Investment Fraud in United States

90 investment fraud cases reported in United States. Below: real examples, the platforms scammers use locally, and where to report.

Platforms used

πŸ“± Instagram 33
πŸ“± Whatsapp 15
πŸ“± Telegram 12
πŸ“± Facebook 1
πŸ“± Tiktok 1

Recent cases in United States

Elliot Philip Wainman (The EllioTrades Dossier: A Chronicle of Influencer Crypto Grifts) Elliot Philip Wainman (aka EllioTrades / @elliotrades ) is a crypto YouTuber and influencer with hundreds of th...

2026-05-31

[Canada] Neolift Core trading scam. Also called 4X trading. Link: https://neoliftcore.com Hi, I am a 58F and I found this stock trader on tik tok. They had a person who got all my details, such as my ...

2026-05-27

Dad being WhatsApp scammed Longtime listener, first time caller. My dad has been chatting with a random ”woman” on WhatsApp. He thinks they are real. I talked to him a lot the last few years about ...

2026-05-27

Fell for a fake crypto investment scam last month – what actually helped with reporting and recovery? I got sucked into one of those sophisticated crypto recovery scams on Instagram. The profile looke...

2026-04-23

(US)I was scammed by Gurdev Manchanda, a woman who is popular on social media About seven months ago, I met a lady online calling herself, Neyarika. Over the few months time she encouraged me to inves...

2026-04-20

[CANADA] www.momentumx.capital - AI/Quant frontiers: Decoding institutional flows in equities & crypto - SCAM ALERT Likely trading scam, may be tied to a reddit chain from 5 years ago in r/options Rep...

2026-04-17

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