YouTube star Jimmy “MrBeast” has claimed that he’s keen to supply $100,000 for any data that will result in the arrest of the people who had participated in an elaborate rip-off towards entrepreneur Erik Bergman, recognized to be the founding father of Nice.com, a on line casino affiliate web site that donates all of its earnings to charity.

After Erik Bergman revealed how he had been deceived by the scammers in a prolonged X put up, MrBeast replied:

“Anybody who offers us data that results in an arrest I’ll reward you with $100,000.”

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Erik Bergman reveals how he misplaced $1.25 million to scammers posing as streamers affiliated with MrBeast’s TeamWater undertaking

MrBeast’s TeamWater has made headlines since its launch on August 1, 2025, aiming to boost $40 million to assist these disadvantaged of dependable entry to scrub ingesting water. MrBeast has sought and located help from philanthropists, fellow content material creators, and even organizations.

Erik Bergman had beforehand donated a hefty sum of $1 million, with MrBeast having introduced the donation throughout an X put up on the time. Nonetheless, as detailed by Bergman in his X put up, he was messaged by TeamWater on WhatsApp on his private cellphone quantity every week after his unique donation.

Bergman was then invited by the scammers, alongside these they claimed had been different high donors, for a visit to Africa to bear witness to the wells being constructed. Finally, inside the group chat of the “streamers” poised to go for the journey, the scammer posing as MrBeast introduced that he had signed a cope with a cryptocurrency change platform for their very own cryptocurrency coin.

Being deceived by the scammers posing as different streamers, corresponding to Adin Ross, inside the group chat, Erik Bergman ended up giving the scammers $500,000 and subsequently $750,000 in cryptocurrency kind for a complete $1.25 million. Within the X put up, he wrote:

“For the primary time in these 72 hours I really cease to correctly assume. And I see some particulars which can be off. I do know one of many @adinross is American, however his cellphone quantity is British, why is that? For the primary time since this chat began, I name Jimmy simply to substantiate all the pieces. And he says ‘What are you speaking about?’ And that is a punch to my abdomen. I say “Please say that you’re f**king kidding me?!’ and I ship him a print display of the chat. He appears to be like at is and says: ‘Wow, I do not know what to say… please inform me you did not ship them any cash…’ And I reply ‘1.25 million…’ The realisation sinks in. Oh f**okay… The primary cellphone name from a number of weeks in the past was Jimmy. The actual Jimmy. The fundraiser for clear water was Jimmy. The actual Jimmy. However the particular person reaching out from his workforce, wasn’t from his workforce. It was a scammer.

Realizing how elaborate the ploy was, Bergman wrote:

The Jimmy within the chat, wasn’t Jimmy. It was a scammer. It was all very skilfully orchestrated. All of the individuals within the chat had been pretend. All of the banter was pretend. The journey to Africa was pretend. I really feel the disgrace inside me. The remorse. The disappointment. The anger. I have been fooled.”

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