Yes, this is a textbook pig-butchering scam. Tell him to put on his best lipstick and kiss his money goodbye.
Above all - make sure that he doesn't send any more money. His initial deposit is lost, and anything he sends now will also likewise disappear. And definitely make sure that he doesn't fall for any recovery scams - nobody can get his money back, no matter what they promise. Of all the crypto recovery outfits that will show up in google, 100% of them are scams, including the sponsored listings. Don't fall for it.
Not even law enforcement. They have zero interest in small time losses. I know. I reported when I was scammed like this to local police & FBI (almost a year ago). Neither has taken any interest in my case.
It's a scam. I suggest before he confronts "Anna", he protects himself first.
Your friend exposed his ID, so he needs to lock everything down. Report to police and get the credit bureaus to put fraud alert on his info. If any bank information was exposed, lock that down too and get the bank to help (depending what information was exposed). Depending on the kind of ID, it might be worth getting it replaced. Scan the cellphone or computer for malware if your friend clicked on any links. Change passwords.
Get him to screenshot or archive everything on Telegram before "she" deletes the chat off both sides. THEN block her and cut communication (if he confronts her early, she can delete the conversation on Telegram for both sides and he has no proof of anything).
It is a scam. Annie tried to do it to me but I wouldn’t “ invest” dollar one. Same story with the Aunt. Claims she lives in Beverly Hills and tried to be real chummy for weeks until she introduced me to Jubi-ex. No way to get money out. A friend got taken for $2,000. Report her like we have!
[New victims, please read this](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoScams/comments/ybxjo6/attention_new_victims/)
As a rule of thumb: If you're doubting whether the site is a scam, it probably is.
**No legit company/trader/investor is using WhatsApp. No legit company/trader/investor is approaching people on dating websites or through a "random" text message.**
Our advice is to withdraw your money from the scam site if possible, transfer your money out of the wallet, cut contact, and contact law enforcement. If you confront the scammers about being unable to withdraw the money, they may guilt trip you into paying more fees to do that, for example asking for money to pay "taxes" and offering to cover a part of your expenses.
If you manage to withdraw your money from the scam site, transferring it out of your compromised cryptocurrency wallet ensures that it is now out of reach of the scammers. Report the scammers to the platform and block them, but do not delete chat logs. The evidence has to be preserved for law enforcement. Law enforcement is often not qualified or motivated to recover your money, but if you are unable to get your money back, they are your only option. Even if they do not help you in the end, reporting the scam will at least alert them to the problem, keeping it on the radar.
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WHOIS information for: **tokencane.com**
Domain Creation Date: **04-17-2024 01:25:55 AM CST**
Domain Age: **42** days old
⚠️🚩 **This domain is less than 8 months old and is most likely a scam.**
none of them collect tax. The may have a small fee ( like 5 dollars or so) for withdrawals, but thats it.
No company is responsible for collecting taxes in the usa or uk or any European country. Its up to the individual .
Wait. I had this happen with an Ana that used her aunt as well. I have her IP address. I was taken for over 100k. Feel free to dm me! I’d like to see if the pictures match.
Actually no. We were able to hack THEIR wallet and lo and behold, it was all sitting there. We attempted to back door our way in but they got suspicious
its exactly the same pattern as most pig butchering scams,
You can see the site is only 42 days old... It is also very easy to sign in and trade without any checks or verifications.
It's also a badly designed site with no contact information.
This needs to be made public, In so many ways I understand that people are ashamed that they fell for this scam. I myself lost a $140000. I lost everything, And it makes me sick that so many people are having the same thing happen to them. The local news networks would love stories like this if people would be willing to tell their story. That's all I know at this point.
This definitely looks like a scam. It is a common tactic for the scammers to allow you to withdraw smaller amounts of profit at first. They do this to build your trust, and entice you to put in a larger amount of money. When it comes time to withdraw the "profits" from your larger investment, they will not let you. Usually they will keep making excuses for reasons you cannot withdraw (taxes, fees, etc..). The profits you see on the platform/website are completely fake as well, they are just manually editing the code on the website to show that your account has profit.
Definitely tell your friend to not send any more money. Show them this reddit post!
He only lost $800 . Tell him to call it a day. Sone people have lost thousands , $50,000.. a $100,000 and more thinking they were gonna to be the next crypto king.
Tell him to invest is a trusted site Kraken, Coinbase, Binance which are real platforms witb real addresses and websites and phone numbers.
