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CryptoCurrency

I was texted supposedly by Coinbase that my account had been attempted to be compromised by someone in Moscow Russia. I was instructed to call immediately. I panicked and called. They then asked if I had crypto any place else. I told them I had crypto on my cold wallet on Ellipal. They then supposedly connected me with tech support on Ellipal. I was told that they would insure my account with SafePal. I was then walked through transferring my account to SafePal and told that it would be held there until I received a new Ellipal. Within hours my crypto was gone from SafePal.

Dollars Lost: $10000

Hercules, CA- 94547

Date Reported: September 18, 2025

Business Name Used: Coinbase IMPOSTER


Employment

Got offered a job the pay in crypto they pay you small quantities after the ask to make a crypto deposit to make the work you did to a positive before you can withdraw your money to PayPal. Tell you that you won a bonus from the company and pay certain amount to get bonus

Dollars Lost: $3000

Might Be Lis Angeles

Date Reported: September 17, 2025

Business Name Used: Vrrb.cc


Phishing - Allegacy Federal Credit Union imposter

Special Greetings To You And Good News! President Trump signed a crypto executive order & instructed us to remit your funds via bitcoins method of payment,Immediately we receive your wallet or bank account details.we will proceed with your payment without any further delays as we instructed by the president. Your grant donation fund is ready to be paid to you via bitcoin method .Immediately you respond to this email with your details, we will proceed without any future delays.I await your urgent reply. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation on this transaction. Kindly contact Mr.Timothy Moore Thank you Lord so thankful for your grace and mercy and Donald John Trump. Great job Sir... Regards, Timothy Moore. General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer. Allegacy Federal Credit Union Winston-Salem, NC 27114-66-47 US. contact [email protected]

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Winston Salem, NC- 27114

Date Reported: September 17, 2025

Business Name Used: Allegacy Federal Credit Union imposter


Charity - Charity Scam

Joe Tippens is a fraud playing on people who have cancer. It's so degusting I'm disbelief. I've followed his X/ twitter page for months before taking the bait. He requested payment via crypto/ USDC that is legal tender after the Genius Act was signed into law. He tried to get $800 from me in total.. tried to get add'l shipping insurance money at the end. When I requested tracking info he sent a bogus shipping address: https://nglobalfreights.co/ Stay away from scammer @FBI must get involved to stop this abuse.

Dollars Lost: $400

Weatherford, OK

Date Reported: September 17, 2025

Business Name Used: Joe Tippens


Phishing - Paypal / imposter

I was sent an email confirming a purchase from an account that I do not have. I believe it was phishing.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Denver, CO- 80231

Date Reported: September 17, 2025

Business Name Used: Paypal / imposter


Credit Cards - Paypal / imposter

Email from Paypal stating: "You have an inquiry waiting View the message that $612.54 Sent.Not You? Call +??.??????.??????.???????? just sent you."

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 17, 2025

Business Name Used: Paypal / imposter


Employment - Shopmy & Pitchbook

Hi! This is Evelyn from ShopMy’s hiring team. We’re looking for part-time remote assistants who can earn $250–$500 per day, with a guaranteed base of $1,000 every 4 working days. The schedule is flexible—you’ll only need 60–90 minutes a day, 4 days a week, and we provide full training. Your role is to help ShopMy merchants update listings, improve visibility, and boost customer bookings. You can work entirely from home on your own time. We also offer 15–20 days of paid vacation each year, plus standard leave. We currently have 3 openings left. If you’re 25 or older, just text us at 2139371084 with your name, and we’ll send you the full details. Once contacted was texted by another number saying Hello, my name is Beth from the company “ShopMy”. Let me give you a quick overview of what we do here. Sound good? We work with YouTube creators who need real people to support their channels. As their subscribers grow, they will attract more viewers to their videos, enabling them to earn more ad revenue.?? The operation is very simple, time is free. You can earn between $250 and $500 per day, depending on how many tasks you complete. Would you like to try a sample task and earn $15 right now? 1/ Open YouTube and search for the username @TheFragranceGalaxy and please click Subscribe YouTube Channel to get $15 2/ (or just click this link to go directly: YouTube Link) 3/ after click subscribe please take screenshot send to me for confirm https:https: I subscribed and sent a screen shot Great! Next step you need to add me to Telegram Messenger. Do you have Telegram Messenger? I will send you your $15 immediately. And then was sent more videos to like and received payment in crypto then was told to deposit crypto into a wallet and complete an order on shopmyesz.cc to which I did and received payment the first two times but the amount kept getting larger and had to do more before they said they would pay and then claimed I made a mistake and never paid

Dollars Lost: $5290

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 16, 2025

Business Name Used: Shopmy Pitchbook


Employment - Employment Scam

I was contacted by someone claiming to offer a remote side job under the name “PitchBook Global App Promotion Company.” They provided the real website link for PitchBook (pitchbook.com) but do not actually work for that company. They offered daily pay and crypto bonuses, then began describing a commission system using USDT. The phone number used was: +1 (704) 649-3338. This is a known scam structure involving fake task dashboards, fake earnings, and eventual requests to deposit funds.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 16, 2025

Business Name Used: Pocketbook


CryptoCurrency - Blue Owl Global, currencysss.com, currencyssss.com

I was added to this group last month. They said I would have to deposit $1,000 to get started. The trades were AI-based and had a 98% success rate. They used the website to place trades and there were 146 original members, 143 of which are still in the group. They ran a 3-day "Whale Profit Plan" to drastically inflate fake winnings. The entry fee was $20K. I couldn't make it work so they 'loaned' me $12,500 and I put up $7,500. My supposed $20K turned into $38 million in 3 days. Two weeks later, my account was supposedly at $6.46 Billion ($4.5B of which was 'won' in 1 hour. I looked up the crypto tokens they targeted and two of them did not exist and the other 3-4 names were real but the prices were .0000007 instead of $300-$1000/coin. Basically, they manipulate the trades and it always comes up a huge winner. I put in $8.5M of withdrawals which to this day were never sent to me. When I asked their "Support" for transaction ids, they provided fake ids that did not exist. Then, I had to give permission to a weird address that showed up as a MEVBOT in my crypto wallet with unlimited access to my US dollars. I was then told that I deposit another $12K to provide enough weight to my crypto wallet to release the funds. They are starting an "SVIP" group next week advertising super profits of 1000-5000% per trade. The person impersonating Doug Ostrover claims to uphold the highest integrity. Suddenly, their fake website "Currencysss.com" was shutdown down and relaunched as "Currencyssss.com" two days ago. Nothing was ever said on the WhatsApp forum about it.

