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. I was recently contacted about a part time job online by text message, by someone named Evelyn from Kforce . Phone number 252-599-1713. She said they were looking for people for work from home roles . I said that interested me and she said ok, the HR team would get in touch with me via WhatsApp. On February 26I received a message on WhatsApp from someone named Sophia Taylor @ 839-232-6186. She said she got my number from Evelyn at Talentcor Kforce . We chatted a bit , she asked me a few questions, and then said she worked for a company called Masa App Developers . I told her that I knew nothing about that sort of thing and I was not interested in. She said not to worry, it was simple, and she would help me to get started , and there was a one day training program that I could try before I had to decide that required no fees and would pay me 70-120 USD. After some more discussion she convinced me to try . She said this was the basic salaries that were available: 1. The basic salary is as follows: Sign in for 2 consecutive days: 200 USD = 280 CAD Sign in for 5 consecutive days: 800 USD = 1120 CAD Sign in for 15 consecutive days: 1500 USD = 2100 CAD Sign in for 30 consecutive days: 3800 USD = 5320 CAD She wanted to start right away as it would only take about 1/2 an hr. I asked her to get in touch the following Monday , March 3 , because I was busy for the rest of the week . She then contacted me on Friday February 28 from a different number and said it was her Canadian number 873-501-2638. We chatted a bit more , she asked me quite a few questions about what I like to do and that sort of thing , she told me she was divorced and that this job was a great help for her to get by. I told her I was going snowmobiling for the weekend and I would be back Monday afternoon. She then contacted me on Monday about 4 pm and we chatted some more , she asked about my other job and a few other questions about my life , we then set up a time to start on Tues morning. I told her I was still very apprehensive, because we met through the internet and she reassured everything would be fine , that’s how everything is now a days . She explained a few more things about the job, We work for an international company, Masa. App developers publish their apps on Masa's work platform. We are responsible for uploading data to each app. Masa has an ASO system that helps generate data and traffic to the app, such as app download rate, purchase rate, and transaction volume, to increase their visibility and ranking exposure, and attract more users to download and use it. Every click on our workbench will increase the rating of the app, just like you like a YouTube video, so that more people see it and like it. But they need real users like us to ensure the authenticity of the network and funding data She then sent me a link to the masa workstation so we could do the training https://masa-ke.com I went there and set up an account with her help . She then put 500 USDon the account and received 35USD for signing me up for training . She then explained to me how it worked and said I needed to complete the first project to earn .75 percent commission. I got part way through and it stopped so I asked her what happened and said Lady Luck had smiled on me that the single project had become a joint project and we were now receiving 7.5% commission and the reason it stopped was we needed more funds to complete it , so she added some . All the way through she kept asking for screenshots so she could see what was going on . Because the joint project is composed of 2-3 APPs, our funds need to complete the joint project independently. In the above picture, there are 2 APPs, one with an amount of 559 and the other with an amount of 297. The principal of this account is: 535. The first APP deducts the principal: 559, and the second APP has an amount of 297. At this time, the total funds in the account are not enough to complete the two APPs of this joint project, so a negative number of 289USDC will be generated. I then finished the joint project and another basic one . She said congratulations, you have completed your training. And asked it I had a crypto . Com account so I could be paid . I said no and she said she could explain how to set one up if I wanted her to , because the only way to get paid was crypto coin . I said I didn’t have a clue about that and she said don’t worry I’ll show how to withdraw it and put it back into CAD , so we did . Looking back I think she was helping me set things up in a way that she could see everything I was doing , but I’m not sure of that .she kept reassuring that I was doing well and it would get easier, the more I did . It ended up about 10 hrs online that day and my brain was fried , I’ve never spent that much time in the internet in my life. To finish the day I ended up with about 200 CAD in my account and she asked if I wanted to withdraw it and put it in my bank account or I could leave it there and use it the next day to save having to transfer money to start the day , I left it there . The next day we started again with some chit chat and then proceeded to set things up for the day. I moved the money from my crypto account back to the masa platform so I could buy in and get started . She said no that I was working on my own , I would need to complete 3 tasks in order to get