The scammers may even ask their prey to first open a demo account to "practice". When a victim withdraws funds, they are they told to pay a tax. Many victims, who likely only opened broker accounts for the first time, don't realize that only a government can collect taxes, not a broker. Also, victims can be told there is suspicious / money laundering activity detected on their account so a fee must be paid. The scammers will just keep on asking a victim to pay and pay, with many victims even forced to take out loans. In the end scammers will just block the victim and walk away.
Virtual Dealer Plug-in
Virtual Dealer Plug-in is a third-party software designed for use with MetaTrader. Its sole apparent purpose really is to manipulate actual market prices, delaying signals and even making fake account profits, losses and account balances. After trading has concluded, scammers can even go back into the charts and graphs in MetaTrader and change the prices. If a victim tries to go back and compare real market data to the MetaTrader charts, they will always match. This is because the charts, graphs, candlesticks, prices, etc. were changed inside MetaTrader using Virtual Dealer after the fact. Scammers may even tell the victim to look at their MetaTrader account statement and compare it to real market data, which makes gathering evidence difficult.