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The original was posted on /r/cryptocurrency by /u/Ilovekittens345 on 2024-01-22 16:37:35+00:00.
A California victim was introduced to an AI investment platform through somebody they met on the Facebook dating app. The scammer showed the victim the website for the investment platform – kenskrksr.com – as well as a white paper about the AI trading program. The scammer also introduced the victim to a Telegram discussion channel where others convinced them to invest.
During the holiday season, the platform advertised double earnings. Around the same time, the scammer told the victim she would give them an additional $10,000 if they invested on Kenskr. The victim invested a substantial amount. At this point, Kenskr froze the victim’s account and said that the victim would have to pay them $23,000 in taxes to withdraw funds from the account. The victim’s balance was so high that they sent the $23,000 to Kenskr to withdraw funds. Kenskr then asked the victim to transfer another $10,000 as a deposit that would be returned to them after the tax is paid. After the victim transferred the additional $10,000, Kenskr asked for even more money, saying it was necessary because of “higher U.S. tax deposit requirements”. Around this point, the victim realized they weren’t getting their money back from the Kenskr platform.
The victim was then contacted again by the original scammer. The scammer told the victim that she could help resolve the issue with Kenskr by lending the victim $7,000. However, the scammer told the victim that they would have to transfer $3,000 to the scammer before they would help. The victim wired that money to the scammer, but the scammer then disappeared and the website is no longer operational.
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