Victim Location 11222
Type of a scam CryptoCurrency
Lisa Angelo posted a part-time virtual assistant job offer on a few facebook groups. When contacted, she basically offered the position right away, without doing any background check or explaining the scope of the job. She insisted on connecting on telegram app and doing the interview there. When I was reluctant, she agreed to an interview over LinkedIn messenger… claimed she wasn’t able to video chat because she’s out of the country (as if that made any sense). We never spoke in person, or on the phone and she had no idea about my background or skills. I "got the job" right away. She again insisted on connecting on telegram. Then, wanted me to provide my personal info and register for crypto sites. This is the classic scam, you create an account on sites selling and buying crypto and she logs in claiming having to "check something" and buys/sells crypto, then locks you out of your own account. I realized what’s going on before she was able to do that. Scam scope is described in detail here: https://blog.coinbase.com/anatomy-of-a-telegram-scam-9fd3dfb8c310 When confronted, she deleted her facebook account immediately. When I said I’ll report her to BBB, she said "I don’t care, they are aware"
She did the exact same thing to me last week. Except I didn’t realize what was happening and now I’m out over two grand. She just switched “companies” to The Azulo Agency. She has a new LinkedIn and Facebook account.
She paid to my credit card long enough for funds to be available, but she stopped the payment as soon as she had the Amex cards she asked me to buy. I feel so dumb.