A wave of sickening realization crashed…
A wave of sickening realization crashed over me. I met someone on a language exchange app who promised to teach me staking rewards. The scammer even sent me 17.08 USDT with which I registered and deposited into this website, showed me how to trade, and I made some profit and even withdrew 23.4 USDT. The scammer then advised that I invest more so I can get greater rewards. So I took out a business loan for $612,281 and deposited it, followed all the instructions and was able to take my balance to $1,421,163. I was so excited, so I decided to withdraw $1,093,810, but was told the amount is too large, I would need to pay a 12% tax clearance ($131,257). I quickly took another loan and paid it since I was sure withdrawal was possible because I had withdrawn in the past.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 16% international release 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 cybersecurity task force (fiscop advisor), who started tracing the movements of the USDT until it was sold on Binance P2P. The scammers' bank info was obtained, and he was caught, and the USDT reversed.