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Starting March this year, I saw an advertisement on Instagram about an investment in an Oil and Gas company named Del Mar Energy Inc. that is based in Dallas, TX and has refineries and works in many places, a main refinery they said they are doing in Alaska. I couldn't find much information about them but there were many documents and videos (in their website as well). Starting 22nd March this year, I invested $1000 roughly and their returns were good. I realized $1000 is something I could play with. By 7th July, I had broken even and made profit on my investment. I was planning to make a bigger investment at this time and just to be sure I sent out an email to Deloitte on who supposedly audited the company, but no one replied for a while. On 22nd July through 25th July, while I still hadn't received anything from Deloitte in reply, I invested a total of $40,000 in Del Mar. My money was locked in till September 1 as per agreement, but in this mean time Deloitte did reply back and told me they have never audited a company like Del Mar Energy Inc. This concerned me greatly and I already thought/realized I had fallen for a scam probably where the small returns are done but the big ones aren't. I was still getting the returns from my initial $1000 dollar investment. When September 1 came, I was told to withdraw the incredible profit of $50,096 and the initial investment of $40,000 (a total of $90,096), I would have to enable an API in my Coinbase. The instructions for this were give through this link: https://withdrawconnect.io/ It felt suspicious why an API wanted withdrawal permissions from my Coinbase. But so far I was still getting my returns from Del Mar, plus I could see webinars, Zoom calls where actual people were talking, and tons of documents. I was still making the daily accruals from my initial $1000 investment and I had more than broken even there. Then came something very unexpected. I saw a notification on my phone that $300 was withdrawn from my Coinbase USDC wallet. I was at a gathering 10 minutes way from my place, the notification alerted me, so I said hasty goodbyes and left. Just as I parked my car, another $600 was withdrawn. So far, then $40,000 + $900 = $40,900 had been take from me. I checked the wallet address and it was the same one I gave API access to coming from Del Mar, this wallet address: 0x43475b3D6B929444f4b9FbfCAce44908e4C517Aa. I immediately locked my Coinbase account. I had made small profits from the $1000, so my net loss with Del Mar is $40,618. But ever since this, my Coinbase was locked. I also replaced my driver's license to a Real ID and unlocking my Coinbase took till today (I had to get the ID in the mail and everything). Today (9/19/25), I chat messaged with Del Mar support and they refuse to send the amount unless I enable the API again which they claim was for verification purpose. I asked them to send the money to my USDC wallet: ****************************************** , but they refuse to go ahead unless I enable that API again. I told them, absolutely no business in this world requires people to give an API withdrawal permission. I found that suspicious in the start itself. I have deleted their API of course and told them I will not enable it under any circumstances, even for excuse of "verification". I have since asked them to return my money to my USDC wallet mentioned above, or that I will file this complaint. I have uploaded the IC3 complaint I made today. The IC3 one is the most accurate in terms of dates and transaction amount and details. The number I have given in this complaint: (272) 280-8597 is of a person named Jimmy Hampton who I contacted first when I saw the Del Mar advertisement in Instagram. The other person Marc Willson seems to have deactivated his number, but I communicated with him more common, so I have given his name and email. The number of Marc Willson (seems deactivated) is (978) 962-6513. Thank you, ***** *