Here's the skinny on…
Here's the skinny on bitfxcoinmarkets.com. I spend $210 to learn this.
You will be contacted by a Facebook profile with a pretty face.
She will sell you the idea of investing in bitcoin trading, saying it is lucrative, the hottest thing now, etc. Maybe use some fake news articles. Depending on how easy a pushover you are. And he/she will put you on to a WhatsApp number. Number is USA (+1 prefix) and with a typical white upper middle class suburban family man name. Docherty Barnes. Or Dave Emplit or something. But it's WhatsApp so he could be anywhere. Right?
He will start you off by explaining how the trade system works. It is a proven system. Many people are benefitting, etc.
The promise is a 10x return on any investment within a week'' time you make with a minimum of $200.
Example:
Invest $200 to get $2000 in 7 days time
Invest $300 to get $2000 in 7 days time
Invest $500 to get $5000 in 7 days time
Invest $1000 to get $10000 in 7 days time
Invest $5000 to get $50000 in 7 days time
They actually spell it out to you like this on WhatsApp.
Then, they guide you to signing up to Bitcoin.com wallet
and their website.
And then you will invest starting with $210 ($10 for transfer fees, he said)
And they do a verification where you give your address and your identity doc. Beware identity theft. But what are they gonna do with an NZ driver's license! LOL BEWARE DO NOT GIVE YOUR PASSPORT. Believe that they will squeeze every cent out of everything they get from you.
Anyway, when he said his name is Docherty Barnes, from USA, but called me "sir", I know something was off. But I wanted to believe. What do I lose? $200? Fk it. But if this is real then wow right?
But then the best part. Their website dashboard, with the graph and all, is actually a really well designed fake. The whole thing is like a movie. With the investment, profit, bonus and total balance showing up. And it refreshes every time. It keeps increasing automatically. There is no actual trading happening. It's just the site. It's playing out like this. And wow, you're like, how the hell! You see the ticker of currencies on top. You see the graph. There's some buttons and toggles here and there. And your profit and balance keeps increasing every time to login. You're up to $3500 or something ridiculous. From a $210 investment! Are you kidding?
The believer in you thinks, wow this can help so many people! I can solve so many problems! Wow, these guys must have a killer trading system. How the hell are they doing it! All that.
And then they hit you.
The account locks up and you get a message stating that you got too much returns for the plan that you are in. $200 is the mud plan or whatever. And if you want to continue, you need to upgrade to the silver or gold. Silver costs $500 to upgrade. Gold costs $600 to upgrade. Everything will be on gold till you upgrade and you have 24 hours to pay to avoid the account being deactivated (meaning you lose the $3500? nah! That was never yours. That was just a number on the website, not actual earnings! Kapish? So you lose the $210. Fk it!
I said, I will withdraw first, then I will reinvest. The WhatsApp guy, Docherty Barnes, whom I shall call "Doba from Uganda/Nigeria" (call it a wild guess), said that's not possible. Okay atleast do bronze pack. I didn't even bother asking what that cost. Cos' this goose was cooked.
And another layer of interesting scamming, which I thought is the kicker. For about 2-3 days hours after the account locked up and I am arguing with DoBa, I search for "bitcoin trading" or "how do I sell my bitcoin" in Google, I see a couple of fake news ads. About a locally well known millionaire or billionaire who is making a killing in bitcoin using bitcoin trading. They are probably running these ads for a few hours, before Google identifies and suspends their account. But in that time, if they can convince you that this might be real still, then that's one way of getting believers back.
But nah. This was a movie. A thriller. But I saw the ending and I got bored.
There's my $210's worth.
Let's hope the remaining crypto I bought and still lying in my wallet goes from $50 to $50,000 in a few years. Until then, I am sticking to the scenic route, get what I mean? Slow and steady wins the race.
Cheers all! Hope this helps!
Love and light!
Sam