MAFS alum Mishel Karen has opened up about being conned out of over $70,000 on a financial trading scam.
The mum of two, and OnlyFans star, told Daily Mail Australia that she was wooed by a fake romance, and handed over $77,000 dollars. Furthermore, she encouraged family members to invest their money too, totalling the loss up to $150,000.
Mishel read fake reviews about a financial trading company, and when she contacted the ‘business’ directly she was encouraged to invest her money.
“‘It was a scam story that wasn’t real,” she told Daily Mail Australia.
“I read the article… but it was a fake story and I didn’t realise.”
Mishel grew suspicious after a few months went by and she hadn’t received any returns. However, when she contacted the company she was reassured by a financial broker named ‘Charles’ who began to woo her.
“They must’ve known who I was, because all of a sudden they gave me a financial broker that became a love interest,” she said.
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“He started wooing me with chocolates and flowers.”
“It just turned into a romance and he was getting more and more money out of me,” she added.
The company reportedly doctored documents to make it look as though Mishel’s profits were soaring. She then encouraged her cousin and parent to invest in the company, who poured in a total of an additional $95,000.
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