Scam Type
CryptoCurrency Scam
Business Name Used
CoinFTX
Date Reported
Sep 11, 2022
Victim Postal Code
91304
Total Dollars Lost
4800
Scam Description
A random txt message came to my phone asking if I was John. I said no I’m not John and she introduced herself as Robin. She said she would like to continue our conversation using the telegraph app which is actually the telegram app. We continued chatting and I was offered the opportunity to be given BTC trading node information. Using the app poloina.com/EfyF.html. After being directed to put my money into crypto.com from my bank account I bought over $4,700.00 USDT tether on Crypto.com I was then directed to transfer funds to COINFTX or poloina.com/EfyF.html which are the same. I then proceeded to follow Robins instructions on when to buy up or buy down making large gains of $138,000. Upon requesting a withdrawal, the poloina.com/EfyF.html customer service said that I have to first make a tax payment of $11,000 to receive my funds. That is when I began looking online at coinftx and started seeing scam alerts with people sharing that they were asked to pay taxes before they could withdraw and upon paying the tax Coinftx still did not pay them their earnings. Please help.
