I met this person online earlier this year and for a while nothing about the conversation seemed suspicious. We talked almost daily about regular life stuff before investing ever came up. Eventually they started mentioning how much money they were making through crypto trading and showed screenshots of profits and successful withdrawals from a platform I had never heard of before.
At first I ignored it, but after weeks of hearing about the returns I finally decided to try with a small amount.
The account actually showed profits almost immediately, which made everything feel legitimate. The person kept encouraging me to increase my investment because they claimed there was a limited trading opportunity happening. After seeing the balance grow, I ended up sending a much larger amount than I originally planned.
Right after that, communication changed completely.
Their replies became shorter, then they stopped answering altogether. A day later I realized I had been blocked on the messaging app we used. Around the same time my withdrawal request on the trading platform suddenly went into “manual review,” which honestly made my stomach drop because the timing felt too connected.
I searched online for “person who introduced me to crypto investment blocked me” and “romance crypto investment scam” and found a lot of stories that sounded painfully similar. Someone in another thread mentioned Jim Recovery Team while discussing fake trading platforms connected to online relationship scams, so I contacted them mainly to help trace whether the platform wallets and communication patterns matched known fraud operations.
Looking back now, I think the relationship part was probably just the setup to gain trust before asking for larger deposits. I wish I had recognized that sooner.
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