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All information supplied is what I thought was truth but clearly could be false. I “met” “Andrew” (Andrea) Garcia on the Christian dating app Upward on 9/8/22. Ph # 917-905-3138 (now disconnected). Telegram username: @A_ww0816 – he erased all our messages on 10/26 after final payment). From Italy. Been in US since 2013: San Francisco then Brooklyn and now in Wesley Heights in Charlotte, NC. Parents alive; has 4-year-younger sister. Bday 7/18/86. Went to Berkley with degrees in finance and an MBA. Sr Data analyst: market research trial data and financial data analysis. He also recommended Chase bank because that’s what he uses. After developing a “relationship” over a few weeks, I started making deposits on 9/22 into Crypto.com then transferring them to DefiWallet through the browser www.daytradingwallet.com which comes up under the site MetaMask. On 9/25, I withdrew my first (and only) small profit of <$400. Subsequently in using the daytradingwallet site, I approved (with Andrew’s permission) a couple pop-ups. The daytradingwallet site in early October now read www.protradingtv.com. On 10/12, the site changed to: www.wdcrhlb.xyz. On 10/19, in attempting to withdraw profits, I received this message saying my requested withdrawal of funds was frozen: “Hello, dear customers, in accordance with the IRS regulations on short-term investment income tax for individuals in the United States, in order to ensure that you receive the funds smoothly, you need to prepay 25% of the total account tax within 7 working days. Your current account The Total profit is 174,944.75 USDT, and the tax amount is US$ 43,736. After the pre-paid tax is completed, it is convenient for you to withdraw cash. Please pay the tax in time. After the tax payment is successful, our exchange will send you an email with the IRS tax payment details W2. Thank you for your cooperation!” I inquired to Customer Service about just using the profits to pay the tax, and received this message: “Hello, you cannot use the account balance to pay your prepaid tax. Please complete the tax payment within the specified time. If you maliciously evade tax and pay insufficient tax, you will be subject to the corresponding provisions according to Section 7201 of Title 26 of the United States Code. Penalties, up to 5 years in Prison; fines of up to $250,000 (for individuals) or $500,000 (for organizations) for offenders; or both, and court costs, please be aware.” Upon request, I was then given an “exclusive BTC prepaid tax address." I was going to scrap together funds, and Andrew was going to lend me $20K. I submitted my “payment” of $27,855.98 on 10/26 to the exclusive tax address. When I contacted customer service to confirm the transaction, I noticed the daytradingwallet site again changed and was now www.ntyhwsz.xyz. As soon as I messaged Andrew a transaction completed screenshot and could he please submit his part, all our Telegram messages disappeared. His phone number was also disconnected. DeFiWallet’s customer service wouldn’t respond. I contacted Crypto.com customer service who said I was scammed. Currently, my DeFiWallet says I have $376,834.11 USDT in it, of which none is accessible and probably not real profits as Crypto.com customer service told me. In total, including personal loans, fees, cash advance, etc, I lost at least $238,933.50 plus what will be about $27,000 in IRS Taxes since I took out retirement money early including the penalty fee of 10% and taxes on “income.”