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cbotbit.com

Investment / sanctions alert · dfpi

DFPI — Victim narrative (California)

A California resident met “Lin” through WhatsApp who steered the conversation to investing in crypto assets. Lin directed the victim to the crypto asset trading platform, CBOTBIT, located at https://cbotbit.com and showed them how to open an account and transfer funds. Following Lin’s instructions for trading, the victim believed their account had grown substantially. But when the victimtried to withdraw funds from the platform, they were unable to do so. The website is no longer operational. All told, the victim believed they lost more than $40,000.

Estimated loss: $40,000

Type: Pig Butchering Scam | Fraudulent Trading Platform

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What to do if you were targeted

  1. 1.Stop all transfers immediately.
  2. 2.Contact your bank or wire transfer service to attempt a recall.
  3. 3.File a complaint with the FBI IC3 at ic3.gov.
  4. 4.Report to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov.
  5. 5.Report to your state securities regulator via nasaa.org.