Dollars Lost: $7000

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 16, 2025

Business Name Used: Blue Owl Global currencysss.com currencyssss.com


CryptoCurrency - Morrison Austin Law Firm

Company represents that they will get back money you lost from a crypto scam.

Dollars Lost: $0.01

Seattle, WA- 98104

Date Reported: September 16, 2025

Business Name Used: Morrison Austin Law Firm PLLC


Investment - Investment Scam

The Scammers convinced me to invest in crypto market for more profit. Please find a text message below from the Scammer. ***Anyways, tomorrow's deal is very good, and I think you should began to trade using ****** USDT as your principal. So once you can see the process of withdrawal today, will you be able to wire 10k tomorrow? Because I want to help you out by planning out the deals for you. With 10,000 USDT it’s totally possible to make about 1500-3000 USDT per trade which in a week about 15,000-24,000 USDT approximately.

Dollars Lost: $1600

Chicago, IL

Date Reported: September 16, 2025

Business Name Used: N/A


Phishing - PayPal / imposter

Sent email to my elderly mother for a payment warning to gemini.com for $754.43 with a phone number of (805)500-6686 to stop the payment if it wasnt her and to protect her from fraud. They informed her that she would need to pay for access to the information and that she had to be a member.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 16, 2025

Business Name Used: PayPal / imposter


Phishing

typical pyramid scam, same situation as Selead. took my money in crypto, said if i did the tasks, which were liking videos, i would get it back and more, when i went to withdraw the money "earned" i learned that they scammed everyone involved, and that no one would get their money back.

Dollars Lost: $1700

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 15, 2025

Business Name Used: Luisa Rosica


Employment - Faire-work.com

I was offered a w2 position It turned out to be posting reviews on products that I didn’t know about They wanted Crypto to purchase and review products

Dollars Lost: $30

San Francisco, CA

Date Reported: September 15, 2025

Business Name Used: Faire-work.com


CryptoCurrency

Levi Crypto as known on YouTube or levicryptoinsta on instagram contacted me and wanted me to invest money in www.metayieldcapital.com I used my XRP in coinbase to fund the account. He initially told me that $500 was good enough. Then he told me that I really needed to put $1000 in the account. I did not comply with the extra $500. Some days later the account was run up to over $3500 in a very short time. I was then told that my account became frozen because I needed to purchase more signal strength. I asked them to apply the profits to purchase $2000 of signal strength whoever is in the chat support told me that this could not be done. I then asked from my $500 back but then I was told that was impossible. I asked, "Who makes these rules?" "Where is the company located?" I did not receive or find any clear answers.

Dollars Lost: $500

ME

Date Reported: September 15, 2025

Business Name Used: Levi Crypto


Credit Cards

This number presented themselves as Uniswap. I called them due to an issue I was having with a token swap. I found the number online. They attempted to convince me to download an app, which I refused. They wanted access to my crypto accounts so they could transfer to their own wallet. Once the crypto is transferred there is no way to recover. Thankfully I did not fall for the scam. Please beware.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

KY

Date Reported: September 15, 2025

Business Name Used: Uniswap Imposter


Romance - Romance Scam

I was in instagram and was added by this person they pretended to be a romantic interest and then they and I exchanged naked photos that they screen shoted and threaten to share out and ever since then they keep holding it over my head for crypto this accident happened 02-18-22

Dollars Lost: $900

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 15, 2025

Business Name Used: Romance Scam


Investment - Investment Romance Scam

I met a person through the face book dating app. She invited me in a pushy way to get into trading. She made me down load the onchain app to transfer money from my bank account to the onchain app to do trading. I was following her lead and steps all of the time because I never traded before. Once we login the onchain app I didn't know she would use the Browse to get into a website. web3-mask.info I think this is a Dapp called SoFi. I transfer around 65k and now the app and customer service is not letting me withdraw my money. They are asking me to deposit 10% almost **k to verify my account and let me withdraw my money. I have all of the screenshots conversations and deposits. sofisda.org is their website but nothing is on it. Please help!! https://photos.app.goo.gl/DwocXwPw3eaXEvZb8

Dollars Lost: $63000

Unknow, NY

Date Reported: September 14, 2025

Business Name Used: SoFi Dapp or sofisda.org Crypto trading app


Investment - TrxDeepMiner

You invest money in such and such miner depending on pricing of each and claims you can withdrawel anytime. The profits money I had re-invested while it was in account with them but afterwards when wanting to withdrawel i was unable to get any money nor in any crypto form as claimed either. Tried contacting them and to this day I yet to receive any returned emails from site messaging which says they will reply within 24 hrs. Its been several days and still nothing.

Dollars Lost: $200

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 13, 2025

Business Name Used: TrxDeepMiner


Investment - Investment

I was approached via WhatsApp by someone who claimed that Indeed had referred me. They proceeded to tell me about a way that I could earn money working part-time/full-time earning commission and a salary of USD 3000/month. They asked me to deposit $30 into a crypto wallet and showed me how clicking on apps could increase this amount. 3 sets of 40 clicks would earn commission plus a day’s wage (USD 100) that would be paid on the 5th day, 15th and 30th. They spoke of lucky apps which would require you to deposit more funds if encountered, but that would earn you more commission. If however you did not deposit more funds, you would forfeit your initially deposit plus commission gained. The lucky apps were random and could appear 1-3 times on one set. I was scrambling to keep up with this, frantically trying to access reserve funds in order not to lose my already invested deposit(s). The icing on the cake was today when I had asked an extension to obtain funds to complete a days work, and ended up burning through savings and with a cash advance on a credit card. I made the money I sought to make, but they told me that the money would not be transferred to me unless I upgraded to VIP 3 (i wasn’t even at VIP 1 yet). Regular users (what I was) could only have up to $3000 transfered maximum, but VIP3 had no limits. Ah but I had to come up with USD 10000 in order to do so, which I couldn’t and wouldn’t do. So I lost my investment, just like that.

