Warning about a dishonest bitcoin investor calls herself Alicia from Mexico

[jankro]

My Friend traded several times small amounts with said "investor" and all went without a hitch, but the latest trade worth 5K she did not pay up and just blocked all contacts attempts.
So Just as a warning to the community, be very aware of this Alicia from Mexico!!

My friend lost 5K including my 600€.

Jan/ Finland

[JeromeTash]

Why would you trust a stranger you barely know on the internet with your money. You might even find that the so-called Alicia is just some guy pretending to be a lady. I guess that should be a lesson to you and you friend.
You can open up a scam accusation in this board: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0

[RealMalatesta]

Telling you to open a scam accusation thread in this forum will not help you, neither will it even help anyone. People really needs to start making use of their senses.

You shouldn’t trust just anyone you see because know for sure that there are lots of scammers in the cryptocurrency community and when using cryptocurrency there is nothing like protection in place, you’re taking the risk for yourself and any money you send to someone who is a stranger, there is no way to get it back except they decide to send it back to you. So, stop trusting people and stop doing business with people you don’t know.

[logfiles]

You should learn to trade for yourself. Stop depending on random people to trade/invest for you. This is something which you can learn by yourself. There is a lot of learning material on the web.

Telling you to open a scam accusation thread in this forum will not help you, neither will it even help anyone. People really needs to start making use of their senses.

You may not be aware of it but it does help other people. I have witnessed a couple of people confess that the opened scam accusation threads of certain projects or scam tactics helped save them from getting ripped off after doing a small search on google.

Obviously OP won't get back his money, but he may save someone else.

[btc_angela]

My Friend traded several times small amounts with said "investor" and all went without a hitch, but the latest trade worth 5K she did not pay up and just blocked all contacts attempts.
So Just as a warning to the community, be very aware of this Alicia from Mexico!!

My friend lost 5K including my 600€.

Jan/ Finland

This is not new, actually, we have heard several horror story like that in the community specially at the height of crypto in 2017. I'm sorry for your loss, it's a big money and I do hope that you learn your lesson in crypto sphere not to trust anyone, except yourself. It could be just another fake name, maybe next time that "Alicia" will become "Bob". So let this be a warning to everyone.

[Anonylz]

My question is, did the transaction take place in this forum or out side the forum? If you are warning people at least give them something to look out for, except she/he is a member of this forum (that way the account can be tag by authorities) there is little anyone can do,
The person can easily change their identity and still do same to somebody else, you did not exactly provide any information that can be of help to others, (something that be use to track this person down if possible )  well i guess you and your friend has learned your lesson, do transaction with escrow if necessary and try to be more careful next time.

[xvids]

My Friend traded several times small amounts with said "investor" and all went without a hitch, but the latest trade worth 5K she did not pay up and just blocked all contacts attempts.
So Just as a warning to the community, be very aware of this Alicia from Mexico!!

My friend lost 5K including my 600€.

Jan/ Finland

There are so many trading site why would you even risk your money to a stranger?
This is what they usually do they would try to gain your trust by doing a small transaction and once your comfortable with them or fully trust them they would ask or you would go with a big transaction.

[BlackFor3st]

My Friend traded several times small amounts with said "investor" and all went without a hitch, but the latest trade worth 5K she did not pay up and just blocked all contacts attempts.
So Just as a warning to the community, be very aware of this Alicia from Mexico!!

My friend lost 5K including my 600€.

Jan/ Finland

You should transfer this thread to scam accusation board so it can alert the forum members. I can say that the scammer is using a unique technique or she just end up scamming the money because she was given the chance.

Don't ever trade a big amounts to users especially if there are no escrow as everyone can be tempt to run the money if they will be given the chance to do so. Your lapses in your side is that you send first without thinking how huge the amount is, small amount trades were just use by her to gain your trust.

[Janation]

You should not trust anyone unless you know them, that is one of the unspoken rules.

This is a common ploy in our country too but it is so used that people are used to it by now. People should really be careful when someone is contacting you for your money. You would not trade with these strangers unless there is a third person you hired to look over this transaction. In the past, there are a lot of them here in the forum, you could always ask them if you will be trading with someone you don't know or if you ever have a doubt with.

