Thought I got scammed but now what?

[cad1264]

Hey everyone-

I should start by saying I know VERY LITTLE about trading.
A little over a year ago, a trusted friend was referred to invest into a company who does the trading for you. She ended up getting a nice return and referred me. I was skeptical but because she was a trusted friend and had already received a return on her investment, I decided to give it a shot.
I invested several 1000's and then the company said they got hacked a couple months later.
Anyways, I figured I had been scammed and just let it go. But a week ago I just thought I'd email to see if I could get my return back.
I didn't expect a response but I got one.
So here I am now. They tried sending it to the blockchain address I created but I had no idea what I was doing and I received an email this morning that they (the company who does the trading) tried to send over the the transfer but the wallet address was not eligible.

They said my bitcoin wallet needs to be activated with company wallet.

Clearly I have no idea what that means and I also did not add any banking info, etc in my blockchain because the last thing I want is for my bank account to be compromised.

Can anyone help me figure this out so I can get my money back?

Thank you!

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[ChrisPop]

If they are a licensed fund with an authority which I am skeptic about - I think they are obligated to do KYC of their clients/investors but don't take my word for it. Be cautious and make a background analysis of that company. Remember that scammers can be very ingenious - don't giveaway your personal data, maybe consult yourself with a lawyer.

[YuginKadoya]

Hey everyone-

I should start by saying I know VERY LITTLE about trading.
A little over a year ago, a trusted friend was referred to invest into a company who does the trading for you. She ended up getting a nice return and referred me. I was skeptical but because she was a trusted friend and had already received a return on her investment, I decided to give it a shot.
I invested several 1000's and then the company said they got hacked a couple months later.
Anyways, I figured I had been scammed and just let it go. But a week ago I just thought I'd email to see if I could get my return back.
I didn't expect a response but I got one.
So here I am now. They tried sending it to the blockchain address I created but I had no idea what I was doing and I received an email this morning that they (the company who does the trading) tried to send over the the transfer but the wallet address was not eligible.

They said my bitcoin wallet needs to be activated with company wallet.

Clearly I have no idea what that means and I also did not add any banking info, etc in my blockchain because the last thing I want is for my bank account to be compromised.

Can anyone help me figure this out so I can get my money back?

Thank you!

In my opinion once you have created a Blockchain wallet you will need to verify your email to activate it or getting into a process of identifying your legitimacy but I guess Blockchain needs to have something on it so you can be ready to send some yourself, But if you have created your wallet I think it is ready and can receive some Bitcoin, But I don't know about a Company wallet verification maybe they are trying to buy some time or making some excuse in budging the topic.

[wheelz1200]

Hey everyone-

I should start by saying I know VERY LITTLE about trading.
A little over a year ago, a trusted friend was referred to invest into a company who does the trading for you. She ended up getting a nice return and referred me. I was skeptical but because she was a trusted friend and had already received a return on her investment, I decided to give it a shot.
I invested several 1000's and then the company said they got hacked a couple months later.
Anyways, I figured I had been scammed and just let it go. But a week ago I just thought I'd email to see if I could get my return back.
I didn't expect a response but I got one.
So here I am now. They tried sending it to the blockchain address I created but I had no idea what I was doing and I received an email this morning that they (the company who does the trading) tried to send over the the transfer but the wallet address was not eligible.

They said my bitcoin wallet needs to be activated with company wallet.

Clearly I have no idea what that means and I also did not add any banking info, etc in my blockchain because the last thing I want is for my bank account to be compromised.

Can anyone help me figure this out so I can get my money back?

Thank you!

It's probably the case of trying to get double scammed.  You obviously are well aware that your original amount was stole "hacked" (a lot of companies say this as a back door excuse as to why they dont have your money), but bare minimum you can give them an address you own the the private keys to and send that to the company for your refund.  It should be as easy as that.  Anything more of them asking for your credentials that you originally did not provide I would not give them.

