r/cryptocurrencyscams

Warning about the James Carroll Allen Wealth Club

Be careful with the James Carroll Allen Wealth Club. It is a WhatsApp scam that uses a very professional and convincing approach to gain your trust.

At first, they provide daily stock market updates, technical analysis, and detailed reviews of the trading day. They also recommend stocks to buy, and some of those recommendations appear to perform well. This is designed to make them seem knowledgeable and trustworthy.

Once they have gained your confidence, they introduce cryptocurrency investments through the website LSCGE. This is where the scam begins.

They encourage you to make an initial deposit and provide crypto trading signals that appear to generate profits. The platform looks very professional:

www.lscge.com

To build even more trust, they may allow your first and even your second withdrawal. After that, they pressure you to deposit a much larger amount to join their "special training camp" or VIP program.

At that point, many people report that they can no longer access their money. Although the platform may show that a withdrawal has been processed, the funds are not received in your wallet and instead appear to be redirected elsewhere.

WARNING: Be extremely cautious. LSCGE and the James Carroll Allen Wealth Club appear to be part of a fraudulent operation. They also use the name of a well-known investor to create credibility and gain people's trust.

My crypto was stolen and blockchain analysis traced it through an intermediary wallet to a wallet believed to belong to HitBTC.
I’ve already filed an FBI IC3 report, a police report, and have a detective working the case.
Has anyone had any success getting HitBTC to cooperate with law enforcement or recovering stolen funds? Or are they known for ignoring these requests?
Looking for anyone with firsthand experience. Thanks.

I trusted a friend I newly met, and now my hard earned money amounting 4.6K USD is gone.

Just sharing this to the world so you dont have to experience the same. To be honest, I am no longer expecting that I will retrieve my money.

Platform: https://www.tecotaa.vip/mobile/index/uoption

Initially, I was earning by trading in the platform. Then I decided to invest more, but when Im trying to withdraw, their platform crashes so I was forced to try again. And when I reached out to their customer support, the customer support told me I had to pay 1.6K+ USD - which I did (staggered). And since I paid it in staggered, the agent told me I have to pay additional 500USD for late payment fee (since I asked for extensions). I paid 513 UsD since Theres a forex, but again, when they asked me to pay another 500 since I deposited more than the requested amount

This is a hard earned money and I have to learn these things the hard way. I hope none of you will experience the same. Please be vigilant

[SCAM ALERT] 1win VIP Support CLOSED CHAT after withholding 100,000 TL

User ID: 307875828

July 8, 2026: 4 Express Transfer withdrawals of 100,000 TL each = 400,000 TL total. All show "Successful" in account.

Only 300,000 TL arrived. 100,000 TL missing.

VIP Support "Merve" denied transactions existed, then CLOSED THE CHAT when pressed for answers.

Screenshots attached:
- 4 successful withdrawals
- VIP chat closure

AVOID 1WIN. THEY STEAL, THEN RUN.

JASON MATHEW MAYA, AUSTRALIA CRYPTO ADVANCE FEE SCAM, BEWARE / LOOKING FOR INFO

Part of my family has been getting ripped off by this man for the last three years but he has been ripping people off for 5 to 6 years total. He consistently asks people to give him money so he can pay for international lawyer and accountant to unlock his bitcoin which is supposedly locked up in multiple wallets across the world. He says he has access to hundreds of millions of dollars of bitcoin but can’t afford lawyers because he’s bitcoin is locked. This man is a piece of shit and praise on older people that have no idea about crypto and international finance laws. I’m searching for people with information or that have been sucked into this. I know this spreads fire and wide. If you would like to exchange information contact me.
To my knowledge this is starting to reach into the tens of millions of dollars.