Dollars Lost: $16000

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 13, 2025

Business Name Used: Do follow


Investment - Investment Scam

Was contacted by lily on whatsapp to invest in crypro. Started with $100 buying crypto through coinbase and bitunix and lead to depoaiting more money as i was shown i was making money. When the time came to withdraw my investment and profits the account was locked and they asked for more money to unlock account. Added money and account was never unlocked and still cant get my money. They are still trying to get me to add more money.

Dollars Lost: $15000

San Fransico, CA

Date Reported: September 13, 2025

Business Name Used: Nexus ventures


Phishing - DLC Exchange Limited

On July 17, 2025, I was approached by "Elizabeth King" claiming to be working for ICE Exchange (which is a true entity) and they offered crypto investments. She sent me links to ICE website and her profile on the site. She also introduced me to "Lynn Martin" . They both showed me the returns that could be made from.investing with ICE. All communication was done via whatsapp and they gave a link to DLC Exchanges website create my account. DLC Exchange was incorporated in Denver, CO. I invested 20000USD and they asked me to sign the attached document to confirm our investment. I had bought ETH with the funds on DLCs platform. I decided to call the ICE ATL office to confirm their identities and the operator confirmed ICE exchange does not have a whatsapp or investment contract with DLC exchange. Neither does Lynn nor Elizabeth conduct business on whatsapp or any social media. I completed a full withdrawal request and it never arrived in my wallet. They asked me to pay a 30% fee to unfreeze my account.

Dollars Lost: $20000

Denver, CO- 80202

Date Reported: September 13, 2025

Business Name Used: DLC Exchange Limited


Employment - Vestiaire Collective Imposter - Employment Task - Crypto Commissions Scam

Easy to spot. Relentless recruitment. Very supportive and friendly. Will spoonfeed ‘training’ to get you signed up with Metamask for ‘payment’. Using Bitcoin in a ruse that there are Employees worldwide so it’s easier to ‘pay’ in their currency.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 12, 2025

Business Name Used: N/A


CryptoCurrency - Metacosmicex

I’ve identified some crypto scams. Metacosmicex, Stradx, and yield nodes.com

Dollars Lost: $50000

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 12, 2025

Business Name Used: Metacosmicex


Phishing

I was approached via email and was told by Chris that the company has frozen assets and found a crypto account that was in my name but I had to pay them to release it.

Dollars Lost: $2350

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 12, 2025

Business Name Used: Chris Lucas


Employment - Employmeny scam

Contacted me through PM/DM on telegram under the name Phil Anderson and promised money/crypto paid by a TRUMP/QFS facility. Presented a fake id from a non existing or unregistered organization (this fact is verified via searches on the internet using AI). Besides this fake id he used as business address Mar-A-Lago. There is no Trump/QFS organization registered. Cross referencing it with some picture tools it seems, that even the photo of the scamming individual is AI generated.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Palm Beach, FL- 33480

Date Reported: September 12, 2025

Business Name Used: Trump/QFS Organization


Investment - Investment scam

I found an advertisement in social media. One of them contacted me, explained everything, gave me id to check that proved investment advisors is real company and they locate in the US. But i am sure now they use name of another investment company. I opened an account on a platform, got a personal analytic, with whom we opened a orders in energy, metal and US stocks . As soon as I decided to get money back - they implied an error to me that I put a wrong crypto address - and I had to pay a lot of money to "return" them. When i wanted to close an account and withdraw all money, of course I've got other problems - i had to pay insurance etc .

Dollars Lost: $200000

WY

Date Reported: September 12, 2025

Business Name Used: wwmsolutiontech.com


Online Purchase - Expert Credit Sweeps

Kristen sells her self as a credit repair guru. In order to scam you she states that no longer allows you to charge for credit repair so I have to send her in Corton.. meaning go to a CVS and pay CASH to a QR code which then transfers to her crypto account! After paying once she immediately told me that she had another opportunity (a grant ) that I qualify for and wouldn’t have to pay back.. I stupidly paid her again more money! She NEVER did ANYTHING! I am concerned that she has access to my personal info and that she will try and use my identity! . She threatened me because I posted her scam on her YouTube channel!

Dollars Lost: $650

Dallas, TX

Date Reported: September 11, 2025

Business Name Used: Expert Credit Sweeps


Investment - Investment

Scammers tell you they can teach you how to trade crypto and then get you to deposit your crypto into smart express capital and it goes on and on from there with having to buy extra so-called keys and all kinds of stuff to get your withdrawal.

Dollars Lost: $9000

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 10, 2025

Business Name Used: Millionaire mindset


Investment

Got enrolled in InsightQuant AI crypto investing company with the help of a family member who also lost money. On the internet till today we dealt with them at ISQ.AI but today it said server could not be found. Up till 2 weeks ago they claimed they were under audit by the US Securities Commission. I'm guessing that was a lie. DO NOT INVEST WITH THIS COMPANY. I'm sure somewhere down the line there will be a class action lawsuit. I lost the intial investment of 1200, which was reported to look like 3100.00 at the time problems started. I hope these people go to jail !!!

Dollars Lost: $1200

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 10, 2025

Business Name Used: InsightQuant AI


Romance - Romance Scam

This person contacted me on Facebook. I had secure settings I thought. When he contacted me I asked if he was a scammer or real person. He sent me a picture of himself holding a sign saying I am a real person and not a scammer. He told me he had been through a really bad divorce. He was from Italy but married to a woman here in the US. He then said for us to start talking on Telegram as it would be more fast. And we could talk. He said he was having financial issues and his bank account had been closed. He was waiting on investments to come through but needed to pay fees. And if I would help him he would pay me back. A couple of times he did send funds back to me through crypto. For a year and a half this person has sucked the life out of my financially and emotionally. There is so much too much to say in this little box. Thousands of dollars later every week he would promise to meet and to this date nothing. He did FaceTime once. The relationship was mostly talking over Telegram.

