My heart sank to my stomach
My heart sank to my stomach. I met someone on a language exchange app who promised to teach me DeFi node operation. The scammer even sent me 19.78 ETH with which I registered and deposited into this website, showed me how to trade, and I made some profit and even withdrew 50.97 ETH. The scammer then advised that I invest more so I can get greater rewards. So I took out a massive credit card cash advance for $663,843 and deposited it, followed all the instructions and was able to take my balance to $3,533,236. I was so excited, so I decided to withdraw $3,080,645, but was told the amount is too large, I would need to pay a 9% processing fee ($277,258). I quickly took another loan and paid it since I was sure withdrawal was possible because I had withdrawn in the past.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% security audit 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 crypto recovery specialist (Fiscop Advisor Inc.), who started tracing the movements of the ETH until it was sold on Huobi P2P market. The scammers' bank info was obtained, and he was caught, and the ETH reversed.