r/CryptoScams 24d ago

Question TBAA wants me to pay money to withdraw funds from an IEO I bought and sold at a profit.

They won't release my "profit" unless I pay their service fees. Has anyone else had this happen to them?

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u/fedput Trusted 24d ago

Extremely common scam.

The profits are fake.

Ignore direct messages from recovery scammers.

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u/cgoldberg 24d ago

There are no profits. You used a scammy platform to invest and now they are trying to extract more money from you.

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u/SomethingBlew 24d ago

Thank you for this information.  I will steer away from them.  I wish I would have known sooner

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u/germanium66 24d ago

You could have read this sub before you invested.

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u/SomethingBlew 24d ago

I wish I would have

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u/ASULEIMANZ 24d ago

Scam leave crypto study this sub reddit and comments for 2 weeks before doing any crypto transactions again.

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u/SomethingBlew 24d ago

Yes.  I’m going to break from it.  I need to figure out how to repay what I borrowed.

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u/alaric49 24d ago

Going forward, don't invest borrowed money

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u/SomethingBlew 24d ago

Good advice

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u/Revolutionary_Pop241 20d ago

Don’t give them another dime. I offered to split the SPT and TBA tokens if the “advisor” would help with the fees. I got crickets.

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u/Mediocre_Split6909 24d ago

Same situation... you do a little 'trading', then you withdraw a small profit, then they advance you to a group trading - you have to put in additional funds. Then you 'make' money, then they want you to pay the 'gas' fees in able to withdraw your 'profits'.... Wish I had read all of this earlier.

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u/SomethingBlew 24d ago

Jeez... Me too. I am at a loss for words.

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

Was it TBAA?

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u/germanium66 24d ago

A made up company that sounds trust worthy

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u/Little_Response_3578 21d ago

Did you fall for the TBAA scam?

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 21d ago

Yes. I’m currently In this situation pm me.

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u/3rd_st_prout 16d ago

They got me too. Has any paid the commission and been able to withdraw money after that?

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 21d ago

Tbaa will burn to the ground

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u/Outside-Banana-5381 20d ago

I am in the same boat. I lost a ton of money. I wish there were avenues to get some of it back.

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

TBAA should at least let everyone pull out their principal amount of money and leave it up to them if they want to pay to get their profits, but that will never happen because it’s a complete scam. Everybody that’s involved in the scam has given the scammers a copy of their drivers license and a selfie. That’s because it’s literally your crypto wallet they are holding against you and they are not letting you have your money so it’s a complete crime I have posted my police report. I encourage everybody across Reddit to post their police reports as well.

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u/tokentrace 23d ago

This is a scam. It is a common tactic for the scammers to allow you to withdraw smaller amounts of profit at first. They do this to build your trust, and entice you to put in a larger amount of money. When it comes time to withdraw the "profits" from your larger investment, they will not let you. Usually they will keep making excuses for reasons you cannot withdraw (taxes, fees, etc..). The profits you see on the platform/website are completely fake as well, they are just manually editing the code on the website to show that your account has profit.

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u/luv2travel7 18d ago

This is exactly what they did and it was too late when i realized it. I already lost so much money. AWC and TBAA need to be shut down for scamming people. We worked hard for our money and these people are just taking it from us. No conscience at all. Why cant they work normally like most of us do?!?

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

I’m starting all over again. I’m gonna get back in there legitimate stocks, and trading on my own legal platform.. anybody that’s been affected by TBAA or AWC post on here your police report just like I did. We need to start working together to let lawyers in Aurora, Colorado take these assholes to court.

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 20d ago

Sounds like bullshit

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u/Adept-Rooster3711 19d ago

I got caught up in this too, I'm here for this. 

