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Gold-start.com
Investment / sanctions alert · dfpi
DFPI — Victim narrative (California)
A California resident reports being contacted via text message by a woman. At some point, the woman said she had a relative who could help the resident invest in crypto assets and gold options on the website gold-start.com. Following the woman’s advice, the victim opened an account on the platform and began investing cryptocurrency. Encouraged by trading profits, the victim drew from their retirement account to fund their account. Then, the woman urged the victim to secure a loan to deposit additional funds on the platform. The resident became suspicious and tried to withdraw some money but ha
Estimated loss: $35,000
Type: Pig Butchering Scam | Fraudulent Trading Platform
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