I felt completely numb
I felt completely numb. I met someone on Telegram who promised to teach me liquidity pool mining. The scammer even sent me 6.35 USDT with which I registered and deposited into this website, showed me how to trade, and I made some profit and even withdrew 15.06 USDT. The scammer then advised that I invest more so I can get greater rewards. So I took out a second mortgage for $86,779 and deposited it, followed all the instructions and was able to take my balance to $209,017. I was so excited, so I decided to withdraw $186,394, but was told the amount is too large, I would need to pay a 7% tax clearance ($13,047). I quickly took another loan and paid it since I was sure withdrawal was possible because I had withdrawn in the past.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 26% risk control deposit, 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 Kraken P2P. The scammers' bank info was obtained, and he was caught, and the USDT reversed.