Thanks for the replies guys.

I would still be interested in investing in crypto mining. Is there any actual legit mining pools you can invest or the only way is to actually buy the hardware and just mine in it yourself?

Thanks for your reply,

Could you please suggest what's the best way of finding the original profile?

is there any way to run picture recognition on Instagram or something like that?

Thanks!

Hey,

Thanks for the replies.

One thing I don't understand is why the Instagram profile is still up and running having almost 2k followers how is it none of the scammed people reporting the account and etc, writing comments under the pictures, and so on. There should be more victims from this scam and I would expect them to at least report the account or take some kind of action.

Hey,

Thanks for your answer.

Yes, it was very stupid of me, that I actually believed some fake screenshots and etc. I was approached on social media, (link to scammers profile: https://www.instagram.com/__keedward_/?igshid=1ngizu6sg85y0&fbclid=IwAR1WaHD-x1F2c032MHOfkwpd1qLMruKnwCiyixqr8TlWP2XhOivt4v6zeYw ). the account is private so I will include some images:

Account: https://ibb.co/fvgys1K 
Videos of a setup: https://ibb.co/Fbdny8Z
Proofs of payouts: https://ibb.co/3TnX59q
Used miners: https://ibb.co/Jj9mQrY
Promised profits: https://ibb.co/R4X0m9j


The account looked legitimate and included a lot of "REFERENCES" from happy investors and etc.

Is there any action that I should take to report these individuals somewhere?

Hello guys!

Just letting you know that I do not have any experience in bitcoin mining!

A couple of months ago I was approached by some individuals with the opportunity to invest in a mining pool for profits. They generated the mining address that I sent my initial funds to. A couple of months later I was ready to receive my payout (profits) and I was asked again to transfer a 30% fee of my profits to the generated wallet, they said once I send the fee the payout will appear in my personal wallet. Once I sent the fund they said that amount was not correct and it got stuck and I have to transfer again exactly the amount they asked for me to receive the payment. I did that, but later they said that the payout bounced back and they need to create a new LOG. Once they create a new log I need to transfer 30% of my account value to kick off the log and after that, I will receive my payout. I started asking questions and they sent me a screenshot to prove that there are profits: https://ibb.co/PM1xvh8 and it looked suspicious. I assume it's just a blockain.com explore page with replaced text.

Please confirm if I have been scammed (most likely haha just need a confirmation) and let me know what action should I take,

thanks!