Missions / HUNT 04

The Lonely Investor

A synthetic victim reports a months-long investment relationship built entirely through messaging apps. The relationship, the platform and the returns are fictional constructs of this exercise.

TERM IIINTERMEDIATE14 days6 days 04 hours remainingACTIVE

Target / incident

Simulated romance-investment fraud with AI-assisted persona maintenance across three languages.

Known facts

· Victim persona transferred funds in seven simulated tranches over 11 weeks.
· Counterparty voice notes show inconsistent room acoustics.
· Two synthetic wallet clusters share a training-range cash-out endpoint.
· Three profile photographs appear in an Academy-controlled synthetic image set.

Unknown variables

· Whether one operator or a shift-based team maintained the persona.
· Whether the language switching is human translation or model-assisted.
· Which cluster controls the cash-out endpoint.

Evidence locker

Evidence Lab →

E-014 Message export — persona 'A. Rein'VERIFIED
E-017 Synthetic wallet flow diagramVERIFIED
E-019 Voice note fragmentUNVERIFIED
E-021 Screenshot of returns dashboardDISPUTED

Network graph

Synthetic graph · Academy range

Entity inspector

Select an entity to inspect its relationships and edge confidence. Dashed edges are low confidence — they are leads, not findings.

CARTOGRAPHER note: two clusters now share one registrar artifact. Bridge confidence is moderate and a human must sign the assessment.

Mission clock

6 days 04 hours remaining

The clock is pressure, not a scoring device. Rushing evidence costs more than missing the deadline.

Objectives

■Write three competing hypotheses
■Preserve all artifacts with provenance
□Map the persona-to-wallet network
□Resolve the two contradictory signals ARGUS flagged
□Draft a referral package with confidence language

AI war room

CONTROL
A new witness statement has arrived from the simulated bank fraud desk.
ARGUS
Your primary hypothesis explains 63% of available evidence.
CHAIN
E-019 cannot support attribution until provenance is recorded.

Team chat — HUNTER CELL 04-B

R. OKAFOR · Evidence Custodian
I will not sign the referral while E-019 has no source.
S. VANCE · Cartographer
Two clusters bridge through one artifact. That is thin.
JORDAN ELLIS · Lead Investigator (rotating)
Agreed. Reframing the primary hypothesis before the debrief.

Legal status

Training range only. Discovery in this exercise grants no authority to access, disrupt or contact anything outside the Academy environment.

Discovery is not authorization.

Debrief

Every mission closes with a debrief: what you believed, when you believed it, what changed your mind, and what you would have preserved differently.