marlboroza, sorry for delaying my answers to you but as you can see other people question things.
Lets get to the chat where you draw texts.
- they are looking for bribe ( of course they do, all scammers coming back to milk for more, you can call it whatever you like)
- they doing this to many big players ( yes all the scamming platforms, casinos and such trying to milk more of their victims, that's not something that people don't know)
- you know they won't turn back the funds if you don't pay them bribe, that's old tactic. (yes they will claim till the end you will receive your account only if you pay that money, it would be weird if they claim other)
- who contacted you ( standard question? )
- manager? ceo? owner? ( finally i got it after the 3rd guess, im not so bad as you claiming)
- did he verify his self did he send you email or something ( standard question to make sure he know who contacted him)
- what's the email, what's the email he used to give you his telegram? ( sadly i didn't check in that time their public email from thread, that's why i was not able to confirm that's email used from some of their team)
- alright so there is solution (there is always hope for solution)
- anyway, if i help you get the account back will you pay me 0.1 btc? (yeah i respect my time, sorry...)
- alright then listen me (ok)
- don't gift them those money for free ( which idiot will let 38btc just go away like that? of course i will give him courage)
- go tell this guy you don't have 5btc ( standard start for negotiation. wining time is the first and most important thing)
- they locked your account for money ( obviously? )
- and start with lower, but as everyone else, if you don't give them money, they wont give your account back ( of course he should start paying by their rules or at least make them think like that)
- they always lock accounts for money ( well, lock, steal, hold or whatever you like to call it, the scamming platforms doing it for money)
- check the forum, you will see that casinos doing that to many people, in the end you have no other option than deal with them if you want to have your stuff back ( well, actually no one else than them have his account in hold right? no matter what in the end he should always talk, deal or do anything with them because they are the holders of the keys)
- and i really suggest you to talk with this person (of course! how he could gather and collect information by other way? how he would win time and keep the scammer in chat and in believes he's under control?)
- look i dont want your money ( finally i realized he's not interested paying me 0.1btc for my help and i realized the time wasting here)
- you need to at least talk with them ( for sure he needs, if he have brain to win time, collect information and everything, at least without my help, he should try to help himself right?)
mikeywith, the bad part is i should defend my self for trying to do the right thing
because no one understand standard police strategy of catching/exposing scammers/fraudsters, i should explain something that all scam busters should know.