Elon Musk isnt just the richest person in the world, hes also an investor in cryptocurrency.
And Gizmodo has obtained official complaints with the often shocking stories and were publishing them below.
But they werent talking with Musk, of course.
Elon Musk yells at a neo-fascist rally for Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York on Oct. 27, 2024.Photo: Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images
How much money did people lose?
Its actually kind of shocking when you read through the FTC complaints.
People report losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in a relatively short period of time.
Screenshot from one of the crypto scam websites using images of Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Screenshot: ElonDonald.com and MuskTrump.io
Apparently it is a scam, the complaint reads.
But some of the complaints are from other parts of the world, including Canada and India.
The thing they all have in common?
Screenshot: Kings County District Attorney
The victims thought whatever they were investing in had Elon Musks seal of approval.
Gizmodo is publishing some of the complaints below.
Spelling and grammatical errors have been retained from the original.
I got a phone call from a person and started online trading with XT-BestSolutions.
Im dealing with one person [redacted] over the Viber phone services.
He said hes based in Barcelona, Spain.
He guided me through the trading process daily on the XT-BestSolutions trading platform.
All transaction were made through different Sources to change US dollars to cryptocurrency.
Starting on June 30, 2023 to current date, I transferred $700,000 to my XT-BestSolutions account.
Through the process of online trading, XT-BestSolutions company credited me $200,000.
[redacted]
My accountant has advised me to hit up the FBI before I make anymore money transactions.
CSTT customer service and [redacted] instructed Henry to wire money to the Crypto.com and Cathay Bank.
[redacted] completed 13 wire transfers that totaled to $618,000.
Wire Transfers started on 11/29/23 through 01/03/24.
If I wanted to make more money, I was told I needed to have more in my account.
Elon Musks announcement of Quantum AI 4.0 on Facebook.
[redacted] and [redacted] acted as the Stock and Crypto analysis.
They created fake crypto currency GMC, QPT and then MDV to lure investors.
They force investors to borrow money from their school to buy crypto at Initial Coin Offer.
when the investors sold those coins, they request to pay back that borrowed money for withdraw money.
10/14/23, 9:33AM [redacted]: Here, Steven Lee will bring you the latest market money-making information.
Findings from our financial research team are shared daily.
These research results include:
1 The scope of Fed policy.
Is short-term or long-term investment a better option?
How to achieve long-term and stable investment returns?
A couple of days later, Steven Lee introduced a special trading group called VIP Trading Group.
The VIP trading group requires a min of 30,000 usdt.
Gloria kept pushing me to invest more money to join.
I tried and lost all my money.
He introduced another Advanced VIP which required min 50,000 usdt.
I tried that also and lost money.
I kept adding more usdt just to recoup my losses.
I was finally able to recoup my money but when I tried to withdraw the money.
They will not let me.
The website is saying to wait for verification.
I have contacted Gloria and Steven Lee but nobody will pickup or reply to my text messages.
The tech support ignores me.
I converted all the usdt back to BTC but cant withdraw it.
I need help in getting my money back to pay my creditors.
I clicked the link which ended up assigning me to a trading group named after Professor Keller.
I was very wary at first but everything seemed legitimate and maybe it was.
The team was very professional, Prof Keller provide two lectures daily, about 2 hours each.
The trading logic seemed valid.
On average, trades by [redacted] earned 35 to 45, sometimes over 100.
Trades by Prof K averaged maybe 60, with trades over 100 and 200 common.
Prof K kept saying he was not 100 accurate in his trades.
As training and trading progressed, whale activities in the marketplace increased.
I personally was zeroed or almost zeroed by whales many times while practicing my trading.
Other group members were having similar problems.
Over time, the group wanted to know how to protect against whales.
This week, the plan officially launched.
I myself has about $215K in my trading account at the time.
They did not cite specifically what laws or Exchange rules I had broken.
Later, I looked up their Terms Conditions and determined I had not broken any trading laws.
I asked them to release my funds.
That seemed like extortion to me, since I really did nothing wrong.
Butchered Fat Pigs Scam.
…they said an investigator would reach out to me that didnt happen.
While Attempting to research the juniper tesla model y that is due to be released In twenty twenty five.
And thats tesla uses this innovation within their company.
They said that they had live help and websites.
Now, im an intelligent woman, at least I consider myself that to be.
I am a huge fan of elon musk and tesla.
I only bit into this because it did sound too good to be true.
The YouTube video, which I realized for days they were posting live.
I reported over 25 videos to YouTube to shut them down and they just kept popping up.
I wanna Sue YouTube.
