Anti-Money Laundering Scam

mw614338

Hi All, 

Recently I have fallen victim to a scam involving my past dealings with a dodgy forex broker. In late 2024 I was contacted by a gentleman who claimed he could help me recover the money I lost from this broker. 

Over many weeks of communication he had showed me documents which led me to believe my investments into this broker had actually been deposited into a bitcoin wallet which was opened in my name.

I was told due to the substantial amount that this money had become I required an AML certificate and to pay 7% of the amount to relate the bitcoin to me. While preparing the money to send via bitcoin I received an email which unfortunately hacked my wallet and took the funds in it. 

This led the gentlemen I was speaking to, getting angry at me saying I was stupid for falling for it. At the time I believe this email was nothing to do with him but I have since realised it was. He offered to help remove the software it had installed on my computer. In doing so his tech guy instead installed a chat feature which meant communication I was having with the broker I had been sending money to was actually with him and his team and not the genuine broker I was using. This making the scam seem genuine.

I lost a considerable amount of money over a period of months which just seem to keep increasing with the promise of a large sum at the end which just never comes. 

You might not have been contacted by someone in the same way recently and hopefully this can help warn you. Would be great to hear if anyone has any similar experiences or maybe knows what my best course of action would be. 

Thanks Marcus

Albermarle

Unfortunately it sounds like a classic tale, that is repeated regularly.

Punter replies to ad ( often on Fakebook) promising easy money by trading in Forex.
Apart from the fact that trading in Forex is best left to professionals, many of these sites are scams anyway.
Normally you make a big profit initially which encourages you to put more money in.
Problems start when you try to withdraw the funds.( you can't) 

Later someone else comes along and says they can get your money back.
However at some point they ask for money to facilitate the return of the original money.
Even if you send the money you still never get anything back.

Only solution is to write off everything already lost and break off communications.

In future do not ever reply to ads on social media promising eternal riches.

born_again

mw614338 said:

Hi All, 

Recently I have fallen victim to a scam involving my past dealings with a dodgy forex broker. In late 2024 I was contacted by a gentleman who claimed he could help me recover the money I lost from this broker. 

Over many weeks of communication he had showed me documents which led me to believe my investments into this broker had actually been deposited into a bitcoin wallet which was opened in my name.

I was told due to the substantial amount that this money had become I required an AML certificate and to pay 7% of the amount to relate the bitcoin to me. While preparing the money to send via bitcoin I received an email which unfortunately hacked my wallet and took the funds in it. 

This led the gentlemen I was speaking to, getting angry at me saying I was stupid for falling for it. At the time I believe this email was nothing to do with him but I have since realised it was. He offered to help remove the software it had installed on my computer. In doing so his tech guy instead installed a chat feature which meant communication I was having with the broker I had been sending money to was actually with him and his team and not the genuine broker I was using. This making the scam seem genuine.

I lost a considerable amount of money over a period of months which just seem to keep increasing with the promise of a large sum at the end which just never comes. 

You might not have been contacted by someone in the same way recently and hopefully this can help warn you. Would be great to hear if anyone has any similar experiences or maybe knows what my best course of action would be. 

Thanks Marcus

No such thing.

robatwork

Go on to the Reddit forum "r/scams" and search for Recovery scams. Very common and as much a scam as the original scam.