Scam employer taking wallet funds
Thought this might give me a little casual easy income after seeing it on an agency site while looking for work.
And having stupidly funded my account due to a “negative balance”, I completed my databases, ready to withdraw all my balance.
So, I arranged the withdrawal with Customer Services.
Then was told sorry, you can only withdraw 2,000 a day with Basic Membership. I asked CS if they can return my funds to my basic account, as nobody told me about the limit. Not even my “mentor”.
CS said all I can do is add a personal fund of 10,000 to an Elite account, where I’d have to do another data set of 43 per set before I can withdraw everything.
Well, there’s no guarantee there won’t be another merged item - which might take you into a negative shortfall again. Might. I’m told it’s highly unlikely. But the risk is unimaginable.
I will not give more funds.
The so-called salary, bonuses and commission are stuck in their wallet.
I’ve had to tell my family.
I have been sick with worry all night and day.
My daughter is crying as it was money for her first property. My wife and son are devastated. My son said how could I be so stupid to have over all that money to a crypto wallet and constantly pay more.
Kraken and my bank have told me NEVER to hand over cash by a wallet to a company claiming you can make easy money if you pass over your own money via crypto/wallet as such schemes are almost definitely fraudulent and scams. I should have seen the signs - the coaxing and slightly robotic replies and responses that didn’t answer my questions but promised that my funds are safe if I do this and that. I’m losing my job in 2 weeks, my daughter’s property deposit can’t be returned, my “mentor” just said my daughter will be even more proud of me if I fund the Elite scheme - er, no, my daughter is devastated and called a stupid man for bring take. My daughter is shouting say me for being so naive and my ill wife had to face this before an operation.
NEVER pass funds to an employer. It’s a scam.
Weird how their Finance Dept CAN restore my funds if I take out Elite membership, but can’t restore them to my native account due to “protocols”.
I was trying to earn a little extra but have been taken for a fool.
When my mentor first rolled to me, I was told it was FISHFAT MARKETING. When I pointed out it was FATFISH, there was no answer.
And if you check the web address - you’ll find there’s an actual company called Fatfish marketing with a different web address (co.uk - not com). To confuse you. And it seems they’re based in the USA. The .co.uk version is legit and based in N.Ireland.
Even the WhatsApp support group is probably full of scammers. Their answers to queries are to say don’t worry, you’ll make a fortune if you add funds, then you can withdraw it and make a huge profit.
Even if it’s kosher, it’s designed to nurture you, guide you, take you in, win your trust dnd then take your money again and again, promising great riches. At no point was I told by anyone or by the mentor or by CS or by the system when attempting to withdraw all my funds that there was a 2,000 daily limit. A warning flag should say this before you confirm withdrawal on the platform and it shouldn’t allow you to select a higher amount.
Also, why does their wallet address change constantly? I was told to check the latest wallet address every time I was moving funds to them. That’s a red flag.
There are so many red flags at every step. All the stock answers and the failure to reply to questions should have served as way watching too. One must ask, where are all the supposed profits coming from?
I am ill with worry and despair now.
I’ve lost the respect of my children. All at such a bad time.
Oh, and isn’t it strange how on my last (40th) item, it was a merged item which put me into a negative balance by several thousand USD. Must be a deliberate thing in the algorithm (not completely random and very rare, as they claim.).
I have been massively let down and taken for a ride.
Even if the company is genuine, though I doubt if, it behaves like a typical scammer operation with sophisticated platforms.
Personally I don’t believe a word of it.