Man loses US$3k to investment scam, then receives texts from scammer asking him to join her team

A man who lost US$3,000 to an investment scam was shocked at the audacity of the alleged scammer when she contacted him again, asking him to join her in an 'illegal business'.shared with Stomp that he had come across the Facebook profile of the alleged scammer in early August this year.

When F applied for the withdrawal through the trading account, he received an email that he needed to pay US$15,370 for the broker commission. After two to three days, F did not receive any of the money, only an email asking him for another US$2,500, adding that the money in his account had been transferred and he needed to pay the 'reflection fee'.

Playing along, F asked if they would get caught to which she confidently replied they would not:"That's why doing everything online ."

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