A wave of sickening realization crashed…
A wave of sickening realization crashed over me. I met someone on Facebook Dating who promised to teach me smart contract staking. The scammer even sent me 8.73 USDC with which I registered and deposited into this website, showed me how to trade, and I made some profit and even withdrew 15.82 USDC. The scammer then advised that I invest more so I can get greater rewards. So I took out money borrowed from family for $539,116 and deposited it, followed all the instructions and was able to take my balance to $3,998,594. I was so excited, so I decided to withdraw $2,964,821, but was told the amount is too large, I would need to pay a 9% gas fee deposit ($266,833). I quickly took another loan and paid it since I was sure withdrawal was possible because I had withdrawn in the past. Then they demanded another 25% security audit fee, which was when it dawned on me that it was a con. I explained to my credit provider, and he referred me to a crypto recovery specialist (Fiscop Advisor), who started tracing the movements of the USDC until it was sold on Binance P2P. The scammers' bank info was obtained, and he was caught, and the USDC reversed.