[Mia44]

Obviously you have been scammed, and Scammers want to get more of your money. Bitcoin wallets are free to use and do not require activation. Getting money back is probably impossible, maybe you should learn more about Crypto, Why invest when a simple thing about storage wallets you do not understand?

[target]

What is there to activate?

Yes. You are once again lured to another scam if you are to send an amount of BTCto activate it. You are correct from the beginning you are scammed.
This is why you shouldn't trust it when someone says they can trade for you. Entrusting your money means its lost now and you are going to be okay with it since you already give it away.

[BrewMaster]

it sounds to me that they scammed you first (when you send them the money as investment to give you profit) and they liked how easy it was. now they are trying to scam you again with a new shinnanigan and gain access to your web wallet!

the only thing you need to give them so that they can pay you back your investment+profit is a bitcoin address and nothing more. there is no activation,...
a bitcoin address that you create using blockchain.com wallet will start with 1. the address must be generated by your wallet not with something someone else gives you. it would look like this (the following is my address as an example):
1JxAgzsnfiVuTHUEwSvx2P8DyhnnqXpy4B

[Maotezi]

Hey everyone-

I should start by saying I know VERY LITTLE about trading.
A little over a year ago, a trusted friend was referred to invest into a company who does the trading for you. She ended up getting a nice return and referred me. I was skeptical but because she was a trusted friend and had already received a return on her investment, I decided to give it a shot.
I invested several 1000's and then the company said they got hacked a couple months later.
Anyways, I figured I had been scammed and just let it go. But a week ago I just thought I'd email to see if I could get my return back.
I didn't expect a response but I got one.
So here I am now. They tried sending it to the blockchain address I created but I had no idea what I was doing and I received an email this morning that they (the company who does the trading) tried to send over the the transfer but the wallet address was not eligible.

They said my bitcoin wallet needs to be activated with company wallet.

Clearly I have no idea what that means and I also did not add any banking info, etc in my blockchain because the last thing I want is for my bank account to be compromised.

Can anyone help me figure this out so I can get my money back?

Thank you!

You cannot return money because you are unfortunately deceived, and the only way to get your money back is to send your scammer back, which is impossible.
You have to watch who you send the money to, find out a little bit more and hear experiences from the others before sending the money.
Bitcoin wallets are free, and there is no activation, so you can't manage.

[mk4]

They said my bitcoin wallet needs to be activated with company wallet.

And then what? Let me guess, they require you to deposit a certain amount of BTC for you to unlock your wallet? lmao. Move on mate. Quite an expensive lesson, but a lesson nonetheless.

Just to add a silver lining for you, think about this. At least you lost money right now, rather then in the future where you potentially could have a lot more money to invest(potentially millions). Thousands wouldn't be worth crap in the future for you and you're just going to laugh at this experience. You just gotta look at the bright side of things, and always be skeptical about things.

Best of luck moving forward!

[Bitcoin_bullish]

Hey everyone-

I should start by saying I know VERY LITTLE about trading.
A little over a year ago, a trusted friend was referred to invest into a company who does the trading for you. She ended up getting a nice return and referred me. I was skeptical but because she was a trusted friend and had already received a return on her investment, I decided to give it a shot.
I invested several 1000's and then the company said they got hacked a couple months later.
Anyways, I figured I had been scammed and just let it go. But a week ago I just thought I'd email to see if I could get my return back.
I didn't expect a response but I got one.
So here I am now. They tried sending it to the blockchain address I created but I had no idea what I was doing and I received an email this morning that they (the company who does the trading) tried to send over the the transfer but the wallet address was not eligible.

They said my bitcoin wallet needs to be activated with company wallet.

Clearly I have no idea what that means and I also did not add any banking info, etc in my blockchain because the last thing I want is for my bank account to be compromised.

Can anyone help me figure this out so I can get my money back?

Thank you!

There is too much information here.
First of all you probably don't want to name the company, but I think that there is no need for secrecy. It would be better so the rest know what's going on and don't fall for the same scam, although you might have your reasons and I understand that.
Then you don't seem to care much about several thousands of dollars. I hope that at least your friend, repaid some amount.

