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On Aug 27th last year, I accepted a friend request on WeChat. The conversation went well and after a day or two, I cannot remember exactly, he asked me to download WhatsApp to continue to "get to know me" since he didn't like to use WeChat due to the Chinese government's access to the platform for monitoring purposes. I believed him and downloaded the WhatsApp. He showed a great amount of care and love towards me, now I know it was just the way to earn my trust and scam me later. He said everything I wanted to hear and did everything that warmed my heart. I fell for him madly. After about 10 days, he started mentioning he invested in Cryptocurrency and helped multiple people grow their assets. He encouraged me to try and was willing to transfer $1000 USD to me if I download all the apps needed. I refused the offer but downloaded Coinup, Trust, and Coinbase from the Apple Store. After that, he taught me how to talk to Coinup customer service to find a crypto dealer. I wired $5000 from the bank to the dealer Coinup provided to just give it a try. As our relationship and feelings progressed, under his persistent pressure and persuasion, I wired $30,000, $65, 000, and $100, 000 to Coinup respectively during two months of the time. He did help me earn some money, not sure if those numbers were fabricated though. Two banks that wired money got suspicious and closed my accounts eventually. Unfortunately, I believed him instead of the banks. The last $100,000 was wired out via Schwab. He said the banks hate people taking money out because they tried to rip off their own customers. At the beginning of November 2024, he asked me to transfer $100, 000 to Coinup again. I refused because I needed to save that money for my kid’s college fund. His attitude changed 180 degrees; he stopped the multiple phone calls daily and threatened to break up with me because I “hurt” his feelings, distrusted him, and he couldn’t see a future between us anymore. Out of devastation, I agreed to try again, but the third bank rejected and froze my account. After I told him, he said he would forgive me because I tried. The relationship continued until November 17th, 2024. He called me up after I took a nap that day and told me it was TIME to do the big deal that would secure our great future together. I didn’t understand what those deals entailed. So, I just blindly followed his directions via screenshots like how we did before and did this 10-day short sale deal. The next day, he told me that the deal wasn’t looking good and that we must put more money in. I was confounded and in despair because I didn’t have any more money to use. And he NEVER told me this before doing that deal. He asked me to borrow $100, 000 from my friends, sent a link to an online loan company, and asked me to sell my house and my 401K. After I rejected all the ideas, he disappeared and wouldn’t respond to any of my messages or phone calls. On November 27th, 2024, all the money I invested in Coinup along with the money made were all wiped out...And, he disappeared completely after that. I filed a complaint with the FBI, but no one ever contacted me.