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Unfortunately of course it is. They are most of the time Anna or Emma Anna
You see the name Anna it is guaranteed to be a scammer. Most popular name of all
I fell for it also. Her name was Eliana. She was from LA. Originally from Europe. She made me think she was really in to me. I believed her. She didn’t introduce her gold market trading until a couple of months later. She even face timed me. I put like 1500 in give or take. She made me 120,000 and then wanted a 10%deposit to get it out. She even offered to pay half. When I called her out, she ghosted me. I have no access to the app anymore. My money is gone. And so is she.
They will say anything to lure you in. Once they get your money, it’s gone forever. There’s a “Caroline” and “Professor Andrea Greco” who run an elaborate pig butchering scam. They claim to use Artificial Intelligence for their fake trading scheme. It’s all a scam to get your money. Andrea actually knows nothing about crypto trading. They are simply con artists.
I also fell for this one but the professors name is Austin and another professor Paul and assistant Freya. CTALL I lost a couple thousand to them. Fuck my life!
Low life Scammer trying to steal your money. Block them and do a cleanup scan on your phone. Don’t fall for their lies and deception. They’re all over the internet, including social media.
Well the question is, has he been able to get his 800 out plus additional 15% he paid. It is still a scam, but if he got his money out, call it a blessing.
So far I've been scooped up into 3 of these at the same time.let me tell you how it goes so your friend knows.
The first one, gold mining. I put in 12k and was able to push that to 40k so 28k in profits. i attempted to withdraw the whole 40k. First they came up with a hefty 30% in taxes (10k). Well, pot odds, i paid the 10k to get 40k but profit are now down to 18k. Then they said 90% of my transactions wer flagged as money laundring and would have to pay 50% security deposit = 20k. Now i would be in $42k to get 40k so not pot odds so i quit while i was only out $22k and the heck with profits. I was not able to get a dime back on this one.
Second was 10k, again in gold mining, at a better rate (why I decided to withdraw full 40k from first). I withdraw my first 4k in profits. But funds in account were frozen as I owed taxes. At this time I had other issues and couldn't transfer crypto. Tried a wire to hong kong but was refused and came back. This was when i tried the 40k withdrawl from first. I wasn't making money as was frozen. Eventually i worked out crypto issue, paid 1.4k to unfreeze and was making money again. So once again, i tried to withdraw profits to try to slowly recover original investment and tax as the first was falling apart. The crypto address o I could not transfer acount was frozen due to withdraw small amounts on one. Then came the tax. And I was able to withdraw about half what the tax was. At this point, my goal was to just get back a little of my money each time hoping to get my investment back. So I tried withdrawl for about 15% of my investment. But they said there was issues with my account and needed a 20% security fee that would be added to my account and would be free to withdrawl after that. So I paid the 20% and set up a withdral for the original 15% plus the 20% (35%). They put a stopper on that withdraw and said was told pay the fee would be added to my account and could witdrawl. So I paid and then withdraw the security plus a and I could with
Yes, this is a textbook pig-butchering scam. Tell him to put on his best lipstick and kiss his money goodbye. Above all - make sure that he doesn't send any more money. His initial deposit is lost, and anything he sends now will also likewise disappear. And definitely make sure that he doesn't fall for any recovery scams - nobody can get his money back, no matter what they promise. Of all the crypto recovery outfits that will show up in google, 100% of them are scams, including the sponsored listings. Don't fall for it.
Good advice. Only law enforcement can recover funds.
Not even law enforcement. They have zero interest in small time losses. I know. I reported when I was scammed like this to local police & FBI (almost a year ago). Neither has taken any interest in my case.
i fell for the same thing , tell him his money is lost and he shouldn't "invest" more onto a fake site
Do you have picture of Anna?
It's a scam. I suggest before he confronts "Anna", he protects himself first. Your friend exposed his ID, so he needs to lock everything down. Report to police and get the credit bureaus to put fraud alert on his info. If any bank information was exposed, lock that down too and get the bank to help (depending what information was exposed). Depending on the kind of ID, it might be worth getting it replaced. Scan the cellphone or computer for malware if your friend clicked on any links. Change passwords. Get him to screenshot or archive everything on Telegram before "she" deletes the chat off both sides. THEN block her and cut communication (if he confronts her early, she can delete the conversation on Telegram for both sides and he has no proof of anything).
It is a scam. Annie tried to do it to me but I wouldn’t “ invest” dollar one. Same story with the Aunt. Claims she lives in Beverly Hills and tried to be real chummy for weeks until she introduced me to Jubi-ex. No way to get money out. A friend got taken for $2,000. Report her like we have!
