Just like astrox411, I’ve scammed by Cbotcen website and it’s asking me to pay 20% capital gains tax separately rather than withholding directly from my account balance! I’m still in contact with my crypto mentor who introduced this website to me and urging me to pay the tax. I’ve already file a complaint to FBI IC3, but do not expect them to respond immediately. Should I continue to stay in contact with my mentor as not to alert her?
First I got withdrawal errors "Filed to verify" (misspelling). Flag!
Subsequent withdrawal attempts just stuck in pending. The handler and support chat people implied I had to complete advanced id verification. Actually sounds normal.
It took 2 weeks for advanced verification to be approved but withdrawals were still getting stuck in pending. This time, the handler said I have to pay 100K for 'VIP access'. At the same time, the support chat handler said I had to pay 200K to get my 'credit rating' up to 100. So many layers of BS were piling up by this time, I knew I was toast.
When I reported it to local police, the officer told me of another guy caught in a similar scam a week earlier who reported when he already lost 500K. They told him don't pay more, but he did anyway, to try and get his money. He ended up losing 1.1M. Don't pay! They have a whole handbook of excuses to get more money.