The company saying that they got hacked is usually a red flag and you figured correctly that you've been scammed.
Their answer probably means that you haven't passed a certain procedure (KYC probably or some ID check) but since they didn't write you in detail what has happened and how to fix the issue  it looks just like an excuse.
The reason they answered to you, is probably because they want to scam you out of more money. They did once and probably think they can extract more from you.

To summarise, with the details provided this looks like a scam and probably it is. I can't think of any legitimate company answering without detailed instructions on how to proceed. They should have told you exactly the steps you should take and if this involves asking for more money it will be another attempt to scam you again.
Now about getting your money back from scammers, that might be from extremely difficult to impossible.

[cad1264]

I wouldn't give any more money to this... I'm just supposed to send my bitcoin wallet address - from what I understand, I can send that just not my ID & I'm still safe. None of my banking is attached so they can't take anything from me.

[djsugar]

That activation part don't make sense. For receiving your funds, Bitcoin wallet is enough and it doesn't need any kind of verification for that matter. However, new you're , I am sure you know how to work with bitcoin wallet. So don't involve in any kind of information sharing or trade with these guys. If they are ready to send funds. Just give them your public key. If they again come up with another excuse. Leave it and move on. They might be planning another hack.

 Never trust a hacker twice!

[kotik085]

Most likely, scammers have deceived you and you need to know that before sending funds, check the identities to whom you send your funds. How to understand the address is not suitable for sending. This is their excuse.

[cad1264]

That activation part don't make sense. For receiving your funds, Bitcoin wallet is enough and it doesn't need any kind of verification for that matter. However, new you're , I am sure you know how to work with bitcoin wallet. So don't involve in any kind of information sharing or trade with these guys. If they are ready to send funds. Just give them your public key. If they again come up with another excuse. Leave it and move on. They might be planning another hack.

 Never trust a hacker twice!

Right. What I was saying is I think I gave the wrong address as I've never used blockchain before and it all looks foreign to me since I know nothing about trading. The most experience I have with anything is Hugo's way & MT4. & that's very limited.

I just switched over to coinbase- I'm just trying to understand what bitcoin wallet address to give. Coinbase seems to have more support there so I will research to see what I need provide. Obviously I'm not attaching any banking, etc and won't give any more money to this.

[shield132]

Hey everyone-

I should start by saying I know VERY LITTLE about trading.
A little over a year ago, a trusted friend was referred to invest into a company who does the trading for you. She ended up getting a nice return and referred me. I was skeptical but because she was a trusted friend and had already received a return on her investment, I decided to give it a shot.
I invested several 1000's and then the company said they got hacked a couple months later.
Anyways, I figured I had been scammed and just let it go. But a week ago I just thought I'd email to see if I could get my return back.
I didn't expect a response but I got one.
So here I am now. They tried sending it to the blockchain address I created but I had no idea what I was doing and I received an email this morning that they (the company who does the trading) tried to send over the the transfer but the wallet address was not eligible.

They said my bitcoin wallet needs to be activated with company wallet.

Clearly I have no idea what that means and I also did not add any banking info, etc in my blockchain because the last thing I want is for my bank account to be compromised.

Can anyone help me figure this out so I can get my money back?

Thank you!

Trading is this: Buy low / sell high. So what they promised you is that they would do all of this actions with your money too, in overall they would collect big capital, profit for themselves and share some percent with you because of invested capital from you. But in reality all they do is nothing, pay first investors and leave last investors without money.
It's 100% scam that they said your bitcoin wallet needs to be activated with company wallet, I think they'll ask you to send some money on their company's address in order to verify your wallet so keep in mind that it is scam, never do that!
You can't get your money back.