I did record the video and I do have like the wallet that I sent it to the timing.
I was screenshotting everything.
I also filed a complaint with the federal bureau.
Cybercrime, havent heard from them either.
just someone reach out to me
8.
The link took me to 2 groups on WHATSAPP.
The group was named Howard Mars Investment Group.
This group introduced me to AKBCOIN fake Platform.
I ended up setting up my Crypto.com account and wired money from my personal account.
I then transferred tether to the fake site.
The site manipulated transactions to seem as if I was trading but actually was not.
Then the customer service said I had to pay a take on my winnings for retrieve my funds.
Once I sent them the funds, they still did not release the funds from the site.
The group disbanded and so did the site.
com
9.
They lure you in with a fake video featuring Elon Musk.
I watched an ad on Facebook from Elon musk.
I spoke to Caroline thru WhatsApp and in telegram.
Caroline became very friendly with me.
I was scammed and now I know it.
I had very little to invest.
Earned over 209k lost it.
Earned up to 233k.
Lost it
Deposited $40k more.
Lost part of it and earned back up to 50k.
And cant get my money withdrawal from the trading platform.
Tried for a week to get only $5000 of my money.
r/CryptoScams 8 days ago
PsychoticDelusions
Andrea Al Investment Group Assistant
[redacted]
Join
Scam Operation
Scammers!
They are running an elaborate crypto trading scam, using a fake trading site disguised as CTALL platform.
CTALL has an ip address listed as China.
They lure you in with a fake video featuring Elon Musk.
Caroline convinces you to join and wire money to your trading account.
Professor Andrea publishes his daily bullshit about the crypto market and elementary trading tips for review.
He then provides fake trading signals for members to follow.
The trades are not real so he can make them show high profits to keep you excited.
All this time, they are relentless about telling you to increase your account funds for more profits.
Within seconds, your entire account is wiped out.
Be careful not to get involved with these criminals.
It all seemed super real.
Elon said he was offering a promotion.
I was crypto-scammed by a phishing scammer.
I went to a website where Elon Musk was talking about the coming age of cryptocurrency.
It all seemed super real.
Elon said he was offering a promotion.
Whatever a person sent in, he would match in return.
Just to help cryptocurrency establish sooner.
It looked like a great opportunity, so I sent a Bitcoin.
I realize now it was foolish to do so.
I know now I had been conned and played emotionally.
So they got my life savings.
They got me for $57,000.
I cant believe it.
I think many, many others were victims also of the same scam.
I also realize now this was an AI generated Elon Musk.
On 8/12/24 Monday evening I was looking for the Elon Musk Donald Trump Interview.
I was brought to the phishing website trumplive.org.
There, Elon Musk was discussing Cryptocurrency and the financial world to come.
Truth is, it was very inspiring and well done.
Then Elon offered to speed along Crypto by offering on any crypto contributed he would personally match the amount.
I realize now this was a scam.
I also realize now this was an AI generated Elon Musk.
Caught up in the moment I seized the opportunity and sent them my .966 Bitcoin.
What scams do is to sell people false-hope.
Then they take advantage of you.
He wanted to connect with his fans and carry them along in his career.
He claimed to be the real Elon Musk.
I shared personal info and financial information with him.
He wanted to connect with his fans and carry them along in his career.
He helped me invest in cryptocurrency to improve my financial situation.
He had me purchase bitcoin through apps like cashapp, Binance, Cex.io and through a bitcoin atm.
They were all sent to the company wallet id.
He did trades to increase my profits.
Any time I doubted him he reassured me everything was fine and he even sent me his drivers license.
I have screenshots of our conversations.
When I wanted to make withdrawals from my investment account with him he required more money for different fees.
This has gone on for months.
I have lost over 50,000 with this individual and am concerned for my safety.
I am still in touch with him and he does not know I am reporting this fraud.
I have been scammed by another crypto individual online involving ethereum and lost over 30,000.
Elon wanted to help me recoup from that as well as that case overlapped timeframes with this one.
My 1st investment was with Delta Stock.ai.
We were in close contact for a month.
I was just wondering if there was anything that you could Help me with.
Thank you for your time, like send me back an email when we can talk.
Thank you
14.
Apparently it is a scam.
trumpelon.io
I sent over $30K.
She is 77yrs old.
After that multiple people started scamming her.
From tik tok, wassup app, eBay Cash app ect.
She has loaded gift cards vanilla, apple, eBay.
Sent money through cash app.
She has gotten her socially security number stolen its all over the internet.
She has gotten her social security check stolen.
kindly help my grandma, ban her from social media if it’s possible for you to.
