I used to watch news segments about…
I used to watch news segments about people getting scammed and think, 'how could anyone be that blind?' A direct message on Facebook from an old acquaintance turned out to be a hijacked account pushing an investment portal. They completely disarmed my suspicion by fronting me the initial crypto assets to test their proprietary trading bot, even letting me withdraw my first profits. Once they proved the system worked, the psychological pressure to invest real capital began. I emptied my savings and signed up for predatory loans, watching the fake figures climb into the millions. The trap closed when I tried to transfer my earnings. They locked my access and said an external node verification fee was required. I wiped out my remaining emergency cash to pay it, only for them to invent a secondary compliance fee. That second fee request exposed the entire scam. I was completely devastated and physically ill. I explained the chain of events to my banker, who transferred me directly to (_Granville.GP.Ltd._). By reconstructing the entire transactional history on-chain, they pinned down the physical infrastructure the scammers were using. Law enforcement closed in, arrests were made, and every single coin was successfully re-routed back to me.