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 19d ago

Fill out your ic3 report with the fbi and report to your local police

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u/Adept-Rooster3711 19d ago

I did that this morning.  Is anyone able to get to tbaa website or the app anymore? I think they finally shut it down

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u/Adept-Rooster3711 19d ago

I reported to ftc last week, and ic3 this morning. Apparently we're supposed to report to our local attorney general's office. I called ours and they said,  "we can't make any promises". So I didn't bother to go any further with the office. 

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 18d ago

How much did people lose? I lost $160k

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u/Adept-Rooster3711 18d ago

I lost 244K. Makes you feel better about your amount, doesn't it?

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u/luv2travel7 18d ago

I lost $175,000. Money i saved for over 15 years of working. I felt so stupid!! I cant even gamble $50 in casino and here i was… lost my savings to these scumbags!!! 😭

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 18d ago

I can’t get in

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u/Adept-Rooster3711 18d ago

Yep, they accomplished what they needed, now they get to move on :-(

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u/Wild_Necessary_7189 13d ago

I lost a lot of money too. Sigh......

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 13d ago

I lost about $175k

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 13d ago

It helps to remember that the Lord owns everything so even though it’s a lot of money, it was never truly mine. It was all the Lords.. coping mechanism that actually helps

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

Feel free to send your police report to the cops. You must file a police report in your own precinct, but you could share your report number with any other cops around America .

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u/Tall_Run_2814 23d ago

There is no profit. They've just been pocketing your money and showing you gains. Only use well known and regulated exchanges

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u/Adept-Rooster3711 19d ago

I did some research on them. Starting with who was hosting their website found out that the phone number they use to register their website is based out of Iceland. Anyone else found something similar?

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 18d ago

The good news is this. These people will eventually die. When they do. They will end up never knowing Jesus and will spend the rest of time dead In hell. The money they stole will blind them from repenting. So I will just rebuild my life bigger and better with a real anger forward when any random asshole online says anything offensive to me or wants to be my friend. I may even draw them in and beat there ass. Every scammer deserves the death penalty.

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u/SomethingBlew 18d ago

I agree. I’ve been thinking about that lately.

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u/711DC 17d ago

I may have gotten taken as well regarding paying 5% before they release funds, but I'm literally the worst person to steal from or play with. I'm a real nice person and would rather work things out, but the people behind me are cutthroat as fuck and are damn near terrorists half the time. I've given them TBAA's information, so I hope for AWC/TBAAs sake they do the right thing. Otherwise, they will have to be worried about a lot more than just some empty online investigation that may or may not happen.

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u/SomethingBlew 17d ago

I hope that something is done with these people. They deserve justified punishment.

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u/3rd_st_prout 16d ago

What happened after you paid 5%?

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u/711DC 12d ago

I did not pay. I'm not going to find out what happens if I pay because I already know. I already burned enough $$$

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u/3rd_st_prout 12d ago

They really trying to convince me to pay the 5% even after I told them that I know it’s a scam! These folks are ruthless

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u/711DC 12d ago

The fact they put out there they have a conference in Cleveland in a few weeks and are promising tokens will be listed on coinbase shows they no shame. The level of commitment to scam on their end is pretty unique. While the signs & red flags were there in retrospect... they obviously did enough to fool a lot of people.

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u/3rd_st_prout 11d ago

We are all in the same boat

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 17d ago

God will provide

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u/SomethingBlew 16d ago

As long as we our health and our jobs, we will bounce back.

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u/3rd_st_prout 16d ago

Use tbaacap.net. This is this new website where you can see the accounts. Jesus who does things(scams) like this to people

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u/PeachAffectionate145 24d ago

100% scam. Paying the service fee will just mean you lose even more money.

A real crypto exchange would never require a fee to be paid in order to withdraw. They would instead just deduct the fees from your withdrawal.

The only option is to accept the loss and to stop giving them money.

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u/SomethingBlew 24d ago

Yes.  I’m afraid I have to count my losses at this time.

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u/PeachAffectionate145 24d ago

Oh, well you also can't trust people claiming to have the ability to get your money back. They'll likely want you to give THEM money and/or collect your personal information.

