HIGH TRAFFIC CHARGE.... does it really exist!!

[Lojze]

Hello,

I would be very pleased if anyone can help me to find out if my broker is fooling me or he is honest. He was sending to me my withdrawal which should be a few $xK but I received just $50. He is claiming that the rest is cought in the 'wire' but the transaction was confirmed. Is it possible to accelerate it somehow.
Thanky you!

Transaction hash:
                         554491c4960fed3cde81237c192f36c18ad6d5144c260c9886b6ff91d259295c

Executed:                                      23.02.2023    07:40 a.m.  - Brussels time

Brokers message:
Dear xx,
The fluctuation of the price of bitcoin has caused the withdrawals to be unstable, withdrawals Gateway was only able to dispense one payment of 50USD  to your bitcoin wallet, therefore before the full deposit transfer can be done fee (HTC) may be needed before the transaction can start on.

This fee is required to be paid found by HIGH TRAFFIC LOAD due to busy network at the core of bitcoin, this fee of $ xx USD to continue confirmation can not be by pass, this fee must be deposited as soon as possible and your funds will be transferred completely in 30 seconds..

  FUNDS DEPOSITED OF $xxx WILL BE
  INCLUDED IN YOUR WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT
  BECAUSE IT IS AN HTC CLEARANCE FEE AND
  NO SECOND PARTY SHALL BE INVOLVED
  (NO LOSS OF FUNDS).

  PAYMENT DETAILS
  WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT: $xxx USD
  AMOUNT SENT: 50.00 USD
  AMOUNT OUTSTANDING: USD $xxx
  RECIPIENT'S BC PORTFOLIO ADDRESS: BLOCKED
  HTC FEE REQUIRED: $xxx

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[NeuroticFish]

Just look at your transaction. It's public, any block explorer can show it. One example is:

https://mempool.space/tx/554491c4960fed3cde81237c192f36c18ad6d5144c260c9886b6ff91d259295c

Look up for your address and you'll see what you've received. You'll see also that many other addresses have received coins. And the transaction has plenty of confirmations.
So all that was sent was processed. Nothings "caught in the wire" or anything. And since it's confirmed there's nothing to accelerate.
Conclusion: if anything is missing and the transaction on the block explorer shows for your address exactly what you've received, then it's the sender who didn't send the coins.

Dear xx,
The fluctuation of the price of bitcoin has caused the withdrawals to be unstable, withdrawals Gateway was only able to dispense one payment of 50USD  to your bitcoin wallet, therefore before the full deposit transfer can be done fee (HTC) may be needed before the transaction can start on.

This fee is required to be paid found by HIGH TRAFFIC LOAD due to busy network at the core of bitcoin, this fee of $ xx USD to continue confirmation can not be by pass, this fee must be deposited as soon as possible and your funds will be transferred completely in 30 seconds..

This is utter bullshit. If they would be honest they
1. could have been sending all the money in the transaction already sent.
2. could send the rest of the money paying maybe 1-2$ fee from those thousands you supposedly have there.

But actually they use some oddly complicated words for a non-existing problem to fool you deposit more.

This is how I see it. You can way for others' opinions too though.

[BitMaxz]

Does it looks like a scam would you mind to share what the wallet address that you share with your broker?
The transaction from that hash is already confirmed so you don't need to accelerate them and the current network is not congested, unlike yesterday.

The way how he talks is the same as other scammers on telegram.
Have you recently sent them for a fee?
Be careful it is a scam attempt.

[HCP]

They want you to deposit more money to withdraw funds you already have there? Honestly, this seems like a scam.

Have you ever used this "broker" before? Where/what service was this "withdrawal" from? Something definitely smells fishy here!

[Macadonian]

When people use abbreviations and complicated words they are trying to trick you into thinking they know what they are talking about but in the example given they are making the words and abbreviations up. Do not trust who sent you this and if you can I would withdraw the money but I guess judging by this message you have lost the initial Bitcoin you deposited. Can I ask which service this is?

[NotATether]

Is this "broker" of yours using any fancy website to advertise their services to other unsuspecting clients and you found them online? Or do you privately know them as well?

If the latter is true, and they don't pony up your funds, you should file a lawsuit against them assuming the funds are significant.