I got tricked by one of the recent bitcoin scams operating on youtube in which somebody steals somebody's identity, in my case it was Tesla/SpaceX/NASA/Elon Musk, and wound up losing 0.3 bitcoin.
I thought it might be possible to recover bitcoin from a fraudulent transaction but it appears that is just another scam. In fact one might say that the entire bitcoin scheme itself is a gigantic fraud mechanism. Luckily I never paid any actual money to anyone other than for the miner equipment, which can be resold.
However I did pay $150 USD to Atlas Global Recovery based on this very quote:
Eric: "I believe your chance of successful recovery is very strong and would like to get to work right away on your case. Attached is a Service Agreement that I will need you to read, fill, sign, and return to us. There is a flat fee of $150.00 to cover the expenses for your case."
So I paid them $150 via Mastercard and it appears they are actually based out of Huntsville Arizona with zip code 72740 and telephone number 914-465-0114. I'm going to attempt to dispute that Mastercard transaction.
Holy cow the scams pile up one upon the next!
Cryptocurrency is a complete and utter scam, no wonder Maduro/Venezuela and Putin/Russia are so firmly behind these schemes.
I thought it might be possible to recover bitcoin from a fraudulent transaction but it appears that is just another scam. In fact one might say that the entire bitcoin scheme itself is a gigantic fraud mechanism. Luckily I never paid any actual money to anyone other than for the miner equipment, which can be resold.
However I did pay $150 USD to Atlas Global Recovery based on this very quote:
Eric: "I believe your chance of successful recovery is very strong and would like to get to work right away on your case. Attached is a Service Agreement that I will need you to read, fill, sign, and return to us. There is a flat fee of $150.00 to cover the expenses for your case."
So I paid them $150 via Mastercard and it appears they are actually based out of Huntsville Arizona with zip code 72740 and telephone number 914-465-0114. I'm going to attempt to dispute that Mastercard transaction.
Holy cow the scams pile up one upon the next!
Cryptocurrency is a complete and utter scam, no wonder Maduro/Venezuela and Putin/Russia are so firmly behind these schemes.