Dollars Lost: $32000

Raleigh, NC

Date Reported: September 10, 2025

Business Name Used: N/A


Investment - Scooter Rental Investment Scam

We were invitied by other managers and professionals advertising LSSSC. They dispalyed to us how to make money using the lssc app. They also made us download the app to communicate called the bonchat. Lastly, we used coinbase or whatsapp to purchase crypto and transfer it to their lssc app to rent scooters.

Dollars Lost: $4000

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 10, 2025

Business Name Used: Lighting scooter shared company


CryptoCurrency - Crypto - Investment Scam

Scammer convinced me to invest in Bitcoin

Dollars Lost: $3000

Houston, TX

Date Reported: September 10, 2025

Business Name Used: GLOBAL SUPER FX TRADING


CryptoCurrency - Crypto/Investment Scam

I was approached on What's App and fell for the scam. I started trading crpto successfully through AI Asst and the Qovex Exchange. At a point, my purchases continued to increase in size. After making a large purchase, when I tried to withdraw the funds, they wanted a lot more money. At that point, I cut off contact and have reported to FBI IC3 and others in the chain. Qovex and AI Asst are scams and should be avoided.

Dollars Lost: $20000

Manhattan, NY- 10081

Date Reported: September 10, 2025

Business Name Used: Golden Crest Trading Qovex Exchange AIasst


CryptoCurrency - Crypto Scam

Dark cherries wealth society is a crypto trading Group. Jane Quinn is the name of the assitant, Along with Professer Thomas Caldwell. They promis you great returns on your contract trade in the crypto market. Pressure you to keep adding more funds for greater Profits. But when you try to withdraw the funds from the trading platform of Saftyvalue. You are locked out of your wallet untill you send the fee. In my case the assitant Jane promised me a return of at least 200% in 30 days and it happened plus more buy the time the 30 days where done we had reached 200k. I was ready to settle up, that's when I was told payment had to come from an outside source before then they would lift the lock on trading account. My fee was going to be 60k. If you read this message stay away from the dark cherries group and Sateyvalue trading plat form. i HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD AND NOW BELIEVE IT TO BE TRUE THAT ANYBODY ON WHATSAPP AND TELEGRAM ARE FAKE. IF YOU ARE GOING TO TRADE IN CRYPTO VERIFY THE TRADING PLATFORM AND THE PEOPLE YOU ARE TRADING WITH. IF YOU CAN'T VERIFY THEM STAY AWAY AND KEEP YOUR MONEY.

Dollars Lost: $7500

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 9, 2025

Business Name Used: Dark Cherries Wealth Society


Investment - Crypto Investment Website

250 investment for 30% comepnsation, but they do not tell me after i made that investment you must make another 750 investment to finish the whole process. Sneaky, and just a deceptive rabbit hole to fall down. Im fine with not getting a refund i would just rather this get noticed and tooken care of.

Dollars Lost: $250

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 9, 2025

Business Name Used: Orbix


Phishing

I was approached by a friend who referred me an online job which we thought was real became a scammer lurking people as a MLM if you like like video get pay. They require you to deposit money and get video from IG, TikYok, YouTube watch their video click heart or like screenshot then submit get pay each video and company did put money to your ttm account and then withdrawal money in 72 hrs to crypto. They fool us by offer money to host party and meal out dinner then before the business expired they change the company to Xael-Ai touch our ttm fund to their new business then he acting like he is helping us new business cuz ttm will shut down fooling our mind to keep working with the scammer behind it thinks he a real boss. Then we stuck our money was lost thinking he quit the job with new manager but it was him whole time. We couldn’t get our money back

Dollars Lost: $4600

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 9, 2025

Business Name Used: Time Trends Media Ltd


Investment - Dark cherries wealth society

Jane Quinn, Thomas Caldwell and Peter Prescott. Trying to entice you to send crypto from coin base to SafetyValue trading center. They would trade crypto contracts and show massive profits. They wanted you to invest more and more for bigger gains. They would try to push different tier ratios and would promise bigger returns and to pay them a percentage of the profits earned after a set date. The account you set up gets locked and they want you to pay them from an outside source or they won’t unlock your account. This is 100% a scam but I didn’t find out until it was too late. My money is currently locked in a safety value trading account and I’m afraid I will never see it again. They use what’s app and telegram to communicate with you.

Dollars Lost: $30000

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 9, 2025

Business Name Used: Dark cherries wealth society


Employment - Rakuten Imposter - Employment Task Scam - Crypto Commissions

I was a victim of induced fraud saying that they are recruiters of people to work in the house and they made me transfer money from my bank account to Coinbase,Cash app, buying criptocurrencies and sending it to cryptocurrency addresses Fraudulent ,dates May 18 to August 26 , 2025. These operations were not carried out with my free and voluntary consent, but were the result of manipulation and deception by fraudsters who induced me to transfer funds under false promises.

Dollars Lost: $26203.98

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 9, 2025

Business Name Used: N/A


CryptoCurrency

I got this: Your invoice has been paid at the crypto store, didn't authorize, call to cancel. I called and spoke to a man with an accent. He wanted my name, which I gave him. My dog was barking becuase my wife had just come home, and he was hard to understand so I hung up.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 9, 2025

Business Name Used: N/A


Investment - Investment Scam

I clicked on an add on Facebook for risk free investment advice. Person named Jane Qiinn, Thomas Caldwell (professor) & 'cryptowolf were teaching & were quite educated as i profited off stock advice. Stated EvoAI was about to launch pubically. Had a free drawing which i was given a code & it was located on their main website(www.darkcherries.com) so i thought legit as all info about this specific website stated legit. Started trading crypto contracts on Safety Value trading site & won a lot. To continue to get trading signals i had to join their "Partner Program". I was to repay a percentage of my profits after 1 month. Prior to end of month Safety Value released 2 icos. I profited well, but was told i must pay the percentage of profits back not from profits made, but from another personal account. At this time i knew i had been scammed. My account on Safety Value was locked so i could not withdraw any $. Scam is ongoing at this time as of 10/8/25. This is a very well thought out scam as icos even have white papers & full description. I have screenshots of last months forum. They use WhatsApp & Telegram. I have an address in California where $ was sent.

