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Im new to bitcoins and crytp currency im general.  I was approached byna gentleman named Tom H Kurtzas.  Je works for Blockchain.  He talked me into investing $100 in Bitcoin using COINBASE and then sending it to a blockchain address.  He then informed me he day trades amd I see the profit.  My $100 grew to $265 in a few days (yes this is not alot of money....yet) I told him I wanted to do a withdrawl to test how easynamd accessible the money was.  So I withdrew all but my original investment.  It was easy.  Now begins my investment of $100 ever 2 weeks.  I tried to withdrawl some of the profits and he is suddenly telling me the rules are every 6 months.  I have inbested $600 and my balance is $7K.  Now he is telling me as my acct reaches 10K I have to upgrade or my acct to freeze.  

Has anyone heard of this guy?  He is on LinkedIn.  He has an instagram.  If this is the wrong forum my apologies.

*****Update******
He must be on this forum.  Within 10 minutes of me posting he deleted his LinkedIN and deleted the site that he used to show me my "profits"

Thanks to the help of everyone else.  I rightfully feel stupid.  But I feel better its over.

Sounds like a scam indeed. Stop sending him more money, you'll never see it back.

There aren’t many references to the person you mention on the internet, and none that I’ve found on user experience of those that are using his services.  That leaves us little to go by.
The first thing would be to make sure you are actually talking to who you think you are talking to, and not some sort of impersonator. Using Google you can find a couple of communication channels, and I’d use those to try to suss out if that is indeed the person you are talking to (and if the profile is real).

From there on, if you are using someone’s services to invest, you should have a clear set of rules to go by from the beginning. Rules should not be made-up or delivered as you go, and that is not a good sign. Trying to force you to upgrade your account by means of piling more cash on to it, when you’ve just tried to withdraw is also another warning sign. You should insist on withdrawing without further contributions.

This guy? https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-h-kurtzas-90ba9a190

Looks like a fake account. His e-mail is not on Blockchain.com domain. Pretty sure any Blockchain employee won't do this kind of business.

Blockchain is not a company,establiment or organization that someone can reach you in private.

I will also say tentatively that coin base do not ask for upgrade to withdraw 7k dollars.
You should have ask before trusting someone to trade for you,

Ask this guy to show trading order or some proof that he really trades. For me, it sound that just send him money, and he answers you random amount he traded.

Is there any signed agreement between you two? Or you just made verbal agreement, shook hand and that is it? If this is how you communicate with your man from trust management, then you could forget about your $435.

First of all Blockchain is not an investment platform .

If you have any queries regarding this individual then you can contact Blockchain here - https://support.blockchain.com/hc/en-us

You can also report LinkedIn and Instragram about this individual they can easily find out whether those account are fake or not.

Instagram - https://help.instagram.com/192435014247952
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/37822/recognizing-and-reporting-spam-inappropriate-and-abusive-content?lang=en

After you have done all the above ask this individual for your original invest of $600 and if he declines then you can visit your local police station to raise a complaint of cyber fraud.

Is this your guy?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-h-kurtzas-90ba9a190/
https://www.instagram.com/tomkurtzas/?hl=en

Those photos are of a Russian politician called Sergei Bidonko.

Here's a link to the photo on his LinkedIn of him receiving an award, which is actually a letter of appreciation for the "Safe Roads" project: http://uralmsk.ru/blog/636

Here's a link to first photo from his Instagram, of him chatting with other politicians from the Sverdlovsk region: https://www.oblgazeta.ru/pressreleases/28802/

You are being scammed. Cut your losses and do not send any more money.

Sorry for your loss but I really don't understand how could you, guys, trust random people you meet on the Internet!
2.5:1 ROI within few days is, simply, too good to be true and you shouldn't fall for it.
Obviously, he let you withdraw your profits the first time to gain your trust and make you feel safe and then asks you to invest more.
I know it's not going to help but why didn't you just re-invest your profit? He was able to make a150$ profit within few days so why did he ask you to to keep depositing 100$ each week! Didn't that seem odd to you?

And there is no need for more

A stranger approached you with a method to make easy money, he somehow picked you out because?
Any normal person would first make more money for himself, introduce their family, then their friends and by the time he is done with them, he would have enough money, assuming he is that good, no need to lose time searching for strangers on the internet and begging for 100$ investments.

Be serious, he makes 1000% profits in two weeks and he still doesn't have enough money for himself?

ANY stranger approaching you and demanding money from you telling he has a bulletproof method to double or triple them is a SCAMMER.

I'm sorry for your loss!

Your guy is a scammer. And a scammer won't reveal his identity while on his shady business. So there is no point looking for Tom H Kurtzas. Disregard his LinkedIn, Instagram, and other social media accounts, too. They are 100% dummies.

If you are bent on pursuing the person behind this scam and his/her fake name and dummy accounts, you need to report this to your police office and provide all necessary information. Otherwise, I cannot imagine of a way to get this man.

If he is using Coinbase, you might want to consider reaching out to their support and share your case. Who knows, they might be able to do something.

As always, the most important part of this are the lessons.

• Do not trust anyone online. Be skeptic.
• Do not invest to anyone you've met online. Do not even try to check on whatever proof they are providing. Do not even think twice. Disregard any investment offer right away.
• Share your story. Help others avoid going through the same situation.

It is ponzi scam. Using other people's money (also people he scams like you) to show fake profits

Don't send more money, and be aware for next time

Unfortunately you've been scammed by a pro Ponzi scheme strategist, there are many platforms that works this way, making you double or triple your money in just few weeks, I wonder how this sounds right to you in the first place, I believe that your greed got over you

Better to stop the communication on this man because this is already a scammed that introduction is just a way to get your trust and for me, a hundred dollars is a huge value and you already lose a large amount. Sometimes there are a lot of newbies getting scammed because they see the bright and amount of huge money they invest because in a few days you can now get a double on your income. On the next day, they already make new rules this is too much suspicious better to stay away because a hundred sure this is a scam.


Good to see you already found out the real identity of the man because of using the identity of other people this must have spam report because this is a identify theft also to avoid other people getting scammed.

OP that was a Ponzi scammed they entertain their victims with a high return money value in just single weeks or months just take care again.

Definitely seems like a scam man. He hasn't showed you proof of earnings, and you can't withdraw, which doesn't make sense. Also, the earnings are too high to be realistic.
I would suggest you stop wasting your money, it seems like he won't pay you. Also, BlockChain workers wouldn't approach you like this I'm pretty sure.

How come you send money to such an stranger? Why you didn't go through what bitcoin is and how it works? This simple research would save your money certainly. You can't do much if you even got the guy; you have to spend a lot of money to get back your investment.

blockchain.com is a private organization.