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I'm a realtor and received a lead through my real estate broker's lead provider. The person pretended to be a buyer. They said they were interested in buying a home in my area. They provided proof of funds and well as signed a buyers representation agreement. They told me they were a market analyst and a trader. They invited me to learn about trading. They supposedly lived and worked in New York City and had business partners in other parts of the world. Although the initial lead came through as a text from our lead provider, the majority of communication was done through WhatsApp. I spoke to the client on the phone a few times over the course of 6 months. It was very hard to understand them with a heavy accent. They showed me how it worked and introduced me to Coinbase, Strike, Trust & MetaMask exchanges. They then told me to transfer my money to another trading platform called cfbit.com They made it appear that I was getting a return on my investment. I started with $500 and after several trades, I added an additional $5,000. By then I had over $8,500 USD in my account. When I tried to withdraw a portion of my funds from this platform it showed my funds were frozen. After several attempts to reach their support team, I finally received a response instructing me to deposit an additional 20% so they could verify my identity. If they did not hear back from me in 21 days, my funds would be temporarily frozen for 180 days. These idiots had already frozen my assets for 4 months! Further, they were stuck in the exchange mode and were fluctuating with the market. If that part was even real. This whole thing was a scam! As of yesterday, the app and website are no longer accessible.