Dollars Lost: $18000

Colorado Springs, CO- 80916

Date Reported: September 8, 2025

Business Name Used: Dark cherries wealth society


Employment - Flightpath

My mom took a "digital marketing" job that involved buying product to "boost search engine traffic". There were "Combo Deals" that promised bigger payouts if some of your own money was put into it. Those personal investment amounts grew and grew until one day the payouts ceased. Any attempts to get it back were ignored and IRREVERSIBLE due to the nature of Crypto Currency.

Dollars Lost: $1275

New York, NY

Date Reported: September 7, 2025

Business Name Used: Flightpath


Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes

Welcome to the nlcasino.bet support team. How can we help you? Bot · Just now. Hi there, okay so I got a bonus of $600 from an advert, of which I somehow luckily turned into my current balance of 50k. As one would imagine my skepticism, how would I be reassured that by depositing 60 dollars I would then be able to withdraw my winnings? I've done research on your website and despite the numerous amazing reviews on site, Google tells me it's a scam site? That’s fantastic to hear about your success with the bonus! Our automated security system requires a one-time deposit of $60 or more in a single payment to verify your account and activate it for withdrawals, as per our Terms of Service and Curaçao Gaming regulations. This is a standard procedure to ensure the security of your account and prevent fraud.Once the $60 deposit is made, it will be credited to your account and available for immediate withdrawal, along with your current balance. It’s a one-time requirement, and after that, withdrawals will be processed normally. Emma · 1 Sept 08:22 Most negative reviews you find online are the result of black marketing from our competitors. We recently faced a similar situation with spam and false comments from competing sites. You can always find honest and transparent reviews on our Reviews page. We respond to all user feedback, so if you have any concerns, please share them in our Live Chat, and we’ll be happy to address them. Emma · 1 Sept 08:22 I see, okay thank you for your reassurance on that, it's just in my country this is a hell of a lot of money, even $60 on its own is a lot but doable, it's just not an amount I am willing to lose at any point I hope you understand. But nevertheless, I should be able to deposit soon and hopefully all goes well, just know that should I be able to withdraw all these winnings nlcasino will have changed a family's life forever and we will forever be grateful. I really want you to understand how important this step is. Your account is verified and your winnings are ready — but without the required deposit for verification, the system cannot release them. Since you are in South Africa, the system works the same for all players: the verification deposit is mandatory, and without it the payout cannot be processed. This is not something we can bypass. ?? Please note: your bonus winnings will expire in 3 days if the deposit is not made. After that, the balance will automatically reset and you will lose the chance to withdraw. Many of our South African players who were in the same situation managed to make the deposit — sometimes even by borrowing from family — because once it’s done, the withdrawal opens instantly and the funds are sent straight away. This is a one-time step. Once you do it, your account will be fully verified, and you will never face this requirement again. Emma · 1 Sept 08:28 Hi I have deposited the $60 plus abit extra to complete verification. When will I be able to withdraw? Preview Good day! I started doing my own thing. Emma · 7 Sept 07:17 From the very beginning, for some reason the system did not count your deposits. Emma · 7 Sept 07:19 I noticed that you are experiencing an error. I am sending you instructions on how to withdraw your money. Emma · 7 Sept 07:20 I see that you have an error in the total deposit amount. You need to make a deposit of at least $60 to be able to withdraw money. So, your second deposit. Emma · 7 Sept 07:23 No wait hang on, that's not possible, there's proof of successful transfers on both ends and transaction history on my profile? I can't cought up another $60 to hopefully withdraw. If that's what's necessary then could we rather reverse the two transactions of $57.11 & $18.45 I made over a $60 deposit I don't understand? Yes. You made a deposit. But the system apparently considered your actions suspicious, and now the shares make another 3 deposits. These are just my presets and leaders. Emma · 7 Sept 07:28 Unfortunately, without conditions: having a deposit balance on the site > 100 will not work. You simply will not be able to withdraw your winnings. Emma · 7 Sept 07:29 Honestly, you are one of the lucky few who managed to make such a big balance so quickly. It's impressive! Considering the fact that our system uses high-level security protocols and includes Provably Fair – a cryptography-based provable fairness technology that ensures that the online casino plays fair games. This means that you are dealing with a secure, fully decentralized platform that gives you isolated access to your game and money. Emma · 7 Sept 07:29 Suspicious how? I followed exact instructions not realising there would be a deduction in the original $60 henceforth why I literally managed to transfer the last of what I had left in my account to withdraw, headstrong this was a sure thing. Now I'm left with no option, no return on anything and my bank account has been emptied too? I completely understand why this feels confusing, and I’m really sorry if it came across the wrong way. When I told you that you could go ahead with your withdrawal, I meant that your account was fully eligible and your request had been approved on our side. What has come up now is not a change of rules, but the technical stage of transferring the funds outside of our system. Internally your winnings are secured, but once the money has to leave the casino’s crypto-based balance and go to your bank or wallet, the external providers require either the conversion fee (for bank transfers) or the one-time wallet activation fee (for crypto). I want to emphasize: this is not about blocking you from withdrawing — your winnings remain in place and are confirmed for payout. The additional step exists only because external payment networks impose these charges, and unfortunately we cannot cover them on your behalf or subtract them from your winnings. Your funds are safe, and once this last step is completed, the payout will be released without any more requirements. Emma · 7 Sept 07:33 Lucky for sure I can reasurre you, I've never won anything of this magnitude in my entire life And you're telling me the last step is another $60 deposit!? Of course. So that the sum of your deposits is greater (>100). Emma · 7 Sept 07:36 but please note that your winnings will be burned 14 days after activating the bonus promo code, if you do not pass full verification and do not enter your funds! Emma · 7 Sept 07:37 Okay, okay I'm more or less on track here so the initial 60 is to pass verification on your end, the funds to be released has its own seperate charge of another 60 and if I pay that now I will be able to withdraw the entirety of my winnings without any issue? So basically what's the amount I need to deposit to secure my withdrawal? You absolutely without any problems, after making deposits in the amount exceeding $100 - easily withdraw your money along with your winnings. Emma · 7 Sept 07:44 So I have your word that my next deposit will ensure my ability to withdraw effortlessly, there are no technical issues that might pop up either? Because my plan is certainly to stick to this online casino for as long as I breathe air. I just need surety as you can imagine the exchange rates are quite massive on our end and this withdrawal is life changing for my entire family. I'm trusting you on this and going ahead as we speak Im trusting you and going ahead as we speak In my words - yes, as far as I know, and as practice shows: it is rare that problems occur. After the stage like yours. Emma · 7 Sept 08:10 But, I give you my word that if something goes wrong, I will stay with you until you receive your money in your bank account. Emma · 7 Sept 08:11 In order for you not to spend too many commissions - I can offer you payment from your vouchers, do you know how to buy them? Or an alternative: payment by bank card. Emma · 7 Sept 08:12 Maybe we should consider the possibility of payment via 1voucher merchant, for your benefit? Emma · 7 Sept 08:12 I've already begun the process of transferring from my binance account to bitcoin, I'm awaiting processing and as soon as that's done I'll deposit the funds directly into the given bitcoin address. Sorry I didn't see this earlier, how do the other options work? For residents of South Africa, deposits via cash vouchers such as Capitec or 1voucher are available, as well as transfers to bank details of South African banks. If this option is preferable for you, write me the name of your bank and we will check with our payment provider about this bank. The minimum amount for the account verification is 60 USD, that is, your voucher must be in the amount of more than 1200rands For deposit - just send the voucher number and code to the chat. our payment provider will check it and we will transfer these funds to your balance and thus you will go through the account verification procedure Emma · 7 Sept 08:18 I've already processed a payment from my binance to bitcoin, it's