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It didn’t start with greed. It started with trust.
Jerry and Mindy Dunaway weren’t chasing quick money. They were cautious, retired, and sensible—careful with their $800,000 nest egg built over a lifetime of hard work.
Then Jerry’s phone buzzed with a simple WhatsApp message:
“Hey, I can help you learn crypto trading.”
No urgency. No pressure. Just a friendly offer in a world where cryptocurrency investing feels like the future. Jerry was curious. Why not learn something new?
He didn’t know that tapping ‘reply’ was the first step toward losing everything.
This wasn’t your usual Bitcoin scam or spam email promising riches overnight. It was the perfect con: an AI-powered crypto investment scam built by pros who prey on trust, not greed.
The stranger coached Jerry slowly, carefully. Small trades at first. Modest returns. Real cash withdrawals. Jerry gained confidence. It all seemed legit.
Except it wasn’t.
Behind the scenes, scammers used advanced AI tools to create a "ghost version" of a real crypto trading app—a custom-built fake site that only Jerry could see. The balances? Fake. The profits? Fake. The growth? Illusion.
For months, Jerry poured money into this trap. When he finally tried to cash out for real, the nightmare unfolded: $800,000 gone without a trace.
“I bought into it—hook, line, and sinker,” Jerry said, his voice breaking.
Here’s the terrifying part: Jerry was using a real, legitimate crypto app—but what he saw on his screen wasn’t real. Gwinnett County police confirmed the hackers had layered a fake AI-generated interface over the real app, designed to deceive him alone.
“What I was seeing on CryptoWallet wasn’t even there,” Jerry said. “It was fake. All of it.”
This is the new face of cryptocurrency fraud—invisible, personalized, almost impossible to detect.
Today, Jerry and Mindy face retirement with nothing but shock and loss. Their children have started a GoFundMe. Their golden years are gone.
Still, they chose to share their painful story. Because you could be next.
“These people are very good at what they do,” Mindy warns. “They’ll use apps. AI. Crypto. Whatever it takes. Don’t trust anything you can’t verify yourself.”
✅ Never trust unsolicited investment advice—even if it sounds helpful and friendly.
✅ Independently verify crypto platforms before investing, no matter how real they seem.
✅ Be cautious of small ‘test’ withdrawals. Scammers use these to make you trust the system before the big steal.
✅ If it feels too smooth, stop and question. Real investments are rarely perfect.
One Chat. One App. One Life Savings—Gone.
Jerry and Mindy are living proof: crypto scams in 2025 are not amateur hour. They are smart, convincing, AI-driven traps designed to fool anyone, even the careful ones.
“We have to pick up the pieces and move forward,” Jerry says. But the real warning is for us all:
If it can happen to them, it can happen to you.
✔️ Stick to regulated platforms.
✔️ Ignore unsolicited investment offers.
✔️ Double-check app authenticity.
✔️ Ask a trusted financial expert before investing.
