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The Fattening
It was time to show the victim how much money he could make.
In early June, Violaine guided him through the process of using the $1,500 in his Fuex account to buy and sell on FX6. She made it seem exciting, like watching a horse race. She told him to open the app at a certain time and wait for her instructions.
He ended up investing another $15,000.
She pressured him to call his bank and increase his transfer limit, which was set at $25,000.
They went back and forth on this issue, then she sent him a photo of herself saying she’d finished putting on her makeup. Sometimes when they argued or if he seemed suspicious, she would distract him with flirtatious chatter.
The victim tried to make a small withdrawal, $100, to test the platform. He was told the request would take a few days to process. It did and he received the money.
Red Flags
There were warning signs along the way.
The victim’s bank advised him against making the transfers, and bank staff warned him that they saw the hallmarks of a scam. But he trusted Violaine, who told him exactly what to tell the bank to get them to carry out his requests.
There was also reason to doubt that Violaine was real. At times her messages resembled content that had been lifted off the internet or generative-AI platforms.
Some contained pieces of code, such as “ ,” suggesting text had been carelessly copied and pasted. Some just seemed like they weren’t written by an actual person, reading like detailed lists of obscure facts.
He brushed off the strangeness of her texts because English was her second language.
But the victim was immersed in what seemed to him like a strange and beautiful turn in his life.
