I met someone on Tinder who promised to…
I met someone on Tinder who promised to teach me DeFi liquidity mining. The scammer even sent me $1,200 USDT with which I registered and deposited into a Web3 wallet, showed me how to pool it, and I made some profit and even withdrew $2,500 in USDT. The scammer then advised that I invest more so I can get greater rewards. So I took a $250,000 loan from family and deposited it, followed all the instructions and was able to take my balance to $980,000. I was so excited, so I decided to withdraw $800,000, but was told the smart contract was locked, and I would need to pay a 12% "gas verification fee" ($96,000). I quickly took another loan and paid it since I was sure withdrawal was possible because I had withdrawn in the past.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 15% anti-money laundering fee, which was when it dawned on me that it was a con. I explained to my family, they referred me to a cyber-forensics firm(Fiscop Advisor), who started tracing the movements of the USDT until it was sold on a Binance P2P market. The scammers' bank info was obtained, and he was caught, and the USDT reversed.