Consumer complaint received 2023-04-08
Company: Early Warning Services, LLC
State: NY
Product: Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service
Sub-product: Domestic (US) money transfer
Issue: Fraud or scam

Complaint:
[ TOTAL ZELLE TRANSFER XXXX ] On XX/XX/2022 I was contacted through my XXXX  by unknown username name XXXX XXXX  ). This person sent me several fake testimonial videos where people spoke about her being legitimate and investment return 100 % double. Investment returns varies form XXXX $ XXXX, XXXX $ XXXX, XXXX {$8000.00} XXXX I invested XXXX $ first on XX/XX/XXXX via XXXX  and was Told that my return Investment would be {$1300.00}. I was told that I will receive that next day but didn't receive. Than I stopped texting her due to being busy at work but when I contacted her on XXXX XXXX she told me I have to pay additional {$490.00} because my previous amount didn't go through so I paid XXXX $ via zelle. After that I was told that my I investment amount bumped to {$35000.00}. She stated that for me to receive that payment I have to pay {$6100.00} IRS fees and also she sent me fake irs, bussiness letters stating that this is legit. I paid irs fees by little amount and different days because I was struggling to gather money. After clearing payment I never received my investment but was told that my payment was increased to {$100000.00}, for me to receive my payment I have to pay additional {$12000.00} IRS fee which I cleared by sending wire transfer of {$9500.00}, XXXX worth of 3 gift cards and several Zelle transfer. After clearing payment I was given fake XXXX XXXX  XXXX letter stating that my payment is sent and will be cleared in 6to10 bussiness days, but never received my payment. Because I never received my payment I texted her but she wad keep giving me run around stating that I have to clear additional {$2300.00} bank transfer fee which I cleared slowly because I was low in savings. After that I finally realized that I was being scammed I started texting her saying u scammed me and she stated that I won't receive my money. During this whole thing I was given a account number and routing number with las 4 of social security number of a XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX account after calling I found out that that account has {$20.00} XXXX ( I have attached everything in previous email ). I was given XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX account because I didn't believe that she is legit, but after calling XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX and was able to verify that account has over XXXX in it. At the end of text before she blocked me she stated that the XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX account with XXXX is illegal money ( money laundering ). During the process I was running low in savings so she gave me 1 XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX account and routing number to make my credit payment but after making payment i realized that it was bounced and was given bank account with low balance and payment wasn't authorized. I was frauded by giving bad account. During process she texted me list of her clients XXXXXXXX pages, but later i found that those account was hacked. Every time when I feel I doubt her I would talk to her clients but didn't know that it was her talking to me using hacked XXXX account. During process she asked for my XXXX account and password for verification but I didn't provided her. When I realized that I was scammed I told her I want my money back but she refused to pay me my money.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation