I met someone on facebook that introduced a crypto investment platform to me , everything seems fine I'm about to withdraw and it says I need to deposit 2800$ before I can withdraw my 70,000$ balance . I want to know if this is how crypto investments work of have I been scammed ?

Hi 10 days ago i sent 3 transactions simultaneously to changenow to exchange it to another curreny and one transaction to another called changelly .Changelly one got done in few minutes but changenow took a while and the status suddenly changed to "awaiting deposit" from "exchanging" .I contacted support and they told me the Risk management system stopped your exchange automatically and you have t...

It started with a friend romance connection that advanced into a “Beautiful Teacher” guiding me through how grow my money so we could be successful and financially happy together. The relationship and the person seemed real communicating online text and some video on the online serviceWhat started with a small amount of money in Crypto.com then moved over to an Onchain wallet investing in a USDC s...

Hi everyone,I’m sharing my story here not for sympathy, but in the hope that it will help prevent others from falling for the same scam.This was one of the most calculated and emotionally manipulative schemes I’ve ever experienced.📌 What happened:I met someone named “Emilia” on Tinder. Her location showed as Munich, Germany – which matched her story of being a frequent traveler.We moved to WhatsA...

Hello,just want to share this to let people know and be aware when interacting with defi dapps. I intracted with https://celeron.xyz/ - it was working fine for few months, withdrawing, harvesting, depositing, everything worked like a charm. Also liqudity was not bad there, socials were good. Only think i didnt check was contract which i will next time.It all started 2025/06/07 03:13:26....

I’m an HTX user (UID: 512192470) and my withdrawal has been frozen since Dec 2024—no reason, no explanation.I submitted:Wallet ownership proofID + signed noteFull history of ETH → USDT swapSource of funds declarationFinal escalation letterStill, HTX rejects everything and keeps sending me through the same form loop. They ask for source of funds on 2 of 3 ETH deposits, with no explanation why only...

Hi everyone.Youtube video with same text: Lucas, arbitrage expert, scam on telegramToday I want to share a very dangerous crypto scam I recently experienced — so you can avoid falling for it.This video is about a fake "Crypto Arbitrage Training Program" from someone calling himself "Lucas, arbitrage expert" 💸Scammers convince you to deposit your own crypto on exchanges and transfer coins bet...

Heads up – Avoid this guy: @jeanfutures (Jean Futures Trader) 🚨Just wanted to drop a quick warning for anyone dealing with Jean on Telegram — username @jeanfutures. He claims to be a crypto/futures trader who “shares profits” using his signals.Sounds legit? It’s not. Total scam.I personally followed his signals on Binance futures, thinking I’d make some profit — instead, every signal he gave led...

Hi 10 days ago i sent 3 transactions simultaneously to changenow to exchange it to another curreny and one transaction to another called changelly .Changelly one got done in few minutes but changenow took a while and the status suddenly changed to "awaiting deposit" from "exchanging" .I contacted support and they told me the Risk management system stopped your exchange automatically and you have t...

Hey everyone — I want to share my experience with a multi-layered scam that started as a romance scam, led to a fake crypto investment platform, and ended with scammers pretending to help me “recover” my money.🧠 How It Started — Romance ScamIn February 2025, I met a woman via the dating app Boo who introduced herself as “Amy” (real name possibly fake: Ameer...

Hey everyone, I’m freaking out right now. This morning I logged into my Ledger wallet to check my holdings and saw that almost all my ETH and USDT had been drained overnight. The transactions were confirmed directly from my Ledger, but I swear I never approved them. I bought my Ledger Nano X directly from Ledger in 2022. I’ve NEVER entered my recovery phrase anywhere online, and I keep...

I lost $5k on Squid Game Token — what’s your craziest rugpull story? Back in 2021, I aped into that infamous Squid Game Token without doing proper research. Price went parabolic, and then BOOM — devs pulled the liquidity and vanished. I was left holding worthless coins. Fast forward to 2025, and I still see the same thing happening with new memecoins launching daily. What’s the worst rugpull you...

My cousin almost wired $18k to a scammer using a deepfake of her boss 😳 Last week, my cousin’s company got hit with a scam where the attackers used a real-time AI deepfake voice and video of her boss on Zoom to request an urgent fund transfer. It looked and sounded exactly like him. Luckily, she double-checked before sending $18k to the “new vendor.” This scared the hell out of me. If they can...

My dad’s small business got hit with ransomware — $12k demand 😡 My dad runs a small accounting firm, nothing fancy, just 4 employees. Last week, all his files were encrypted by ransomware demanding $12k in Bitcoin. He didn’t have proper backups, and the attackers threatened to leak client data if he didn’t pay. It’s shocking because we thought ransomware was just a “big corporation” thing. Clea...

Hackers stole my banking details from a coffee shop WiFi — don’t make my mistake I was working at a café last week, connected to their free WiFi, and two days later my bank called about suspicious transactions. Turns out, someone had been running a man-in-the-middle attack and captured my login info. The bank refunded me, but if I had been using my crypto wallet or email, I’d probably have lost...