A sickening feeling of dread hit me
A sickening feeling of dread hit me. I met someone on LinkedIn who promised to teach me smart contract staking. The scammer even sent me 14.31 USDC with which I registered and deposited into this website, showed me how to trade, and I made some profit and even withdrew 36.5 USDC. The scammer then advised that I invest more so I can get greater rewards. So I took out money borrowed from family for $336,468 and deposited it, followed all the instructions and was able to take my balance to $2,680,826. I was so excited, so I decided to withdraw $2,264,604, but was told the amount is too large, I would need to pay a 16% gas fee deposit ($362,336). I quickly took another loan and paid it since I was sure withdrawal was possible because I had withdrawn in the past.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 28% 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 private intel firm (fiscop advisor), who started tracing the movements of the USDC until it was sold on Kraken P2P. The scammers' bank info was obtained, and he was caught, and the USDC reversed.