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I had met Miguel Karam Bencatel Canhao on my recent trip to Brazil and he approached me at the Terminal Rodoviário Novo Rio - Rodoviária do Rio on January 3, 2024. He rode the same bus as me from Rio de Janerio to São Paulo. At that time we had a good conversation and exchanged whatsapp numbers. Upon returning home, Miguel contacted me and asked how I was doing and told me that he missed me. He also told me that he didn't really have an opportunity to practice English since meeting me and we began a conversation.

I mentioned to Miguel that I wanted to purchase a model sword from Trevor Enterprises LLC in the Libertade neighborhood of São Paulo, Brazil while I was in Brazil but didn't during and he offered to purchase the sword for me and send it to my address. At first I tried to make the purchase through Miguel over a video call where I showed him the numbers on my chase visa card. The transaction failed and so he suggested that I pay for the sword in bitcoin. I agreed and sent him the bitcoin for the sword. The next day he said he went to the post office and told me that it would be almost $249 to ship the sword to me in the United States. The next day I talked to Miguel again and he informed me that the sword had been sent to me. Two days later he contacts me and tells me that he failed to fill out the customs declaration correctly and that if I wanted the sword delivered he would have to pay the fine. That totaled to $262.

It should be noted that the sword never arrived at my house. Miguel continued to contact me daily on whatsapp and provided me with tips to invest in different cryptocurrency coins. He informed me about a new coin called "grass" (https://app.getgrass.io/) and said by signing up it would be a great way to make money. He gave me a referral code. On March 18 he contacted me and I asked how I would withdraw my grass. He replied by telling me to download anydesk and he said he would help me to withdraw my grass coins. Once he logged into my computer on anydesk, Miguel logged into my coinbase account. He then sent all of my remaining balance of etherium and bitcoin to a new bitcoin wallet, which would later get forwarded to his binance account. Since the incident. Miguel has blocked me from whatsapp and all social media channels that he owns. In total, Miguel Karam Bencatel Canhao has stolen USD $5115.78 from my coinbase account.