The company also claimed penalties would be charged if the taxes weren’t paid on time. When the victim tried to withdraw funds, he received an email stating he needed to pay another $24,000 in taxes to release the funds. Victim invested nearly $25,000 and was emailed account statements from showing he had made profits of nearly $100,000.
Victim was directed by the online stranger to send money to a website. The victim met “Mia” on WhatsApp who told him about an investment opportunity he thought was related to the Chicago Merchant Exchange. Victim #2 invested more than $200,000 and only learned it was a scam from a friend. At some point, victim #1 tried to withdraw the money, but was told they needed to pay a 15% tax upfront to withdraw the funds. Victim #1 gave $30,000, and then continued to give money. Both victims sent money to this person to purchase cryptocurrency and were told the money would be invested in CoinMicro. The scammer claimed to be rich and could teach each victim how to trade cryptocurrency. Two separate victims reported meeting a person on dating app “Coffee Meets Bagel,” who then asked to move the chat to WhatsApp, where the victims believed they were beginning a relationship.
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