several time. That is my money, I'm not asking for any of the earning or any of my lost time. I just need the money back that was used to get me out of the hole. Only to turn around and have it happen again, right at 39/40, it's unbelievable that it is not rigged. For something “so rare” happen to someone who is so new, like good luck getting that person the return the next day. But honestly, my $1000 back so that I can give it to my friend, who let me borrow it, that would be great. As stated before, they are running under the Elephate page. And when you look at it up, at face value it looks like everything being said, matches up, until you continue to dig more, because of the constantly asking for more and more money. When I dug more about Elephate, they are based out of like Denmark, not one American name listed, nor do I see branches opening in the US. At this point, everything was rubbing me the wrong way, and they just didn’t seem to care. There is another phone attached to this whole incident it is +1 602 777 4539, which comes back to Scottsdale, Arizona, and one other one other number messaged me also it is, +1 (347) 615-7289. The other two that reached out regarding the same issue are both from New York, one the Bronx and the other is Albens. I was definitely manipulated and taken for an amount of money that didn’t even belong to me. If there is anyway to resolve this, please reach out I have many many of screenshots and files that I would love to send if it helps the situation. I don’t even know where to begin, but they easily got my license out of me, so I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before they are trying to steal my identity. I feel so ignorant for falling for it. But now begging that someone can help me get it back, especially right before Christmas and my surgery, would be nice. If you need any specifics, please feel free to reach out to my email, as I’m not exactly what pictures of would need but I have many.

Dollars Lost

$1000

Targeted Person's Location

FL, USA- 32724

Scammer Information
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Saint Albans, NY

Mail logo

Unknown Email

Mobile logo

(347) 539-6628

Web logo

https://elephates.com/

Scam Type

Employment

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Business name

Elephate

Date Reported

December 5, 2025

Scam ID

1123656


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