Description

On October 19 2023 I got an offer from someone wanting to buy one of my NFTs for above my asking price. On November 6 2023 I saw the message and responded, and the supposed buyer directed me to a transaction page specifically of that NFT. While everything looked like a typical Makersplace page (Makersplace.com is the website I hosted the NFT on), I did notice that the root url was "makersplace.pro," and "makersplace.store", which I thought was a little weird, but when I would type in just those root urls it would take me to the normal makersplace.com home page. So I assumed it was just another domain under the Makersplace umbrella. I was told on the transaction page that in order to complete AML certification I had to link funds equal to the buyer's offer from my wallet to the transaction page, so 1 ETH. But because of an error I had to do that twice. I completed the transaction and "AML certification" on November 10, and support told me the buyer's funds would appear in my Metamask wallet within 48 hours. It's been over 48 hours (though most of that wasn't business days) and I still haven't seen any funds, so I am confident I have been scammed out of 2 ETH. Checking on the Makersplace Discord, I've found screenshots from "buyers" that use the same wording in their messages and direct to very similar webpages with different web suffixes like I noticed. The transaction pages I was directed to are below, though they are now offline: https://transaction.makersplace.pro/confirm/neon-glisten https://transaction.makersplace.store/confirm/neon-glisten I have screenshots of the conversation and transaction page with the supposed support agent. I also have screenshots of the crypto exchange logs and have written down the transaction IDs and the crypto wallet address that the funds were sent to. I can send them in as part of this scam complaint submission, but I'm having trouble using the file upload feature on the website. I'm also hoping informing the authorities about the scam will help prevent scams like this in the future. I'd very much appreciate any help you can give me on this subject, especially in the area of recovering my lost funds. Thank you for your time.