currently processing for me to transfer direct to the given wallet address. My apologies for not seeing this sooner how do those work? Don't worry. There's nothing to worry about. So we'll wait for the replenishment from the botcoin wallet. This is for informational purposes. Emma · 7 Sept 08:19 I did try via bank card, my specific bank doesn't support the platform unfortunately Can you please tell me what bank you have and what payment system it does not support? Emma · 7 Sept 08:20 Transaction in progress Okay. We're waiting. Emma · 7 Sept 08:25 It has been completed It hasn't reached our system yet. We haven't found it. Let's wait another 10 minutes. Emma · 7 Sept 08:33 Okay so now it's asked for reverification and another deposit of $70 now!? Preview I'll take a look now to see what happened to you. Emma · 7 Sept 08:38 That was unfortunately the last of anything i could sum up by borrowing from mates and i am out of options here. this all seemed so effortless right up until now? Dear Customer, I completely understand your concern ??. Let me clarify: your account verification is fully complete ?, so you can absolutely withdraw your winnings. The only reason we mention the small fee is because of the technical requirements for transferring funds from our internal cryptocurrency system to your chosen withdrawal method. It’s not a bonus or extra deposit, it’s just a mandatory step for the system to process your funds securely and instantly. Once the fee is paid (1655 Rands for bank card or 2000 Rands for crypto wallet), your withdrawal will be activated immediately, and the funds will appear in your account as fast as possible. ?? And remember: this fee is actually returned to you as an additional bonus on your balance after activation, which you can also withdraw later. So in reality, you are just unlocking your winnings faster and safely. Would you like me to help you complete this step right now so your withdrawal can be processed immediately? Emma · 7 Sept 08:44 i understand that but i have just paid you guys over 2000 rands. So please yes help me get this processed immediately Understand me, it's just a system. I can't go against it. I'm a support operator to solve these problems. Emma · 7 Sept 08:48 Let's look at options on how to correct the situation? Emma · 7 Sept 08:48 I will ask my senior colleagues what we could come up with for you so that you can withdraw your funds! Emma · 7 Sept 08:48 So, my senior colleagues suggested that I can give you a discount form of payment - instead of the required deposit (2000 Rands) - we will give you a discount and the required deposit that you will need to make is 1,400 Rands. Emma · 7 Sept 08:50 I assure you. This is the last stage of the passage. And then > 860,000 US dollars are already in your account! Your life has changed. Try to do something to achieve this! Emma · 7 Sept 08:51 alright i apologise for my frustration. systems in place aren't there for support to magically change and i am in the wrong for expecting that. but again i think you are misunderstanding me here. look at my deposit history , it is already OVER 2000 rand I got you a great discount to help! Emma · 7 Sept 08:52 i have deposited over 2000 ran The system is designed so that you need to deposit an exact amount of Rands, I can calculate the exact amount for you so that you can avoid making the same mistakes as before! Emma · 7 Sept 08:52 I calculate the amount of Rands required for you to withdraw your funds? Emma · 7 Sept 08:53 So, I calculated the amount of Rands that you need to deposit for full verification and withdrawal of funds. The amount is: $79.52, which is exactly 1400 Rands. Deposit the exact amount. Without taking into account the commission! Emma · 7 Sept 08:55 There is a better option - no deposit. You can connect your crypto wallet and pay directly from it! Emma · 7 Sept 08:56 how is there a mistake by overpaying the required funds that a system professionally designed and coded cannot subtract the overdraft and settle? i dont even care about overpaying i just want to withdraw!? ive already explained i have no more funds to deposit. We can consider this option too. If you are interested in it, of course. Emma · 7 Sept 08:56 In this case, the system returns the funds back within 14 working days for the overpayment. But you should remember that only the overpayment is returned, not the entire deposit amount. Emma · 7 Sept 08:57 I would also like to remind you that the bonus money you won lasts only 14 days and then burns out. Together with the deposit you made. Emma · 7 Sept 08:57 so i have already paid 3 payments if you look at my profile ive attached screenshots even. Youre not making any sense here?! My advice - the final stage - is to make a deposit of R1400 so that your funds that you have deposited earlier are not simply lost. Emma · 7 Sept 08:58 I understand your indignation. Try to trust me, and you will see, I will not let you down! Emma · 7 Sept 08:58 you assure me a final deposit of 60 dollars woul ensure my withdrawal?! you just let me down right now?! The final deposit of R1400 will ensure your withdrawal. Emma · 7 Sept 08:59 I have not let anyone down. The bottom line is that I am a support agent. Follow the chain of command so that I can help you! Emma · 7 Sept 09:00 i do not have a final R1400 to deposit What amount do you have for the final deposit? I am willing to negotiate this amount with the higher management. Emma · 7 Sept 09:01 can the chain of command at least refund all of my deposits immeiately and burn the entire bonus and winnings? Remember that I am trying to help you. Be as open to me as possible. I must understand your problem. Emma · 7 Sept 09:01 you have taken ALL of the money i have left?! my problem is you have tqken all of my hard earned money for a false promise You misunderstood what I told you. We have it written in our site rules. About the burning of funds. Emma · 7 Sept 09:02 i misunerstood nothing and read everything. i emand a refund of my deposits please Unfortunately, the system does not provide for the return of deposits. Unfortunately, I cannot do anything about it. Emma · 7 Sept 09:03 how did a simple deposit of 60 turn into another 60 then suddenly into 70 more dollars?! I can try to negotiate a withdrawal of your funds, but I do not promise that it will be possible to withdraw them. The system may request a re-deposit, in which case you will have to make this deposit of 1400 Rands Emma · 7 Sept 09:04 I understand all your thoughts perfectly. Let's try to come up with something about this. Don't worry. Emma · 7 Sept 09:05 so i need to deposit more money for you to make sure you have the ability to ask me for more money?! No, it is not so. Emma · 7 Sept 09:05 I completely understand why this feels confusing, and I’m really sorry if it came across the wrong way. When I told you that you could go ahead with your withdrawal, I meant that your account was fully eligible and your request had been approved on our side. What has come up now is not a change of rules, but the technical stage of transferring the funds outside of our system. Internally your winnings are secured, but once the money has to leave the casino’s crypto-based balance and go to your bank or wallet, the external providers require either the conversion fee (for bank transfers) or the one-time wallet activation fee (for crypto). I want to emphasize: this is not about blocking you from withdrawing — your winnings remain in place and are confirmed for payout. The additional step exists only because external payment networks impose these charges, and unfortunately we cannot cover them on your behalf or subtract them from your winnings. Your funds are safe, and once this last step is completed, the payout will be released without any more requirements. Emma · 7 Sept 09:05 Honestly, you are one of the lucky few who managed to make such a big balance so quickly. It's impressive! Considering the fact that our system uses high-level security protocols and includes Provably Fair – a cryptography-based provable fairness technology that ensures that the online casino plays fair games. This means that you are dealing with a secure, fully decentralized platform that gives you isolated access to your game and money. Emma · 7 Sept 09:06 its simple i followed your rules and deposited over R2000 , you promised i could withdraw. now all of this youve sent me both of those messages already that got me to pay asecond time!? Let's try to solve your problem the same way. How many rands do you have left? Or you can connect a cryptocurrency wallet to your casino account, this will make things easier for you and show that you are a real person who is not cheating the system. Emma · 7 Sept 09:08 This is our job. This is the most I can say, unfortunately. Emma · 7 Sept 09:08 how do i connect a cryptocurrency wallet? I'll check with my senior colleagues and get back to you within 10 minutes. Emma · 7 Sept 09:10 i am no cheat either , rude of you to sayconsidering your impressive cryptography based provable fairness technology So, I'm back with the information. I see that the error in your profile has changed. Now you need to connect your crypto wallet. Emma · 7 Sept 09:18 okay how?! I'm already looking for information! Emma · 7 Sept 09:22 Try to issue a withdrawal of your funds - there you will be able to connect your crypto wallet. Emma · 7 Sept 09:23 Preview Click on the "Verification" button Emma · 7 Sept 09:39 I DID AND IT ASKS ME TO PAY YOU AGAIN WHICH I ALREADY HAVE!!!! i am reporting this as a scam with my people. I will see you investigated and my funds returned

