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Identity Theft - Romance Scam - ID Theft

Scammer illegally ported out my cellphone ************** *** ***** ** ********************* after hacking into AT&T provider and home WiFi Verizon Fios. Hacked through Google Chat ********************* then had Google sync all my devices. Tried to get into PNC bank app. After I disconnected cellphone still uses my number over WiFi to use text messages and Google voice etc. ****************t app syncs to UTC 4 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. My iPhone X no longer lists number on my card.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Mount Vernon, NY- 10550

Date Reported: July 24, 2024


Romance - Tinder / meet / WhatsApp

Scammer contacted me through Tinder. Was asked to move conversation to WhatsApp. Scammer then proceeded to contact me and use manipulation tactics to gather information about me. Then when I let them know that I had security concerns they said that they thought I thought they were trying to hurt me and that I didn’t trust them. They then said we should stop communicating then. Even though I said I wasn’t concerned with them specifically but that it was my identity. I only changed my profile picture and added two factor identification to my profile because WhatsApp kept prompting me to put in my security code I felt that maybe someone was trying to get into my account. I was sent three credit card offers the days after I first messaged this person with three slightly different addresses. These things made me have concerns, then I also reverse phone lookup the number used in WhatsApp and it’s from this company.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Seattle, WA

Date Reported: July 24, 2024


Romance

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….

Dollars Lost: $10000

Los Angeles, CA

Date Reported: July 22, 2024


Romance

My mother was contacted by this Tyler H**** 8 months ago and she was sent cash thru the mail and washed it and sent it back. She purchased laptops and shipped them off. Now a new person claiming to be the real Tyler H**** is doing the same. She buys bitcoin and sends it and she purchases gift cards and sends the information. I have reported to FBI

Dollars Lost: $30000

Unknown Location

Date Reported: July 22, 2024


Romance - Fake Celebrities Scam

In April 2024, I was contacted via Instagram from someone claiming to be a celebrity actor Michael B. Jordan. I had been liking his posts on his blue checked account. I had also reached out to his real account via direct message. The imposter manage to persuade me to go off instagram to an app called Telegram Chat. They used the username privatefanchat 10. The username they contacted me initially via instagram was mbj_private_fan chat. It was my first time being on instagram and unaware of these scams. On telegram chat they trying to romance me and trying to persuade me to try investing in crypto and bitcoin which i dont have much knowledge of. They manage to persuade me to buy two Razor Gold gift cards and two bitcoin transfers. I got suspicious and stopped communication. They used two emails: [email protected], and [email protected]. They also produced a image of a fake VIP card of the actor with his name and photo. Currently they continue to send me fake follow requests on inatagram pretending to be different celebrities i follow or comment on their posts. Theyre trolling me online still. I managed to recignuze key words they use like lucky fans, private fans, chat, etc. I have reported, blocked, deleted all i can. Instagram doesnt do anything to stop these criminals. In my opinion, instagram allows these scammers to exist on their platform.

Dollars Lost: $522

New York City

Date Reported: July 22, 2024


Romance - Romance Cryptocurrency Scam

At the start, they'll send you a lot of wrong texts. After that, when you reply, they'll invite you to join them on WhatsApp using +1 (646) 266-9727. Then they'll try to befriend you and eventually show you that they made a lot of money trading crypto. After that, they'll encourage you to join them.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

NY

Date Reported: July 22, 2024


Romance - Fake Celebrity

The scammer contacted me on TikTok and expressed interest in dating. He told me various stories about how his account was frozen and promised we would meet and pay me back. He had other people involved requesting money via Cash app & Bitcoin saying it was refundable. The "Management" and the "artist" both sent me correspondence in the mail which included a form to meet and greet artist and a check, "allegedly" for 30k which I still have in my possession. They requested to verify my identity so I sent a copy of my ID & SS card. I have emails and Cash app/Bitcoin transactions for proof.

Dollars Lost: $10000

Los Angeles, CA

Date Reported: July 21, 2024


Romance - Romance scam

The scammer wanted to help me financially by paying my credit card He paid it gave me an acc number and routing the he asked me to go to a cvs that when i figured it was a scammer I didnt answer him and 30 minutes later got a bunch of threats from another number. 3 h later got an fake fbi badge foto saying to send money to the scammer

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: July 21, 2024


Romance - Romance Phone Scam

They pretended to be a celebrity I like when I ask certain questions don’t always get an answer told me he got a divorce or getting one

Dollars Lost: $16000

Unknown Location

Date Reported: July 20, 2024


Romance - Christopher Ramirez

Sugar mama scan. Pretended to be a wealthy elderly woman who wants to give away money.

The phone number they used was +1 603-707-8196. There were two emails they gave me to try to send money to, and those were [email protected] and [email protected]. I'm not sure any other information about the person because they were immitating someone else to try to scam me.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

San Antonio, TX

Date Reported: July 20, 2024


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