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I met a guy who went by the name Edward Jonaitis. I met online through the Facebook Dating app back in February. He had a FB profile so I thought he was a legitimate person but I now think he may have stolen this person's identity. After a few months, he mentioned having other streams of income from a Forex cryptocurrency investment and mining platform. I asked lots of questions to gather more information because I'm interested in investment opportunities. I did some research and the website www.unitedglotrading.com and it didn't come up as a scam site and didn't find any bad reviews. I looked within the US and the UK since that's where they're headquartered but found nothing alarming. So I initially invested $4,000 and the investment did well after the first month so I decided to borrow some money from my IRA and upgrade their Big Win plan with a $25,000.00 investment which offers 15% return over the course of 7 days. The money tripled after another month so I decided to make a withdrawal. I requested to withdraw $100k but was told I can't withdraw unless I pay the $10,054 commission fee upfront. Now I am extremely worried that I've been scammed and my money is stuck in this account. I've reported this to my local police department in Caldwell, NJ, the FBI, the FTC, UK Fraud, CTFC, Coinbase, and a bunch of scam recovery companies which have mixed reviews about also being possible scams. I haven't received any help yet and was told by the FBI they only assist in cases over $1M. I am still in hearing from the scammer and he's aware of my dilemma. He knows I'm upset but keeps insisting I'll have my money once the commission is paid. I mentioned reporting this company to the FBI but he doesn't know that I've already done so. Please advise and let me know what is my best course of action.