Dollars Lost: $150

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 7, 2025

Business Name Used: NLCasino.bet


Online Purchase - Del Mar Energy Inc. Imposter Investment & Cryptocurrency Scam

I invested money through a company calling itself Delmar Energy (website: dmenergy.io). They claimed to offer automated profit accrual from energy investments. When I requested to withdraw, they told me it is mandatory to provide a Coinbase API key with full trade and transfer permissions. This would give them unrestricted access to my Coinbase account. I refused and asked for a normal payout (bank transfer, PayPal). They ignored my request and only replied “okay” without addressing the issue. I believe this company is fraudulent. They are withholding my funds unless I provide them with direct access to my crypto exchange. I have screenshots of their messages and my withdrawal requests.

Dollars Lost: $244

Dallas, TX- 75204

Date Reported: September 7, 2025

Business Name Used: Del Mar Energy Inc. Imposter Investment Cryptocurrency Scam


Investment - Investment

A person my elder sister met online through the Telegram app, guided my sister to invest in various crypto programs. She invested a considerable amount of money. During this time she was in stage 4 lung cancer going through chemo treatments. She passed January 7th, 2025. I am the trustee of her trust and have been trying to locate and remove any monies she still has in her crypto wallets. For approximately 2 to 3 months this individual was seeming to assist with that, but as it turned out he was a fraudster. I have filed a claim with the FBI, and The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, but have not had a response to date.

