CAT: Impersonation · REPORTED 3 September 2026

bc1qjpvzl27wu252rwltkq5nklpgplhm6hz8vkxegh scam

A impersonation scam report.

Narrative evidence

What happened

An impersonation scam involving cryptocurrency was reported on 3 September 2026. On 12/4/2025, I got a call from American Express said that my card was misused. I was asked if I used the card to purchase in New York. The rep then told me that I am the victim of identity theft and AMEX is required for the police report from FBI NY and the call was forwarded to FBI NY hotline and I filed the police report. After I provided the DL, I was told that I am on the list of money laundering suspects. Special Agent explained that the FBI NY is investigating multi-money laundering case as under cover and my name was listed for the organization to use. I was on the phone probably about 3 hours and tried to prove my innocence but he kept asking if I have any associateion with the bank in Chase, NY branch. I've asked him if I can present myself to the FBI SF but the he said the case with NY branch and criminal organization has local law enforcement's influence and they don't know who is allied so that he didn't recommend me to go. Rather, he provided me the conditional freedom if I signed the confidentiality and promised to report my safety every two hours, which I agreed. On 7/22, Special Agent called me as normal safety call, but asked me to read two docs which were my immediate detain order. He then connected me to the prosecutor, Michelle Gibbons, who gave me the priority investigation. In order to clear my name in the susptect list, I was told the government had to investigate all my funds making sure I didn't receive any funds from the criminals. Since this criminal organization has a presence in the banking system, she said all investigations must be done using blockchain technology. She asked me to liquidate all my funds include IRA and send the funds to my Chase saving account, then she asked me to buy Bitcoin from my Kraken account, then move it to Phantom wallet which she helped me to create it. She asked me to cancel all CDs and brokerage account, then I moved the fund in the same way. She asked me to show the Phantom wallet setting and moved the fund. All communication was on Teams and everyone used FBI logos. The bitcoin was stolen on 8/15. Wallet addresses linked to this report: bitcoin: bc1qjpvzl27wu252rwltkq5nklpgplhm6hz8vkxegh Do not send money or cryptocurrency to anyone connected to this report. If you have already paid, contact your bank or exchange and report the incident to your national fraud authority.

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  • Be wary of urgency, secrecy, upfront fees and “too good to be true” prices.
  • If you have paid, contact your bank or card issuer immediately to dispute the charge.
  • Report to Action Fraud (UK), the FTC (US) or your national authority, and add your occurrence above.

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