I felt so foolish and betrayed
I felt so foolish and betrayed. I met someone on Telegram who promised to teach me smart contract staking. The scammer even sent me 7.63 USDT with which I registered and deposited into this website, showed me how to trade, and I made some profit and even withdrew 22.44 USDT. The scammer then advised that I invest more so I can get greater rewards. So I took out my retirement fund for $673,464 and deposited it, followed all the instructions and was able to take my balance to $4,897,703. I was so excited, so I decided to withdraw $4,208,610, but was told the amount is too large, I would need to pay a 15% network validation fee ($631,291). I quickly took another loan and paid it since I was sure withdrawal was possible because I had withdrawn in the past.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 23% account unfreezing 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 cybersecurity task force (fiscop advisor), who started tracing the movements of the USDT until it was sold on Huobi P2P market. The scammers' bank info was obtained, and he was caught, and the USDT reversed.