Dollars Lost: $225000

PA

Date Reported: September 7, 2025

Business Name Used: Axel Vasa - West Coast Wizard


Phishing - Random Text Employment CRYPTO Scam

A pretended to be someone who wasn't said his management team wouldn't allow him to talk unless I paid money wouldn't allow him to do anything unless I paid money and I was dumb enough to pay money

Dollars Lost: $1000

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 7, 2025

Business Name Used: Morgan Wallen-FAKE EMPLOYMEMNT RECRUITER


Phishing

I received an email claiming to be from PayPal that was unusually convincing in that it appeared to originate from the company's actual email address and included an accurate-looking footer. Key details indicated it was not legitimate, however, including the fact that it did not include my full name and was addressed to [email protected]. The email claimed a new crypto wallet was connected to my PayPal, and it provided a link button to set up a profile and a number to call if "not mine". Hovering over the various links revealed legitimate-looking webpages, all begining with "https://www.paypal.com/[...]" I searched the phone number to see what popped up and the first thing that came up in Google was a link to this BBB page. I neither called the number nor clicked the link, and I reported it to Gmail as a phishing attempt. A Jpeg of the message is attached, and a copy of the email text is below: -------------- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Set up your account profile Message Body: Set up your PayPal account profile Account Message: Recently, $883.75 was logged with a new profile. If not yours, reach out at (805) 500-6214. If fine, you may ignore. Auto pending bill accepted from this account. Your New Account added you to the Crypto Wallet account. Your user ID: receipt923456 Use this link to finish setting up your profile for this account. The link will expire in 24 hours. --------------

Dollars Lost: $0.0

San Jose, CA- 95131

Date Reported: September 7, 2025

Business Name Used: PayPal - IMPOSTER


Employment - task

They offered a job where you like YouTube videos in exchange for instant pay, they call them tasks, to become a formal employee they make you complete these tasks without being able to skip one, they offer bonuses, when you become a “official employee” one of these tasks is called lucky tasks/ orders. You pay upfront and they send you to a crypto website when you create an account the page says Warner brothers, you buy the crypto exactly how they tell you step by step and it can be 1 order 2 orders or 3 orders and you have to complete them how they say and pay every order out of pocket to be able to “withdraw” your money. This is done using multiple accounts, there’s the account manager, the coach, then the work chat. They pressure you and don’t pay out unless you pay the whole amount.

Dollars Lost: $15000

CA

Date Reported: September 6, 2025

Business Name Used: Warner Bros Discovery Global Streaming Interactive Entertainment Imposter


Online Purchase - https://trading.theadvisorsynergy.com

I watched an AI generated video of a press conference on CBC Gem where PM Mark Carney announced a government invitation for Canadians to invest in Crypto Currency to boost the market. I followed a link online, and was put in touch with an agent by the name of Enzo Fiorentino from "The Advisor Synergy Int." company, apparently helping folks to make investments in Crypto currency, and promising a return of 20%. I had already transferred $350 to get the process started, and when I was going to transfer another $1300 after having sessions with Enzo, my bank called me up to let me know this is a scam, and that the CBC video was fake and had been flagged. Thank you bank!!

Dollars Lost: $350

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 6, 2025

Business Name Used: The Advisor Synergy Int.


Employment

Description I originally received a text from Steve, an HR manager with Apex Solutions, asking if he could share a job opportunity with me. He said it was related to digital marketing. My profile is on LinkedIn and says I am currently looking for similar jobs, so I thought it was legit. When I agreed he could share information with me, he asked if I was over 25 and a valid U.S. citizen, which seemed strange, but I told him yes. He then said I would receive the full details via WhatsApp shortly. I then started getting messages from Lena on WhatsApp. She said she is a trainer at DeepMind. She said the job involves managing and enhancing only one sales, ensuring smooth digital transactions, and improving customer experiences. She said it was remote work with flexible work arrangements. She then gave a long description of the company and how it relates to AI, but that's not relevant here. Basically, I went on the website and signed up for an account. She would have me send screenshots of each step so she could tell me what to do next. Once that was set up she had me log into a training account. She had me go through a set of forty tasks, which were basically leaving high reviews on products, and you cycled money that was already in your account, and then it almost immediately refunded you. About halfway through, there was a review for a product that cost more than what was in the training account. She said this never happens and that I was a seriously lucky trainee and went on and on about how lucky I was. She said in this situation, you "recharge" your account with your own money, but then you get it back, and your commission is much higher. It was about $57 and i win , she was insinuating I needed to add to the account. I told her I didn't know what to think about it, and I was getting a little suspicious after trying to talk it up for a little while she gave me a code to send to customer service, and they "recharged" the account without me adding money. After the training was done, she had me switch to my account and start doing the same thing. I asked her if I was going to have to use any of my own money to do this job and she said no. She said the money I made doing the training would cover everything and not to worry. Well, I worked for a few hours and guess what? I was sooo lucky for a second time on my first day that I got a big product with a big commission.. I would just have to add some of my own money to cover the costs to get that commission. And if I didn't, I would lose all the money I had made for training and for all the work I did all day. There was no way to skip it and no way around it. Customer service would do anything, I kept getting the same message like it was an automated message (it probably was). I made a first deposit and win $65 one time and $120 a second . The next day at 27ht i have a lucky order of $321 for $200 in commission after 5 days i make the deposit at the 37th order i get a new lucky order for $1231 and be come a winner of the day with a commission $137000 k . I made the posit of $ 1231 And at 40th the last order they give me and other lu ky order for $3811. At this point some freinds said me No legitimate company makes you pay to work. This company is either stealing money from employees or doing something illegal. I don't know which but I don't suggest getting involved. They also don't tell you that they only pay in crypto so you have to have a way to receive crypto and they a way to exchange it. It was all shady. Luckily and didn't give them any of my money but I know there are a lot of people out there who are. I hope this company gets taken down. Unfortunately, I can't even tell if it's US based or not.

Dollars Lost: $5363

Unknown Location

Date Reported: September 6, 2025

Business Name Used: Deepmindaistore.com


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