According to ZachXBT’s post on the X platform, the British scammer @ape_31 (also using the @60711 account) has deceived more than 250 X users in the past year by posting fake Bybit demo account profit screenshots, stealing more than $650,000 in total. The scammer operated a news account to attract victims to pay fees and blocked them after receiving the money.
ZachXBT detailed that Ape 31 induced victims to pay fees ranging from $250 to $500 by showing fake transaction screenshots and promising to provide copy trading, and further required large amounts of funds for so-called "fund management", and then used fake profit screenshots to extort more funds. Cases of multiple victims show that Ape 31 will quickly block victims after defrauding funds.