NEDBANK ***** Department does not care about you

I, ******x, Identity Number ************, would like to open a case of *****. I would like the matter to be investigated by the highest authorities, because it is an on going *****. Please report this to the cyber crime division urgently. I was added to a group on the app called Telegram. The group name is OVEX-Finance Company and it is run by Karin Risi, with her photo displayed prominently. She is in fact a high profile businesswoman in America, so it is possible her identity is being used. I was told that if I invested R 5 000-00 I would receive a return within a week. I duly had to register with digitaltradeconnects.com where my wallet was shown. I paid the money, R 5 300-00, to a MR M M NAPO who is with Capitec Bank, Account Number *** This payment was made on 2024/03/04 They wanted to verify my ID, but when I only had an Identity Book and not an Identity Card, they said I had to pay R 10 000-00 to be verified. This payment was made on 2024/03/05 A few days later I was told that my account had to be upgraded because my profits were too high, and they wanted R 35 000-00 to upgrade my account This payment was made on 2024/03/11 My account was upgraded, so I tried to do a withdrawal of $ 5000-00 The system then asked for a withdrawal pin. Which I knew nothing about. I then e-mailed their support address at *** and received the following reply : Hello investor Eric They were about to send your payment of $5,000 now to your Bank account and noticed that you need to pay the withdrawal pin fee due to the rise of cryptocurrency, before we can send from our blockchain wallet to your bank account. A fee of withdrawal pin in the context of cryptocurrencies is a secret number that allows us to send USDT/bitcoins directly to our investors. The private key is what makes our investors happy. Immediately after this, you will receive your benefit. Your withdrawal PIN fee will cost you 41,650 Rands. Note that the 41,650 Rands will be added to your winnings and that will make you receive a total profit of 815,900 Rands. Thank you for trusting us with your investment. Best regards, Support Team DigitalTradeConnects... Please try and stop them because the group on Telegram has over 600 members, although the group has gone quiet. I am still in contact with the team leader, LEADER-KARIN_RISI, but I don’t know for how long I can keep her interested.

I opened a case of ***** with the police, and also opened a case of ***** with NEDBANK, more than THREE MONTHS ago

I have sent numerous follow up e-mails to the NEDBANK ***** DEPARTMENT, without the courtesy of a reply

Yes I should not have fallen for this ****, but I honestly thought that if I paid the money and then reported it to the authorities, that something would be done and the **** stopped. I foolishly thought that I could make a difference

There are TEN of these ****s currently running on TELEGRAM. They have been running for the last three months, under various names of Financial Institutions, which I honestly thought I could stop by reporting my case