To be honest I enjoy a good debate / argument and I was curious as to what tactics he would try to “ensnare” me and persuade me to still do this. (Note: I have absolutely no intention of proceeding here).

I even gave him a way that would work for no loss on either side and he still wouldn’t take me up on it lol.

I have just lived the expression, “ Fool me one shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.”  

Thanks all on here for stopping me from making a stupid mistake

I am using the apple trust wallet for these transfers.

Yeah I thought it was too good to be true. I am cutting off contact now.

Not sure where the large loss of funds is beside the small transfers I have done.

Out of curiosity what does it take to make a view only wallet accessible to a third party?

I don’t doubt that.

Addendum to original post: he has shown me an ETH view only wallet with the money in it that he has promised and that because it is coming as a trustee or something from a business wallet account to a personal one as the reason why these fees are needed.

Even as I write this I can see how ridiculous it sounds but just wanted ti get someone’s opinion here

I have been dealing with an apparent nice guy on Insta. He initially posted ona mutual picture that if anyone responded to him in a particular way he would clear their debt for them. I agree, too good to believe.

For the hell of it, I decided to reply and he agreed to transfer the required funds to me via crypto. He and I have been in contact and I have transferred 2 amounts to him. Fortunately not overly high. I have received this latest communication from him and wanted to know if this was a genuine thing and I am ok to proceed or I should stop now, block his thieving and lying self and move on with my life.

“We are contacting you based on your pending  request of your total sum of $18000.
Your payment of $300 has been confirmed. We have to bring to your notice a policy that is of utmost priority should a withdrawal request be ensued.
The trading firm has sworn an oath with the United State Council to abide by the law of the government that every trusted investor will have to pay a tax fee of $900 which is 5% of the total withdrawal amount before the withdrawal process can be completed with your withdrawal code E09556 to pay the stipulated fee. Once the payment is done a slot will be available on where you can insert your wallet address on your platform. You have a maximum limit of seven(7) working days to make this payment.“

What are peoples thoughts here?  Genuine or genuine scam?