Story: A couple weeks ago, I matched with a guy on Tinder. After chit chatting for 3 days, he told me he can teach me how to earn easy money by doing cryptocurrency trading. I didn't think much and agreed.
First he told me to download Binance from the app store, which I know is a safe platform.
I bought 300 usdt first to try it out. Then he
sent me a link to download another app called CS EX where he does the trading. He told me to withdraw usdt from Binance and deposit to CS EX, because it's "more secure" he said.
I looked up coinspace, there were quite a few websites named coinspace. I didn't look carefully and assumed it was legit..
But when I clicked his link to download the app (not from the app store), it asked me to give permission to install configuration profile on iphone. I later read online that this could be a malware tracking my phone activities
On the first day of trading, I earned around 100 usdt. He gave me instructions on when and what to buy/sell. He even taught me how to withdraw it (CS EX -> Binance -> P2P). The withdrawal was successful. This led me to believe the app was real.
The next day he told me to buy 20,000 usdt. He said the market is doing really well, I shouldn't miss the chance.
Thankfully my bank has online purchase daily limit. But stupid me still deposit the 2000 usdt I had available.
We traded for another 5 days and I earned around 800 usdt. When I tried to withdraw it, a message pop up saying I must trade 1000 usdt more in order to withdraw. He explained this is how the app prevent people from money laundering. Again, he instructed me to trade the 1000 usdt, and finally I could withdraw the money. The 800 usdt withdrawal was successful.
The following days, he kept going on about how good the market is, insisting that I should call my bank to remove the daily limit so I can put in 20,000 usdt. That's when my suspicion kicked in. I searched online and found many cases on similar Tinder cypto scams.
Typically, the scammers would let the victims withdraw successfully a couple times to earn trust. By the time the victims have invested a lot more money in, the scammers would disappear.
I also looked into the CS EX website/app. Found out there was no result on google. The coinspace info I got were other websites with the same name.
When I told the guy I don't want to invest anymore, he stopped talking to me.
I don't want to wrongly accuse anyone or business, but a stranger online that I've never met guaranteeing me a risk-free investment is obviously sketchy.
Has anyone heard of this website coinspaceex.com. (or coinspaceex.site/app.html)
Scammers Profile Link: Tinder/Whatsapp by the name Allen. I believe he used fake photos. He refused to video call.
Reference Link: www(dot)coinspaceex(dot)com
Amount Scammed: None, but tried to scam me $20k USDT
Payment Method: USDT
Proof of Payment: Transfer from Binance to "CS EX" app.
PM/Screenshots: We chat in Chinese. I listened to his instructions. We would send each other screenshots of the trading results.
- The link he sent me to download CS EX
https://i.imgur.com/tQKGbD6.png- The profile configuration to install app on iphone
https://i.imgur.com/fMoqslj.jpg- The CS EX app icon & interface
https://i.imgur.com/EOTuosX.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/pLN8tZg.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/lQCqXMi.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/zoHb4V7.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/BKdnZJ9.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/p2GfRtO.png- Screenshots of him teaching me how to trade
https://i.imgur.com/2w8GlCb.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/IeH262y.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/NMkxhDf.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/MF0CWx1.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/xMfeL2b.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/h65QmhA.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/L4X8PnK.jpg- When he told me to invest 20k and I said no
https://i.imgur.com/yzFynNl.jpg