I am writing this so that you do not suffer like idiots like me.
start
As always, it starts with random chat.
What is unique is that the woman (who may or may not be a woman) does not initiate the conversation;
Among the men I talk to, I choose someone with coin assets because they are interested in tech, stocks, coins, etc. and continue the conversation.
Then, naturally, I fell into KakaoTalk.
KakaoTalk
We continued our conversation on KakaoTalk, and he spoke so naturally and with great affection. As someone who lacks affection or is lonely, I fall into this.
Here, I felt two strong feelings. The first is that all KakaoTalk profiles were created 3 days ago, and that this person is a person whose Kakao Pay identity has not been verified.
He continues the conversation by saying, “I probably wouldn’t be here even if I knew this.” From here, the defeat began. this was very important
process
He slowly tells us what he does and how he makes money. He says he is a person who previously worked as a PB at a securities company and is an individual investor who works as a day trainer for the company.
Their main stock is coin options, and they do not use futures because they are risky, and they only hold US stocks as long-term investments. All of these explanations are groundwork and traps.
work
From now on, the work begins. He persuades me to do his coin option together. They say that all of these apps are officially listed on the Apple App Store and are safe.
Here, I sensed that it was clearly a scam and foolishly asked if this was a scam. But what kind of fraudster would say that he is cheating?
Like that, Bitget (this is an official exchange, but Upbit is a scam site, so you can’t withdraw money directly, so it’s a site you go to). Trade-Pro (Trade-pro is an official app that is proudly displayed in the App Store even if you check it now. Here, you foolishly make the mistake of thinking that it is not a scam because it is in the App Store.) You will install everything.
Task 2
From now on, Tether will be transferred from Upbit to BitGet, and then from BitGet to Trade-Pro. In the photo above, I tightened the tether about 800. In order to prevent such fraud, Upbit blocks direct withdrawals to such strange exchanges. Of course.
After that the real work begins.
faith
It gives you all kinds of faith. Do you want to meet on Sunday for a date? Rather than meet in Yeouido, go see a movie? What are you going to do for Christmas? Talk like a lover and ask for gift options together. We trade while having daily conversations like this for about two weeks.
Because the profile picture is pretty, you end up believing it even if you don’t want to. It’s a romance scam. As expected, the fact that there is no way a pretty girl likes me is becoming increasingly vague.
Strangely, if you follow the put call option he talks about (that scam site has 60 and 90 second put call options), you will make money.
Here, my 800 tether increases to 1200 tether. In his own words, he convinces people that he studied charts very hard and that he can see option angles when he looks at the 1-minute bar chart.
fraud
After showing them that they are making money, they say that they will make additional deposits and make more money. Here I said I would not deposit any more money because I thought this was such a scam.
Before that, I continuously checked twice to see if withdrawals could be made from Trade-Pro to BitGet. That is the deposit/withdrawal record in the photo. So, I believe that it will always be withdrawn.
end of fraud
One day, the KakaoTalk exchange we exchanged every day suddenly lost contact. There is no KakaoTalk for more than 4 to 6 hours, saying that they will come back after eating or sleeping. moment
I waited for about 2 hours. But it was so bad that I couldn’t contact him for over 6 hours. So, I tried to request a withdrawal from Trade-Pro to Bitget.
Conclusion of withdrawal suspension
That’s right. Along with the romance scammer’s dive, my account was suspended for withdrawals and withdrawals were pending for over 12 hours.
Of course, this money will not be withdrawn.
Concluding the article
There are so many scams in the world and some people ask why they fall for them. However, the reality is that if a fraudster tries to scam you, you have no choice but to fall victim again.
So, after reading this article, I am writing with the hope that you will not get scammed like I did by that site and this method.
That’s right, I’m an asshole.
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