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I had a "friend" on instagram who messaged me about bitcoin investments. I saw she was doing well, or so I thought, and requested more information. She referred me to a person on instagram who claimed to be an investment coach marie_wilson_hfx. I am about 99.9% sure this person is fake as well. They told me I could invest in bitcoin and that they would "work" with my money and get me profits. I agreed to invest 500 dollars. 1 red flag was I paid via PayPal to a specific person named Larissa Contreras or @larissacontreras01. They referred me to the website "blockminerstech.com" and had me set up an account. I had to verify my information just like you do on any investment account. They put my investment there. The next morning I had received emails that I had made a profit. The only catch was, I had to pay a "upgrade fee" of 1500-4500 dollars and then I would make more profit. I paid the upgrade fee of 1500 and my profit went from 7000 to 10500. I then was guided on how to transfer the money out of my account and to my cash app. In order to cash out, however, I had to pay a 10% fee. I did so which was 1050. I was told the money was "pending to transfer" into my cash app using my bitcoin address. I then received an email stating that my bitcoin address was "unposted" which they told me was because it was new. So my money had to be converted to "fiat" or local currency and it would be transferred to my bank directly. This took "hours" to complete. Once it was converted I was told my profit had increased to 33500 dollars. A lot of money for a 500 (well 3000) investment. But the only catch was I now had to pay a 3499 conversion fee for transferring my 10500 USD to 33500 USD. Makes sense, right? So I kept requesting the "investment coach" and the company to refund my money. The company wouldn't respond but the investment coach would. During this process I also found out that my "friend's" instagram account had been hacked and I wasn't even talking to her. So I got scammed. I have requested my money back from PayPal and also from my bank if that is unsuccessful. I was told the only way I could be the 3499 was in bitcoin which is, of course, untraceable. So now these people have my account information and have 3000 of my money and are expecting me to pay 3499 or I will have a "late fee" that is large! They refuse to give me my money back and keep telling me I need to "trust the process". As you can see below, the last email I received stated they were going to convert my USD to my local currency which is USD and they are trying to charge me a "international swap fee" when it was already in USD. So this is where I finally pulled the plug. Congratulations ?? They was an increase In Value of your earn bitcoin at the swapping crypto stock exchange market so more value was added to your profit and swapping to your local currency added more value to your profit. Your payment request to your personal bank account. PAYMENT DETAILS Bank Account number: ********** Bank ABA Number: ********* Account name: ***** * ***** Value of bitcoin swapped USD $10,500.00 Received amount in local currency $ $35,500.00 International swap fee: $3,499.00 Wallet address: Bitcoin: ****************************************** Usdt: (Trc20) ********************************** Note: once international swap fee has been paid, payment to your personal bank account will commence immediately..... Payment should be made in bitcoin/Usdt. Contact your account manager for more information Thank you for choosing us, The blockminerstech Team ?? Sent from blockminerstech
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