paid for the day . She would be available for me in I had any questions. I got about 2/3 of the way through and it told me I had insufficient funds to complete the task . I asked her and she again asked for a screenshot to see what was happening. She said it was unbelievable, I had been ask to do a joint project again , and I would need to add about 880 CAD to complete the task . I was very skeptical but she sad , don’t worry, as soon as you complete the task you can withdraw all of the money plus commission. I had no idea how to enter money so she once again too k me through it with screenshots all along the way . We went back my crypto account and requested money from my RBC account and set up an etransfer . Once the money was sent , we moved it to the masa work platform and I was able to complete the task and put the money back into my crypto account. The amount was now about 2000.CAD . She once again told me how lucky I was and asked if I wanted to send the money back to my RBC account or keep it to use again the next day .once again it had been about 7 hrs online so I left it . Looking back , if I had quit right there , I would have actually been ahead about 1000 CAD. At this point I was feeling it might be legit and I was happy with what had transpired. She introduced my to a company group chat that was supposedly for employees to be able to chat and support one another. It seemed normal . The next day is when everything went wrong for me , but I’m not sure anything they did was illegal or just an ingenious way to take money from a fool like me . We started the day with more chit chat and then we got going . I moved my money back to the platform and began my tasks for the day . I got part way into the second task and amazingly got another joint task . I asked if I could decline and she said no because it was all generated by the system and this was an unbelievable bit of good fortune. I needed to add 6200 dollars to the funds to complete my days tasks and collect the rewards . I said absolutely not . She explained to me I would lose my 2000.00 I started with if I did not complete the task . I said I didn’t care I wouldn’t do it . She of course gave me all the same assurances as before but I said no . And stopped communicating for a while . She continued to try to convince me everything would be fine . I then went to the group chat to read what others were talking about . It was a lot of talk about stocks , politics , how their days had gone. There was one person talking about a situation similar to mine and everyone reassured him it would be fine . It seemed real . I decided to go ahead and put in 6200 CAD. I got to one click short of finishing the third task when it happened again , this time they needed 18300$ I refused and stopped communicating. I was willing to lose almost 8k to just walk away . The next morning she started texting again, trying to convince me it was just one more step to a huge pay off . I refused . She then suggested I could ask customer service for assistance. So I asked . They said they would review it and get back to me. A while later they told me they would cover half of it as long as I agreed to pay it back with commission as soon as I got paid . I then told Sofia I could afford even half so I would still have to walk away . I then checked on the group chat and found the other person in the similar situation had resolved it and was showing photos from the work platform of his commissions . Everyone was congratulating him and he seemed genuinely thrilled . In the meanwhile Sophia continued to try to convince me to change my mind. I told her even if I wanted to I couldn’t afford it . She then told me she had seen my bank account balance on a screenshot and I had other money . That scared me a little. I told her the most I could use was 2900.00 she said she would put in The rest to help me out as long as I paid her back right away . I knew there was no way it could happen again with only one click left to finish the task and I just wanted to get out , I was exhausted and stressed out about the most I have ever been . I finished it . And there was now over 24000 usd in my wallet and all that was left was to transfer it to crypto and then my bank account. I contacted customer service and they said they would lay out a plan to transfer the money because the sum was too large to move at once at my level . They came back with about a 5 step plan and told me to be very careful to follow the steps exactly. I thought I understood but I was so stressed that I made a mistake . It immediately froze the funds . Customer service immediately started messaging me that I had not done what they said repeatedly as if I had been caught stealing. They then said they would have to review my situation. The next day they messaged me that the only way to release the money was to deposit a matching amount and then it would be released . They said this was a final decision. That is where it stands and Sophia continues to message me sometimes saying she wants to help and sometimes saying she wants her money back . I have no idea If they have done anything illegal but it’s one big mess and I just keep making it worse. I thought about walking away and let the chips fall where they may . A friend of mine suggested contact you and see if there was anyone else in this kinda of situation or if there was anything I can do .