JASON MATHEW MAYA, AUSTRALIA CRYPTO ADVANCE FEE SCAM, BEWARE / LOOKING FOR INFO
Part of my family has been getting ripped off by this man for the last three years but he has been ripping people off for 5 to 6 years total. He consistently asks people to give him money so he can pay for international lawyer and accountant to unlock his bitcoin which is supposedly locked up in multiple wallets across the world. He says he has access to hundreds of millions of dollars of bitcoin but can't afford lawyers because he's bitcoin is locked. This man is a piece of shit and praise on older people that have no idea about crypto and international finance laws. I'm searching for people with information or that have been sucked into this. I know this spreads fire and wide. If you would like to exchange information contact me.
To my knowledge this is starting to reach into the tens of millions of dollars.

Hey guys, just want to give you a heads up on this Telegram Crypto Trading scam called "Automated AI Trading Bot" I posted a picture of the logo they are using as of now July of 2026. I was contacted through Telegram by this company promising huge profits and the opportunity to participate with a small amount of $200 just to test the system. The only and big mistake is that they require the deposits go to their private accounts instead of a reputable crypto exchange such as Kraken or Coinbase. Rapidly the earnings/profits started to arrive accumulating my initial investent in a day or two. The second phase of the scam starts when you try to withdraw your profits, they will only allow a minimum of $1000 withdrawal and the fee to withdraw is $250. Of course a tried to withdraw the $1000 paying the fee from my Trust wallet because it can not taken from the already earned profits. I was very cautious when I was depositing $250 to withdraw my profits, I did it with guidance of one of the customer service representatives through Telegram... First attempt the system did not allow me to enter exactly the amount of $250 that they require for withdraw (exact amount, no more, no less), I made the representative aware of the situation and he told me the exact amount on bitcoin to deposit, I finally did it and for my surprise I was not able to withdraw profits because "there was an error in the system".. Of course customer service was "sorry" for the system error and ask to try again. I asked for a refund of my first try so I can try again but my request was denied. I did not try again because it will be the same and I will most likely loss more money. Please be aware of this SCAM.

If you got ripped off,, file a claim thank the Maine BCCP for seeing this thru!

So basically, I wanted to try out crypto as a way to make some money, so I joined a Discord server. I was asking questions in the server’s main chat, and some people were answering them. Then I got a friend request from someone random in the server.
We started messaging each other, and at first he was helping me out by giving me his specific filters on Axiom and other tips. He explained the process of buying SOL on Kraken, sending it to my Phantom wallet, and then transferring it to Axiom. Along the way, he had me bookmark something called BloomSniper, telling me it was good for quickly trading. Being gullible, I bookmarked it and activated it.
After I got the SOL into my Axiom account, he stopped texting me. Soon after, I realized that I had 0 SOL left in Axiom.
But it doesn’t end there. I was pretty upset that my hard-earned money was gone and that I had been scammed, so I went back into the original Discord server where I met him. I started telling people in the chat what had happened and asking what I should do. Suddenly, I got another friend request. I accepted it, and right away the guy started asking me how I got scammed and what happened. He told me that scammers like that were common and that he felt bad for me.
At this point, I was already skeptical of this new “friend,” but what really sealed the deal and made me realize he was most likely the original scammer was when he offered to help me recover by having me transfer more SOL into a new wallet and sent me a link to do so. Combined with the fact that Discord showed the account had been created that same day, it led me to believe it was the same person.
Throughout the rest of the conversation, he kept trying to convince me to click the link or start “validating” my account. I just don’t understand how some people can be so cruel. The $1,800 was all the money I had saved up. It might not seem like a lot to some people, but for me, that was all I had.
Anyway, I know I’m not going to get my money back, but I was wondering what steps I should take to make sure my Dell laptop isn’t compromised. I’ve already deleted the bookmark, deleted my Axiom account, and changed the passwords for everything involved in this crypto journey. Does anyone know of anything important that I haven’t done yet?

I send this guy $780 worth of BTC on coinbase and he claims he only received $520, I knew there would be some sort of network fee but over $300 high? Something doesn’t seem right, if anyone could help me I’d really appreciate it.

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