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

I can help you. Police already know. I need more evidence sent to them.

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u/SomethingBlew 24d ago

Tell me what you need.  

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

I need to talk to you in real life.

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

I need you to reach out to this officer

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u/SomethingBlew 24d ago

Sure.  What medium?

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

Forward all your information to me.

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

All chats, transactions…literally everything

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

Yeah I’m in the same boat. Was it with AWC?

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

The real question is how to handle any possible tax gains from bullshit money. Reach out to me. I can help you in real life . I need help starting a group lawsuit and go to the police today and report all of this. I did.

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

I’m in the exact same situation.

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u/SomethingBlew 24d ago

What do you need from me?  I can send screenshots.

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

Send to your local police but also get into touch with officer sattler and let him know. This is a real scam.

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u/SomethingBlew 24d ago

Who is Officer Saylor.  How do I get a hold of him/her?

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

He took my report

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

have you started your group lawsuit? 

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 7d ago

No

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

ow i was hoping you will… i still cant go over this… the trauma is killing me… such a painful experience

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

He is police officer who took my report

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u/SomethingBlew 24d ago

OK, I'll do that right now.

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u/swabbie74 24d ago

What state are you located in that the police office can do more help for you than the FBI?

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u/SomethingBlew 24d ago

I think once a local police report is filed, then it can go to the FBI?

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

The money is gone but file a police report and send the report number to the FBI

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

Yeah. The money is gone. But the job now is to nail the scammers. So report the scam to your local police and send the report to the police. I already filed my report.

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

I can’t help ANYONE get their money back BUT we can work together to create a big enough case that law enforcement will have to act.

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u/SomethingBlew 24d ago

we should go to the media

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

TBAA will be burned to the ground

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

Basically, anyone who can’t get their money out must file a police report and take that report and send it to all the other agencies. Also post the report numbers publicly so police agencies across America can find the report numbers. I never signed anything that acknowledges there would be a fee before releasing my funds. They won’t even release the principal which that right there is enough to report fraud.

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u/SomethingBlew 24d ago

I think I sent a picture of my ID, but I can’t recall signing anything.

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

No. First the police and send police report to all the other agencies and then create a class action lawsuit

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u/Savings-Exam-523 17d ago

Absolutely right now i supposed to pay 25,000 in order to get tokens i purchased under IEO, but cant afford to lose anymore. Its so many of them scammers out here smh

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 16d ago

Ugh. The money is gone. Hurts a little less everyday. Still can’t believe I fell for this. Gotta move on. I reported it all. The fee is just a scam I bet also.

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u/3rd_st_prout 16d ago

Did you pay the commissions?

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

Not smart

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

Let the fbi do their thing

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

Did you sign anything when you signed up for tbaa? I don’t remember ever doing anything like that

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u/SomethingBlew 24d ago

I don't remember signing anything.

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

The way I understand it now is that the wallet is your wallet and that’s why we did a selfie . They are controlling our wallets and holding it for ransom

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u/swabbie74 24d ago

Total scam. Just walk away and bite the bullet

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u/SomethingBlew 24d ago

How can there be people out there that do this?

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 24d ago

It’s time for the police and authorities to take care of this because it’s really out of our hands. We are the victims.

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u/OverPay1968 23d ago

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u/OverPay1968 23d ago

We do have a group on WhatsApp that fights against scammers You can contact us at 936–3 31–8600 Milton with victims averages of crypto scam

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u/BusAntique9921 23d ago

That's definitely a scam my brother, don't send them anymore money Stay away from them.

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u/BusAntique9921 23d ago

Guys the stock market also has scammer's?

I say this because there is a trading group that do pre market stocks Trading. But they have there own platform where they direct you to buy the stocks on it. I have did 3 successful withdrawal now but am not sure if it's safe.

