A scammer may use a variety of methods to establish a relationship (either social, romantic, or business focus), and then gain the victim’s confidence and gradually introduce the victim to a fraudulent investment opportunity. In most cases, Scammers will approach victims through social media or dating apps, ask to take the conversation offline (e.g., WhatsApp, WeChat), and then communicate regularly with the victim to establish the relationship. Once Scammer has the victim’s trust, Scammer will then propose an investment opportunity related to crypto assets. The scammer will offer to train the victim to set up an account on an exchange to purchase crypto assets, and then provide a website or wallet address for the victim to transfer funds in order to participate in the investment opportunity. The fraudulent platform investment opportunity is often designed to appear legitimate and often produces artificial gains to keep the victim engaged in the platform and possibly deposit more funds. However, the victim is never able to withdraw their funds from the site and may be asked to transfer even more funds before anything can be withdrawn through a variety of excuses (e.g., service fees, IRS taxes, etc.).