All her information for her scams are on her phone.
Started with an ad on Instagram about investment learning that led me to join a WhatsApp group.
People were making 50 or 100 percent profits or more with each trade.
I had no idea about crypto so I was initially wary of it but eventually got drawn to it.
The group also eventually transformed to a crypto focussed group as more people felt the same way.
[redacted] also provided information indicating how CGL BMG is reliable as it has an MSB License etc.
I further went on to try withdrawal which seemed too slow but worked the first time.
Of course not verified by me.
Higher profits for the higher investment slabs.
This made me strongly suspicious again and despite declining she insisted I should find a way to get there.
I am helpless after investing most of my savings into this scam.
Almost instantaneously I realized this was fraud
I was watching a SpaceX rocket launch on YouTube with a friend.
We will reimburse you 2:1 any amount you send.
Almost instantaneously I realized this was fraud but could not stop the transaction.
I am still getting these phone calls coming in almost everyday.
I was given an account on line where where I was allowed to track my investment.
The returns were exceptionally good, so after a while I decided that I should start retrieving income.
I was then told by the aforementioned Maria Diaz that I could not.
I have since been unable to get to them, as they dont answer the phone.
to do the job.
I am still getting these phone calls coming in almost everyday.
I refused to do this, so I traded in the account and grew the funds to USDT 115,415.82.
These people need to be stopped to prevent more individuals from being scammed in the future.
I am not afraid of the FBI.
You cannot withdraw funds because you have not met the conditions.
So this is your own problem and has nothing to do with me.
7/3/24, 18:21:50 [redacted]: I will report everything to the FBI.
Everyone's investment and trading was voluntary.
I thought Elon Musk has approved of it!
I was reached out to as Elon Musk CEO on IG and later on Whats app!
later on on Telegram channel under Elon Reev Musk
He told me about the platform: www.
starlinkmining.com His Bit Coin Mining platform!
I didnt understand where it was streaming from!
so I contacted the website because I thought Elon Musk has approved of it!
That was the only reason!!!
so I invested $18000.
I meant to only invest $2000 and then cash out and see if it was possible!
But their pressure sell tactics over came me!
it took 2 months all together!
Everytime I said I dont to invest anymore he would say Ok!
you’re free to start withdrawing anytime !
When you sign up there are 2 sites you deal with!
one is the platform and the other one is you account platform.
where you get a login!
everyone has to have an account manager who leads you in how to to invest!
In my case Elon Musk!!!
I did a search the company is a UK company !
I reported to my account manager and told him this doesnt sound right!
and for me that fee was $1500.
Un willing to pay a dime I declined and blocked my manager again.
Later on he tried on Instagram to reach me but I blocked him there to!
I am reporting this to let you know how sophisticated these people are.
I want to see this so-called company put out a business so nobody else loses any money.
I felt confident that this was OK so I sent $17,000 in USD to the trading account.
I built the account up to $64,000 with my 17,000 and the rest fake profit.
I have talked with Elon on the phone several times.
Elon Musk and I have been communicating through text messaging since June 2023.
He first got me talked into investing Apple Gift Cards in the amount of $500 each.
The rest was supposed to help pay for our wedding.
At first I thought it was an imposter.
Just to verify it was really him.
Before I reported anything I was in wonder whether anyone would beleive me.
But after Elon got his Billion Dollar Package deal, his demeanor changed towards me.
Valued at over $700,000.00.
Without wire transfering it to my account.
He also used my ID.me account verification access codes.
To verify my Identity and created that Cryptocurrency account using my name.
I have screenshots on the balancees.
Now last I seen on Facebook…hes in Dubai with some young girl.
And Im scared Im going to end up homeless without his helps.
I dont know what to do about it.
UPDATE 07/18/2024 Consumer is calling to report that she is receiving death threats from someone.
Consumer reported that she is being stalked by his girlfriend.
Consumer is referred to the local police department.
…that was the first red flag.
I answered an ad saying that they use Elon Musk AI trading recommendations.
Its run by two people [redacted] and [redacted].
Its on a whats app chat room.
I deposited first a $1,000.
into the ECOS account and made some money using Patricks recommendations.
So with the first deposit and second one i had $9000.
and the profits of $1000 i had enough to join the 10X program.
[redacted] said the 10X program would return 10 times my money.
This was my second red flag.
I figured the profits everyone was making was about as real as the dinosaurs on Jurassic Park.
I then told [redacted] I didnt want to be in the 10X program and she removed me.
The money was sent by Crypto.com to ECOS in the crypto funds of USDT.
hey see that there people who have about 800 people investing with them.
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