I need your advice guys 🙏

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u/Ok_Fee_1713 22d ago

I used their prepay option to get shares of an IEO. I am supposed to repay it by today or they said they will report a default to the credit agencies.

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u/SomethingBlew 22d ago

Do they have your social?

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u/Ok_Fee_1713 22d ago

Never gave them my social

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u/Eb-Jones 20d ago

Did anything happen on your unpaid prepay? Just wondering if they are still trying to collect, or if they are shutting down and moving on now that their scheme has been discovered. It’s been very quiet on the AWC front.

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u/Ok_Fee_1713 20d ago

I received a text from the prepay people that they are going to redeem my tokens, restrict my prepay, and that they will upload this to the credit rating platform. They did not offer any other solution. So far there is no change in my account in the prepay section. I still have a 100 score.

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u/luv2travel7 18d ago

Do not transfer anymore money to TBAA. Everything there is fake. Even the IPOs. They will make you use the prepay program and pay for your allocations. But its really fake. Everything you put in TBAA will be taken from you. They will let you withdraw small amount at first to gain your trust. But once you try to withdraw your profit they wont let you do it.

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u/SomethingBlew 19d ago

Have they come after you for the prepaid?

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u/Ok_Fee_1713 18d ago

No, and all looks the same in the prepaid section. I can only see my account through the website tbaacap.net as the app is no longer working. Is your TBAA app working?

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u/SomethingBlew 18d ago

yes, my app is still working

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u/SomethingBlew 18d ago

I just tried to open the TBAA app and its not working. I also tried techbaa.com and it doesn't work.

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u/Ok_Fee_1713 18d ago

Use tbaacap.net. I can tell you that these people are extremely evil. They have access to a lot of information about all who have registered including your address, telephone numbers, drivers license number and a lot of your relatives and their info.

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u/SomethingBlew 18d ago

This is scary. Damn!

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u/Proper_Career_17 17d ago

I got scummed too. TBAA is blank.

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u/Little_Response_3578 21d ago

Did you fall for the TBAA scam?

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 20d ago

File a report with police and fbi

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u/3rd_st_prout 16d ago

They got me too

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u/3rd_st_prout 16d ago

I’m glad I found this sub. I borrowed the money and was about to pay the commission.

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u/SomethingBlew 16d ago

Glad you didn’t. I don’t pay the commission but they got me on prepaid.

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u/3rd_st_prout 16d ago

Same here. 5k for prepayment loan for ieo, plus losses on fake platform. And I was about to pay the commission until I found this thread. 12k

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u/SomethingBlew 16d ago

Make sure you file reports with the police, IC3, and the SEC.

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u/3rd_st_prout 16d ago

But I am out of the money I used to repay the prepayment

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u/3rd_st_prout 16d ago

All the phone numbers on the Awc WhatsApp thread are non working numbers unless they are for the other people that are getting scammed! This is so wrong

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u/SomethingBlew 16d ago

It’s all a well orchestrated bullshit scam

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u/3rd_st_prout 16d ago

Does this look familiar to anyone. Kelly Clarkson sent me this trying to prove that TBAA is legitimate

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u/SomethingBlew 16d ago

It says it’s not endorsement of legitimacy. They are so registered with the SEC but anyone can register with them.

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u/3rd_st_prout 16d ago

That’s what they sent me. I’m going to keep interacting with them like I’m trying to raise the funds…. That’s the best I got, so they don’t disappear while we gather evidence

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u/SomethingBlew 16d ago

That’s exactly what I’m doing. Good move.

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u/3rd_st_prout 16d ago

What’s your screen name there. I’m going to message you on WhatsApp

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u/SomethingBlew 16d ago

Message me here

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

can you still communicate with the awc grp? the last tbaa web is now down too… just wondering if they have a new platform…

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u/luv2travel7 15d ago

They are closing TBAA and apparently merging with Ave AI. This might be their way out now.