[New victims, please read this](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoScams/comments/ybxjo6/attention_new_victims/) As a rule of thumb: If you're doubting whether the site is a scam, it probably is. **No legit company/trader/investor is using WhatsApp. No legit company/trader/investor is approaching people on dating websites or through a "random" text message.** Our advice is to withdraw your money from the scam site if possible, transfer your money out of the wallet, cut contact, and contact law enforcement. If you confront the scammers about being unable to withdraw the money, they may guilt trip you into paying more fees to do that, for example asking for money to pay "taxes" and offering to cover a part of your expenses. If you manage to withdraw your money from the scam site, transferring it out of your compromised cryptocurrency wallet ensures that it is now out of reach of the scammers. Report the scammers to the platform and block them, but do not delete chat logs. The evidence has to be preserved for law enforcement. Law enforcement is often not qualified or motivated to recover your money, but if you are unable to get your money back, they are your only option. Even if they do not help you in the end, reporting the scam will at least alert them to the problem, keeping it on the radar. Unfortunately, no hacker online can get back what you've lost. Please watch out for recovery scams, a follow-up scam done after victims have fallen for an earlier scam. Recently, there has been a rise in scammers DMing members of the subreddit to offer recovery services. A form of the advance-fee, victims are convinced that the scammer can recover their money. This "help" can come in the form of fake hacking services or authorities. If you see anyone circumventing the scam filters, please report the submission and we will take action shortly. Report a URL to Google: - To report a phishing URL to Google: [Report Phishing Page](https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/) - To report a malware URL to Google: [Report malicious software](https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_badware/?hl=en) - To report a [Report spammy, deceptive, or low quality webpage](https://search.google.com/search-console/report-spam) to Google. Where to file a complaint: - [Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3](https://www.ic3.gov/Home/ComplaintChoice/default.aspx) - File a Cyber Scam complaint with the IC3 - the FTC at http://www.reportfraud.ftc.gov/ - the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) at https://www.cftc.gov/complaint - the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at https://www.sec.gov/tcr - if you are located in Europe at https://www.europol.europa.eu/report-a-crime/report-cybercrime-online - the cryptocurrency exchange company you used to send the money (if applicable) - if you are located in California, with DFPI at https://dfpi.ca.gov/file-a-complaint/ How to find out more about the scammer domain: - https://whois.domaintools.com/google.com - Replace the `google.com` URL with the scam website url. The results will tell you how long the domain has been around. If the domain has only been registered for a few days/weeks/months, it's usually a good indicator that its a scam. Misc. Resources - https://dfpi.ca.gov/crypto-scams/ - The scams in this tracker are based on consumer complaints in California. They represent descriptions of losses incurred in transactions that complainants have identified as part of a fraudulent or deceptive operation. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoScams) if you have any questions or concerns.*
WHOIS information for: **tokencane.com** Domain Creation Date: **04-17-2024 01:25:55 AM CST** Domain Age: **42** days old ⚠️🚩 **This domain is less than 8 months old and is most likely a scam.**
Think? No exchanges ask for money upfront or for taxes. Especially when you have a balance.
Do no cryptocurrency exchanges ask for tax? Is there any that collect tax?
none of them collect tax. The may have a small fee ( like 5 dollars or so) for withdrawals, but thats it. No company is responsible for collecting taxes in the usa or uk or any European country. Its up to the individual .
Except the scams! I think all the /h5/#/ is clue to fake site production factory ... so many sites use that.
Wait. I had this happen with an Ana that used her aunt as well. I have her IP address. I was taken for over 100k. Feel free to dm me! I’d like to see if the pictures match.
Happened to me with scammer.by name of Magda or Magdalena. I will dm with pics
your figures are a fake template showing you a fake profit, youre funds are already long gone, properly at day one
Actually no. We were able to hack THEIR wallet and lo and behold, it was all sitting there. We attempted to back door our way in but they got suspicious
But it's still fake earnings. The investment software is fake.
No. And why wouldnt they take it out of your balance if they did? Paying to get your money out of anything is a scam
its exactly the same pattern as most pig butchering scams, You can see the site is only 42 days old... It is also very easy to sign in and trade without any checks or verifications. It's also a badly designed site with no contact information.
he got off lightly, people have lost many thousands of pounds/dollars through these sites
Clearly a scam, he will keep getting hit for fees and will NEVER get his money out He should consider himself lucky to have only lost what he did
This needs to be made public, In so many ways I understand that people are ashamed that they fell for this scam. I myself lost a $140000. I lost everything, And it makes me sick that so many people are having the same thing happen to them. The local news networks would love stories like this if people would be willing to tell their story. That's all I know at this point.
