I have been questioning the Crypto market for quite some time, and I tried to invest a few hundred dollars in it a year ago, and then forgot about it seeing it was too confusing to me. After a year, my contact called me, and said I had XX,XXX of USDT to be transferred to my control. After we exchanged addresses, and he sent me the funds in tether USDT, and my wallet now says I have XX,XXX amount of USDT received.
The problem now is, I can't seem to do anything with it. Its on the ethereum network, and says I have tether USDT , but I cant seem to swap, send it, or cash it out. The amount is greyed out on my transactions page of my coinbase wallet app, and the assets page says Zero funds. I did add 10 dollars to my ethereum account to be able to mess around with it a bit trying to figure this out.
Is this a scam amount that isn't really there? Can someone explain I am very confused.
I've read some of the advice and suggestions of people but I will not call this a scam yet unless you prove it to be so because explanations could be confusing at times. First, ensure that it is the right Coinbase account you downloaded because that guy could have deceived you from the beginning. Second, try to contact Coinbase about this, I am sure they will have something to say. I can't be doing the back-and-forth question with you, but still, something could be missing, as a while ago, Coinbase asked a lot of users to move their funds away from it, but can still use the self-custody type. If you never moved the money that time, you might experience a thing like this, although I can't guarantee that since you still have access in your case but just can't do anything with the money.
However, before you go through the stress of contacting Coinbase for hope, why not ask the guy to furnish you with the transaction ID to start with?