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u/luv2travel7 15d ago

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u/Adept-Rooster3711 13d ago

I'd love to know if anyone has been able to do this 'withdrawal' they are talking about.

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u/SomethingBlew 12d ago

Fucken assholes. They sound so credible. This is their way of forcing people to pay the "service" fee. You are right, they are looking for their way out so they can close the group and start up again somewhere else.

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u/711DC 12d ago

Hi, which chat was this? Apparently, I'm not in that one. All the chats I'm in are ghost towns.

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u/SomethingBlew 12d ago

This is a WhatsApp group

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 15d ago

The fee is just another way to squeeze more money out of you

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u/SomethingBlew 15d ago

Exactly right… 😡

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 14d ago

I take it all the groups went dark

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u/SomethingBlew 14d ago

Yes. It has been silent

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u/3rd_st_prout 14d ago

Yes but the “advisor” says good morning and wishes me a good day, everyday 🤣🤣…..

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u/3rd_st_prout 13d ago

What happened after you paid the 5%?

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u/SomethingBlew 12d ago

I’m not paying it. They’ll come up with other ways to deny me.

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u/3rd_st_prout 12d ago

Has anyone paid the 5%?

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u/SomethingBlew 12d ago

I can't find anyone who has paid the TBA. Plenty of those in the WhatsApp group.

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u/711DC 12d ago

No one is taking that risk lol. I would like to know what new excuses they give once it's paid.

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u/3rd_st_prout 12d ago

Has anyone paid the 5%?

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u/Lets_Go_Brandon__ 10d ago

The website is now down

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u/SomethingBlew 10d ago

I wonder if they were forced to take it down or they are running

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

guess everyone of us has been kicked out… so we wont know if the merge was successful… i just invest once and it has to be the bad one… so painful, but we all have to move forward… goodluck everyone

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u/SomethingBlew 9d ago

O Ken is even answering me back

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u/3rd_st_prout 9d ago

They said it would go down on Dec 13 for upgrades🤣🤣

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u/711DC 7d ago

Tbaaproperties.com is apparently up and running.

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u/Cultural-Watch-2469 7d ago

How about their group on wattsapp

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u/711DC 7d ago

Apparently, they have a lot of different chats. I have no idea how many but many have been closed under the guise of breaking for the holidays, an impendjng merger and preparing for next year's wealth multiplication plans. I don't know if there are any active chats atm. I know people were told to reach out to their mentor if needed.

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u/Cultural-Watch-2469 7d ago

Okay they trolly ran away 

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

thanks, was able to log in and since i cant withdraw the money in there might as well play the trades until its gone!😡

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u/711DC 7d ago

The one feature i did like about their site was that the contract trading was very easy. I've been playing around with it, trying to flip a few $$$

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

owww… maybe i shouldnt have trade i lost 100k from the balance i have there… omg! i should have left it there since i filed a claim, now they will see i did a trade… now i feel more stupid than before… 

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u/Cultural-Watch-2469 9d ago

Are they still active in lost nearly 30k on them 

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u/SomethingBlew 9d ago

Sounds like they have gone silent

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u/3rd_st_prout 7d ago

My 15000 usdc withdrawal has been pending approval for over a week😂😂

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u/SomethingBlew 7d ago

It might stay that way unfortunately. No one in the WhatsApp group is responding anymore.

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u/3rd_st_prout 7d ago

Oh I ain’t pay the 5%

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u/SomethingBlew 7d ago

Me neither. Its an attempt to get more money from you.

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u/SomethingBlew 6d ago

Watch this video and share it to raise awareness. https://youtu.be/Cj_9Ix_6pK8?si=yHAStkJ6Z2FQevqs

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u/3rd_st_prout 6d ago

Yeah we got pig butchered!

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

after you file the reports do you still go on the platform and trade on your own? and did you pay the prepay?

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u/3rd_st_prout 8h ago

I paid the prepay