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This started in the beginning of October, slightly before I discovered the forum. A man by the name of Frank DM'ed me on Instagram asking me if I wanted to learn about forex trading. In case you don't know, there is a MLM company that peddles forex education ( if you know, you know ) that I had joined and left months ago. Though his pitch was similar to the pitch of distributors, I always keep myself open to learning. So I asked him what he does...
Long story short, Frank claimed to be able to guarantee me 500% + returns on my money. Naturally I was skeptical, but a big part of me wanted it to be true. I have been in the "wantrepreneur" stage for months now and desperately wanted to do something that worked. Not desperate enough that I lacked common sense, but desperate enough that I woud consider his offer.
So I declined working with him, and wished him best of luck on his endeavors.
But then he messaged me the next day, and the day after, and a few days down the line, and a few days after that.
I could clearly see that Frank was determined about what he did, so I decided to hear him out some more. At this point, I'm probably two weeks in and have had a few back and forth conversations with the guy. He seemed patient, complimented my intelligence, and seemed like he respected my skepticism. Frank wanted me to invest $300 in BTC into a site that could make me thousands. Unforuntalely, being a university student that only makes $200 per week right now, I had to decline since I would be investing essentially more than I could afford. Plus the only way I could buy BTC was through Coinbase, which would take 11 days to clear my order.
This didn't bother Frank whatsover. He said he would fund my account $100 to help alleviate the expenses an wait for Coinbase to clear my BTC purchase. At this point I am absolutely dumbfounded. I said to myself, "If someone can jump through so many unneccesary hoops just to extract $200 from me, then they must either have something good or deserve it more than me". So like any other naive college student would do, I invested money into the site.
Immediately I saw what looked like a return on my money. After a day, my $200 on the site became $800. Then $2000. Then $2500. I patted myself on the back for trusting Frank and disregarding my skepticism.
And then things got hairy.
I got an email from the website claiming I had exhausted 3 days of free signals, and needed to pay a whopping $170 per signal for 4 more days ( $680 in total ) to keep my account active AND to withdraw my money. At this point, I threw my hands up and realized the nonsense I got myself involved in. Frank, putting on his genuine and honest character, assured me that I would still get paid. He claimed he made 20% on my earnings, so it was in his best interest to keep me going. He told me that instead of saying " I can't possibly invest $700 that I don't have into something I don't understand ", I should ask family and friends for the money and pay them back as soon as I got a return on my investment. His guarantee.
Though it was too late at this point, I finally did my due dilligence on the company website. Fake reviews with stock profile pictures of customers that claimed they made good money. Dozens of carbon copy websites with changes in the domain name. No social media presence from employees/investors besides Instagram accounts.
I felt betrayed by Frank, but also strangely thankful. For $200, I learned a whole bunch about what trust means when it comes to business transactions. For all I know, this man could be an Indian scammer that claimed to be from California. Or a hyperintelligent dog operating underground. Who knows. I just hope that the $200 can benefit whoever was so desperate enough to extort it from me. I payed for a valuable lesson in online marketing and sales. Thanks Frank.
Long story short, Frank claimed to be able to guarantee me 500% + returns on my money. Naturally I was skeptical, but a big part of me wanted it to be true. I have been in the "wantrepreneur" stage for months now and desperately wanted to do something that worked. Not desperate enough that I lacked common sense, but desperate enough that I woud consider his offer.
So I declined working with him, and wished him best of luck on his endeavors.
But then he messaged me the next day, and the day after, and a few days down the line, and a few days after that.
I could clearly see that Frank was determined about what he did, so I decided to hear him out some more. At this point, I'm probably two weeks in and have had a few back and forth conversations with the guy. He seemed patient, complimented my intelligence, and seemed like he respected my skepticism. Frank wanted me to invest $300 in BTC into a site that could make me thousands. Unforuntalely, being a university student that only makes $200 per week right now, I had to decline since I would be investing essentially more than I could afford. Plus the only way I could buy BTC was through Coinbase, which would take 11 days to clear my order.
This didn't bother Frank whatsover. He said he would fund my account $100 to help alleviate the expenses an wait for Coinbase to clear my BTC purchase. At this point I am absolutely dumbfounded. I said to myself, "If someone can jump through so many unneccesary hoops just to extract $200 from me, then they must either have something good or deserve it more than me". So like any other naive college student would do, I invested money into the site.
Immediately I saw what looked like a return on my money. After a day, my $200 on the site became $800. Then $2000. Then $2500. I patted myself on the back for trusting Frank and disregarding my skepticism.
And then things got hairy.
I got an email from the website claiming I had exhausted 3 days of free signals, and needed to pay a whopping $170 per signal for 4 more days ( $680 in total ) to keep my account active AND to withdraw my money. At this point, I threw my hands up and realized the nonsense I got myself involved in. Frank, putting on his genuine and honest character, assured me that I would still get paid. He claimed he made 20% on my earnings, so it was in his best interest to keep me going. He told me that instead of saying " I can't possibly invest $700 that I don't have into something I don't understand ", I should ask family and friends for the money and pay them back as soon as I got a return on my investment. His guarantee.
Though it was too late at this point, I finally did my due dilligence on the company website. Fake reviews with stock profile pictures of customers that claimed they made good money. Dozens of carbon copy websites with changes in the domain name. No social media presence from employees/investors besides Instagram accounts.
I felt betrayed by Frank, but also strangely thankful. For $200, I learned a whole bunch about what trust means when it comes to business transactions. For all I know, this man could be an Indian scammer that claimed to be from California. Or a hyperintelligent dog operating underground. Who knows. I just hope that the $200 can benefit whoever was so desperate enough to extort it from me. I payed for a valuable lesson in online marketing and sales. Thanks Frank.
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