SCAM OR NOT?

[DdmrDdmr]

<...> It was through Instagram  @forex_trader_sophia_. Claming to trade under legitcyptomarketfx.

This is the profile of your enchanter, according to the user profile you stated: https://searchusers.com/user/forex_trader_sophia_. Just looking over the images one wonders how not to fall for enticing images, such as the one stating: "Pay off your debt of $100K investing in bitcoin even if you don’t have any experience"...

[Peanutswar]

This is so obvious a scam because you already invested over 500 USD I may right this is the 500 means? I hope it is. Once you make an investment there is no too much transaction fee or the withdrawal fee cost too much a thousand dollars just for the pulling your funds you only have only two choices base on my opinion.

• 1. Deny the offer and loss your 500 usd
• 2. Make an investment for another a thousand dollars and you almost lose up to 1500 USD without assurance that is legit or not

After 6 months I can withdraw the total profits from the account. That is where we are now.

Another six months before you will get your profit?
This looks like smell fishy to me if you make a trade you can immediately get your profit and transfer your funds to your wallet you do not need to hold those large amounts of coins to an exchange or trading platform. Still, it's your risk to do that.

[sluppy]

First of all I would like to thank everyone for your replies to my post, they have been very helpful. Also I would like to go over the situation again in hopes that it will clarify exactly what has occurred. So I actually contacted Sofia on Instagram after seeing her post about Bitcoin investing and the profits that we could get back from her trading for us doing the mining process. I actually communicated with her prior to me investing. I had spoke and texted with her on several occasions over the course of maybe three or four months so I actually did not jump right into it after just seeing her post. She was very knowledgeable and seemed to know what she was doing and what she was talking about, that's why I decided to invest with her. So initially I used $500 USD to purchase Bitcoin, then I sent the Bitcoin to a wallet address for my investment. After 7 days of trading on my a account I was told I have a profit of $7,500 and for that to be sent to me I had to pay a withdrawal fee and the withdrawal fee is $1,000. So therefore for me to receive $7,500 pay $1,000 yes it's a lot yes it sort of sounds like a scam but I'm thinking okay I'm going to get $7,500 is still you know $6,500 profit so I sent it the very same way I sent the $500 I used USD to purchase 1000 worth of Bitcoin and sent it to the wallet address that she provided to me. Once she received that thousand dollar payment I was told again my payment had been sent and it would take five business days to reflect into my account. The five business days were almost up when I was messaged from her stating that the payment bounced back because I needed to have a Crypto receiving allowance in my account. I have not sent this "Crypto receiving allowance fee". Sophia is telling me once they receive the Crypto allowance fee my profit of 7500 will be released immediately and that the crypto allowance fee stays in my account for a minimum of 6 months and through the six months they will continuously trade on the account. After 6 months I can withdraw the total profits from the account. That is where we are now. Thanks

Edit:  in your "Story" you say Sofia claims your 1k was sent back to you did you ever get that money/Btc back ?

First of IF someone knew how to turn 500 bucks into 7.5k in a week or whatever period they would not ask you for Money its common sense.
At what point do you justify sending another 1000 bucks ? there is 7500 IN YOUR ACCOUNT or so they say and you dont question why they cant deduct that 1000 usd from your account ?  I mean come on bro you should call someone to handle your finances from now on you should not have a bank or credit card and just live on a allowance so you can buy lunch at work.

Thats just as dumb as all those americans that sent "Elon Musk" their btc / eth because " he " said he would Double it.

I know that i might come  across as a bit of an Asshole but i have a hard time believing that story.

[dondonk]

First of all I would like to thank everyone for your replies to my post, they have been very helpful. Also I would like to go over the situation again in hopes that it will clarify exactly what has occurred. So I actually contacted Sofia on Instagram after seeing her post about Bitcoin investing and the profits that we could get back from her trading for us doing the mining process. I actually communicated with her prior to me investing. I had spoke and texted with her on several occasions over the course of maybe three or four months so I actually did not jump right into it after just seeing her post. She was very knowledgeable and seemed to know what she was doing and what she was talking about, that's why I decided to invest with her. So initially I used $500 USD to purchase Bitcoin, then I sent the Bitcoin to a wallet address for my investment. After 7 days of trading on my a account I was told I have a profit of $7,500 and for that to be sent to me I had to pay a withdrawal fee and the withdrawal fee is $1,000. So therefore for me to receive $7,500 pay $1,000 yes it's a lot yes it sort of sounds like a scam but I'm thinking okay I'm going to get $7,500 is still you know $6,500 profit so I sent it the very same way I sent the $500 I used USD to purchase 1000 worth of Bitcoin and sent it to the wallet address that she provided to me. Once she received that thousand dollar payment I was told again my payment had been sent and it would take five business days to reflect into my account. The five business days were almost up when I was messaged from her stating that the payment bounced back because I needed to have a Crypto receiving allowance in my account. I have not sent this "Crypto receiving allowance fee". Sophia is telling me once they receive the Crypto allowance fee my profit of 7500 will be released immediately and that the crypto allowance fee stays in my account for a minimum of 6 months and through the six months they will continuously trade on the account. After 6 months I can withdraw the total profits from the account. That is where we are now. Thanks

I can tell from your story that you first paid $ 500 for investment, then paid another $ 1000 for withdrawals. Normally the withdrawal fee is taken from the balance. but if the conditions are like that you can be sure that it is a scam.