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Pig butchering and recovery scams
Pig butchering is a long kindness that ends in a fake investment. The recovery scam is the second thief, who arrives after you have already lost.
The long con
Weeks of chat. A personal story. Then a platform only they use, with numbers that only go up. Withdrawals start to fail. They ask for a tax or a fee to release your own money. That fee is the theft.
The second thief
After you post that you were robbed, someone offers to get it back for an upfront payment, or by remote access to your computer. Nobody legitimate needs your seed to recover funds.
Report it to the police and the platform if you can. Do not pay a rescuer you met in the replies.
Check yourself
Should you pay a fee to unlock a withdrawal on a site a stranger introduced?
No. That fee is the theft.
After this you can recognise a release fee and a recovery offer as the same crime in a second costume.
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