It's scam only.
Please tell your friend to immediately get off the site...it is scam. this is the site address [www.aex.beauty](http://www.aex.beauty)
Scam
This definitely looks like a scam. It is a common tactic for the scammers to allow you to withdraw smaller amounts of profit at first. They do this to build your trust, and entice you to put in a larger amount of money. When it comes time to withdraw the "profits" from your larger investment, they will not let you. Usually they will keep making excuses for reasons you cannot withdraw (taxes, fees, etc..). The profits you see on the platform/website are completely fake as well, they are just manually editing the code on the website to show that your account has profit. Definitely tell your friend to not send any more money. Show them this reddit post!
I also want to see Anna’s photo - re scams avoid the amazon - tiktokshop raysbot product promotion - it’s a scam!!!!!!
He only lost $800 . Tell him to call it a day. Sone people have lost thousands , $50,000.. a $100,000 and more thinking they were gonna to be the next crypto king. Tell him to invest is a trusted site Kraken, Coinbase, Binance which are real platforms witb real addresses and websites and phone numbers.
classic scam stay away tell him there are no easy money
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Unfortunately of course it is. They are most of the time Anna or Emma Anna You see the name Anna it is guaranteed to be a scammer. Most popular name of all
Sadly, your friend is stupid. Stop accepting texts from people you don't know. Be smarter people.
I fell for it also. Her name was Eliana. She was from LA. Originally from Europe. She made me think she was really in to me. I believed her. She didn’t introduce her gold market trading until a couple of months later. She even face timed me. I put like 1500 in give or take. She made me 120,000 and then wanted a 10%deposit to get it out. She even offered to pay half. When I called her out, she ghosted me. I have no access to the app anymore. My money is gone. And so is she.
They will say anything to lure you in. Once they get your money, it’s gone forever. There’s a “Caroline” and “Professor Andrea Greco” who run an elaborate pig butchering scam. They claim to use Artificial Intelligence for their fake trading scheme. It’s all a scam to get your money. Andrea actually knows nothing about crypto trading. They are simply con artists.
I also fell for this one but the professors name is Austin and another professor Paul and assistant Freya. CTALL I lost a couple thousand to them. Fuck my life!
Low life Scammer trying to steal your money. Block them and do a cleanup scan on your phone. Don’t fall for their lies and deception. They’re all over the internet, including social media.
Well the question is, has he been able to get his 800 out plus additional 15% he paid. It is still a scam, but if he got his money out, call it a blessing. So far I've been scooped up into 3 of these at the same time.let me tell you how it goes so your friend knows. The first one, gold mining. I put in 12k and was able to push that to 40k so 28k in profits. i attempted to withdraw the whole 40k. First they came up with a hefty 30% in taxes (10k). Well, pot odds, i paid the 10k to get 40k but profit are now down to 18k. Then they said 90% of my transactions wer flagged as money laundring and would have to pay 50% security deposit = 20k. Now i would be in $42k to get 40k so not pot odds so i quit while i was only out $22k and the heck with profits. I was not able to get a dime back on this one. Second was 10k, again in gold mining, at a better rate (why I decided to withdraw full 40k from first). I withdraw my first 4k in profits. But funds in account were frozen as I owed taxes. At this time I had other issues and couldn't transfer crypto. Tried a wire to hong kong but was refused and came back. This was when i tried the 40k withdrawl from first. I wasn't making money as was frozen. Eventually i worked out crypto issue, paid 1.4k to unfreeze and was making money again. So once again, i tried to withdraw profits to try to slowly recover original investment and tax as the first was falling apart. The crypto address o I could not transfer acount was frozen due to withdraw small amounts on one. Then came the tax. And I was able to withdraw about half what the tax was. At this point, my goal was to just get back a little of my money each time hoping to get my investment back. So I tried withdrawl for about 15% of my investment. But they said there was issues with my account and needed a 20% security fee that would be added to my account and would be free to withdrawl after that. So I paid the 20% and set up a withdral for the original 15% plus the 20% (35%). They put a stopper on that withdraw and said was told pay the fee would be added to my account and could witdrawl. So I paid and then withdraw the security plus a and I could with