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Description

I met Dominic Höppner of Germany on the Hinge dating app. He went by the name, Bryan Jett. He requested to communicate on an app called Signal, because he was about to leave for Germany on a military deployment. Initially he tried to get me to invest my money using the company Octapayvest. After several weeks of courting me, he shared he feared for his life and wanted to apply for early release, but would need payment for his commanders and generals to vouch for him at his hearing. Then he claimed he was court marshaled and needed to pay fines. It started with gift card requests and then evolved to crypto currency payments to different wallets and one bank wire transfer. He then pretended to have some gold bars shipped to me in preparation for his return, using the company Early Cargo, which requested more payments in crypto. The payments I sent totaled to $52,600. He promised he would return to the states and reimburse me. I thought he was truthful because he video called me on three occasions. Once I stopped hearing from him, I realized that despite the constant communication and several video calls, he had scammed me. He has a network of scammers working for him or with him, but he does provide video calls to help his victims feel comfortable. His social media account is: https://www.instagram.com/keepitlikedomi?igsh=bnIwMHg5OXNpajFv He is an international broker for this company: https://bavarian-living.de/

Dollars Lost

$52600

Targeted Person's Location

NJ, USA - 07024

Scammer Information
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Unknown Location

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Scam Type

Romance

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Business name

Early Cargo

Date Reported

February 1, 2025

Scam ID

941485


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