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A friend on Instagram posted that he invested $1000 and received $10k within 6 hours. I liked the post and immediately his “investor” Rachel Hem requested to follow me so I accepted (not knowing that my friend’s account had been hacked) I messaged him on IG to see if it was legit and he responded yes (not really him). So I messaged back and forth with Rachel for a bit getting information about the process and she said it was guaranteed. It was called mining and it was different than investing in bitcoin. I could use the money and trusting my friend I decided to do it. So I went and withdrew the $1000 from my bank and went to a bitcoin atm to start the process. Rachel was on IG guiding me the entire way. I set up the account on Minemud.com and my $1000 is sitting in that account or at least it looks like it is. When she asked for $3000 more for mining fees I decided to text my friend (not through IG) and he told me his account was hacked and it was all a scam. I want my $1000 back. I emailed [email protected] I haven’t heard back as of yet. I’m thinking that is a scam website as well. Please help me!

Dollars Lost

$1000

Targeted Person's Location

CA, USA- 92057

Scammer Information
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CA

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Unknown Email

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Unknown Phone Number

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Instagram

Scam Type

CryptoCurrency

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Business name

Cryptocurrency Investment

Date Reported

January 9, 2023

Scam ID

666201


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