SILD – WhatsApp Chat (Fraudulent Platform)

A California resident reports discovering a crypto asset investment group online led by a professor, Robert. Allegedly people were making revenue of 20 to 30% from their investments. Robert created a trading platform, SILD, where the entire group would trade together. The professor’s assistant, Angelina, showed the victim how to open an account on the SILD platform at sildgroup.co and make trades. The victim put in some money and began trading.

Then, Robert then created a more exclusive trading platform where people could invest $50,000 to $3 million. The victim was told that they couldn’t participate in the new group because they didn’t have enough money. Angelina then reached out to the victim via WhatsApp, and told them their investment had tripled in two weeks, and encouraged them to try to join the new group. When the victim said they had $50,000 in the bank, Angelina said all the $50,000 slots were taken, but they could still join if they put in $100,000. Angelina said that the victim should try to get as much money as possible and she would kick in the rest to get to $100,000. The victim went to their bank to liquidate a CD worth $50,000, but the bank wouldn’t allow the transfer, because the platform appeared to be suspicious. So, the victim sent the funds directly to Angela and later sent $25,000 to Angelina’s crypto wallet. The website is no longer operational. All told, the victim invested more than $85,000 and has not been able to recover any of their money.