[Slow death]

I have no intention of spamming this thread because many members have already asked several important questions, I just want to add the following:

How your post help us? I'm not trying to offend you, that's not it. But think, all you posted was:

1 - Alicia from Mexico

2 - My friend lost 5K including my €600


you didn't say where your friend made trade

you didn't say when these trades were made

you didn't post print screen of the trade and the conversations with Alicia from mexico

you didn't say if this alicia from mexico Is member of the forum or not

[davis196]

The simple fact that your friend was trading big amounts with a "female" raises some reg flags.
Women aren't familiar with crypto trading and I've never seen a woman to trade cryptocurrencies.
Probably the scammer is just pretending to be a woman,because men would trust a woman more compared with dealing with another man.
However,it would be nice if you share more info about that scam.

[todiboa]

People lack awareness in investing and trading. This thread is another proof of my words. I believe that it is necessary to launch educational projects to educate people about trading and investing and protect them from such scammers. Such knowledge will help in order to minimize fraud

[FlightyPouch]

Any screenshots of the conversation? Any links that she might give you so we can be able to avoid it? Other information we can use or see so that we will be able to be another victim of this Alicia?

[Wexnident]

Probably give out more information regarding the transactions made and the wallets used to send the money. Plus, there's also the scheme of how she enticed you guys to invest as well as the proposals made to your friend. A lot more helpful in spreading awareness than just giving out a name that came from the internet which could, honestly, be easily changed.

Also, your friends fault ngl. There's no such thing as trust in the world. Especially if you're on the internet. Believing someone is not an excuse for when you get scammed and only having the awareness with regards to investments made towards "project managers" from the internet is the only way for you to escape the circle of being scammed.

[pakhitheboss]

My Friend traded several times small amounts with said "investor" and all went without a hitch, but the latest trade worth 5K she did not pay up and just blocked all contacts attempts.
So Just as a warning to the community, be very aware of this Alicia from Mexico!!

My friend lost 5K including my 600€.

Jan/ Finland

After scamming you and your friend do you think this individual will retain the same name and location. I doubt it is her real name. 

Why on earth did you believe a stranger to take control of your investment. Your loss is because you belived in a stranger, never trust a stranger and always invest by yourself.

[Baby Dragon]

My Friend traded several times small amounts with said "investor" and all went without a hitch, but the latest trade worth 5K she did not pay up and just blocked all contacts attempts.
So Just as a warning to the community, be very aware of this Alicia from Mexico!!

My friend lost 5K including my 600€.

Jan/ Finland

After scamming you and your friend do you think this individual will retain the same name and location. I doubt it is her real name.  

Why on earth did you believe a stranger to take control of your investment. Your loss is because you belived in a stranger, never trust a stranger and always invest by yourself.

Since someone has busted her system, she will surely seek for some other ways to deceive people who doesn't have enough understanding how they can protect their funds and assets from scammers. Do you really think that she will not grab that opportunity to deceive you? to exploit your funds and assets when you have given her a chance? The problem is some people don't analyze the outcomes of their actions that's why they end up losing then blaming everything when it's clear that they are the reason why they end up in that kind of situation. What is your basis on trusting someone? can't you see that making you trust her is her approach? This is the reason why investors should be cautious to avoid being on a similar situation because one mistake can have a huge impact on your funds.

[Lucius]

This is unfortunately a classic scam that has been around for a long time and is only adjusting to the current time. Scammers search for users over social networks and then refer them to their attractively-made websites promising great profits in short periods of time. If the user starts with small payments, fraudsters usually pay small profits to lure the user into a larger payment, after which everything ends up as described by the OP.

Of course, fraudsters use fake names, and female names when they cheat on men - so it would be wise to report this whole case to the police, this is not a small amount of money that just needs to be forgotten.

[puertorikosena]

Personally, I do not understand how to transfer money to a stranger from the Internet. But to be honest, sometimes scammers come up with such complex and believable schemes that sometimes even experienced users fall for their tricks. Nevertheless, one must always be careful and in any situation in which you are asked for money, you need to think already.