Scam Type
Romance Scam
Business Name Used
Unavailable
Date Reported
July 22, 2024
Postal Code
90272
Total Dollars Lost
$ 10000
Scam Description
I met a man on a dating site. We exchanged the phone numbers and started the communication via WhatsApp. We did not talk on the phone as he claimed not to speak very good English and would be better in writing. His communicating in writing was perfect. He was very polite, extremely caring and super accommodating. He groomed me for a few weeks before he shared with me about crypto trading. He made it look very interesting for me to start asking questions. Then pretending to be involved in my life and wanting for me to succeed he wanted to teach me how to do the trading , create a capital. He said I should start with little a small amount and explained to me how I should wire from my bank to Crypto.com not more than $2000 which I did… we started trading. The profit was quite good. Next step was him showing me how I can withdraw the money. And so I did with no problem whatsoever. I could withdraw the whole profit. Which made me trust him. He groomed me into the next step to wire more money and within a months time I ended up wiring about $10,000. I wanted to meet with him , which could never happen because he was constantly busy that’s where my suspicion start to rise. I decided to test withdrawing a bigger amount and that could not happen. I asked him to help me , but he gave me excuses. He suggested me to call the “customer service” of the fake website, we were trading on, which I could never get any answers from. I pushed him to the point where he had no answers for me any longer. That’s where he disappeared, and so my money….
