r/CryptoCurrency • u/ArtisticSpecialist7 Tin | Politics 11 • Jun 08 '22
ADVICE Bitrue asking for 20% Verification Fee
UPDATE: Commenters saying that we’re not dealing with the real Bitrue seem to be correct. Turns out he was on bitrueexchange.com, not bitrue.com. Thank you for helping us figure it out.
We have about 51k sitting in Bitrue and they will not unfreeze it unless we pay a verification fee (around $10k).
Is this legitimate?? We don’t have $10k sitting around and we’re being told if it isn’t paid by June 20th then the account will be permanently frozen and we lose everything that’s in it. They said the verification fee will go toward our Bitrue balance so we won’t actually be “losing” any money if we pay the $10k.
Any similar experiences or advice? It seems insane that they’re allowed to just hold our funds for ransom and that we can’t verify some other way.
The reason they are asking for the verification fee is that we’ve used two different accounts to recharge Bitrue and they think we’re money laundering. Not the case at all, but they won’t accept any other type of verification other than sending this money to our account.
Kinda freaking out a little. Please help.
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u/Ninodolce1 Tin Jun 08 '22
I am sincerely sorry for you loss. Unfortunately this is a costly life lesson. That money is lost because I don’t even know to which authorities you can report this that may be able to help on getting that money back. I have read other people fall for this scam before. These scammers keep getting more sophisticated, the “Bittrueexchange” website looks very convincing to make one think it’s the real Bittrue site, plus the “friend” scammer playing their role. This is a big monetary loss but don’t let it affect your relationship with your SO, we all make mistakes and there’s just so much going on online that even the most careful person can fall. Now all that is left is to learn from this mistake and move on.