[cad1264]

Hey everyone-

I should start by saying I know VERY LITTLE about trading.
A little over a year ago, a trusted friend was referred to invest into a company who does the trading for you. She ended up getting a nice return and referred me. I was skeptical but because she was a trusted friend and had already received a return on her investment, I decided to give it a shot.
I invested several 1000's and then the company said they got hacked a couple months later.
Anyways, I figured I had been scammed and just let it go. But a week ago I just thought I'd email to see if I could get my return back.
I didn't expect a response but I got one.
So here I am now. They tried sending it to the blockchain address I created but I had no idea what I was doing and I received an email this morning that they (the company who does the trading) tried to send over the the transfer but the wallet address was not eligible.

They said my bitcoin wallet needs to be activated with company wallet.

Clearly I have no idea what that means and I also did not add any banking info, etc in my blockchain because the last thing I want is for my bank account to be compromised.

Can anyone help me figure this out so I can get my money back?

Thank you!

Trading is this: Buy low / sell high. So what they promised you is that they would do all of this actions with your money too, in overall they would collect big capital, profit for themselves and share some percent with you because of invested capital from you. But in reality all they do is nothing, pay first investors and leave last investors without money.
It's 100% scam that they said your bitcoin wallet needs to be activated with company wallet, I think they'll ask you to send some money on their company's address in order to verify your wallet so keep in mind that it is scam, never do that!
You can't get your money back.

Thank you for sharing all that - that's basically what happened but my friend did get a return which is the ONLY reason I was open to it. They haven't asked for any money. They just said that the address I gave them didn't work. I had just set up the blockchain account and I just hit request and copied the address provided. Is that the correct way? I hadn't verified any info yet, etc - just literally opened the account and went straight to request. So that is where I'm wondering if I did it wrong. And again, I won't send any money.

[bittraffic]

That activation part don't make sense. For receiving your funds, Bitcoin wallet is enough and it doesn't need any kind of verification for that matter. However, new you're , I am sure you know how to work with bitcoin wallet. So don't involve in any kind of information sharing or trade with these guys. If they are ready to send funds. Just give them your public key. If they again come up with another excuse. Leave it and move on. They might be planning another hack.

 Never trust a hacker twice!

Right. What I was saying is I think I gave the wrong address as I've never used blockchain before and it all looks foreign to me since I know nothing about trading. The most experience I have with anything is Hugo's way & MT4. & that's very limited.

I just switched over to coinbase- I'm just trying to understand what bitcoin wallet address to give. Coinbase seems to have more support there so I will research to see what I need provide. Obviously I'm not attaching any banking, etc and won't give any more money to this.

I'm curious how much you gave to them because I can sense you are from FOREX market and the fact that they as for more means you really gave them good amount to ask for more? This is if you are just open to share though. Scammers think they can scam once more after they have scammed you, it could be shame on you if you send more.

[cad1264]

@bittraffic

I've said multiple times I WILL NOT give them any more money nor have they asked for more money.  Everyone keeps saying the same thing but they haven't asked for more nor would I send more. I'm just trying to figure out how to share the address with them for them to send money to.

My original investment was $3000. My friend did $6000 and she got a return (& showed me her return). That was the only reason I went ahead with it as I'm typically cautious about such things.

I know a little of FOREX... I did trade BTC over the summer myself ... but just for fun. That's why I have knowledge of MT4, etc. I don't have any interest in learning all the things as I have a beauty biz that I run.

[Casdinyard]

They said my bitcoin wallet needs to be activated with company wallet.

That's BS, btw. Seems like they trying to scam you again.
So what if you pay for it, the next thing you know there is your 3k then ask you to pay this and that until you didn't know your paying them in double.

Is the company sort of an exchange site?

[harizen]

I had just set up the blockchain account and I just hit request and copied the address provided. Is that the correct way? I hadn't verified any info yet, etc - just literally opened the account and went straight to request. So that is where I'm wondering if I did it wrong. And again, I won't send any money.

On blockchain web wallet, yes, that's the way.

There's a dropdown there with other currencies but I don't think you will miss that part so I'm sure you got the correct address sent to them.

They said my bitcoin wallet needs to be activated with company wallet.

The activation part doesn't make sense. There is no such thing as they will activate your blockchain wallet.

You only need to provide your bitcoin address and that's it.