I felt so foolish and betrayed
I felt so foolish and betrayed. I met someone on Reddit who promised to teach me crypto arbitrage. The scammer even sent me 16.6 BTC with which I registered and deposited into this website, showed me how to trade, and I made some profit and even withdrew 26.73 BTC. The scammer then advised that I invest more so I can get greater rewards. So I took out money borrowed from family for $230,107 and deposited it, followed all the instructions and was able to take my balance to $1,349,458. I was so excited, so I decided to withdraw $1,022,913, but was told the amount is too large, I would need to pay a 17% gas fee deposit ($173,895). I quickly took another loan and paid it since I was sure withdrawal was possible because I had withdrawn in the past.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 27% security audit 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 cyber tracing company (Fiscop-Advisor), who started tracing the movements of the BTC until it was sold on OKX. The scammers' bank info was obtained, and he was caught, and the BTC reversed.