Any service asking you to deposit money first to be able to withdraw is a scam.
very true, never ever fell on that tricks @1truhp because it's a totally scam. In fact i have such experience when a telegram member ask me for a help to withdraw his funds but unfortunately he don't have money to unlock it so he's asking me if i can pay for it and he will give back my money with a tip. because he said that he needs to pay for something within the site before he can manage the entire amount. And yes he show me some proofs that he own such amount . But thanks god there's a Google and i found it out it was a fraud. Lol so be aware next time and stay away in it.
So this kind of strategy scam is very common in telegram because I experienced the same as you too. I almost scam but it's a good thing I have a habit to always check the site when it requires transactions and "
Who.is" is the perfect tool to use on determining how long the site has been in service, if that is fresh made account like weeks or days, that's another sign that the site is sam.
From the start, OP can sense that is a scam but he didn't do research first, sorry for @OP's loss and he just learned from this mistake and not let that will happen again. We should always be vigilant at all costs rather than say sorry.