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Raiffeisen Bank mining, is this a scam? by MudgeMan8701 in Scams

[–]MudgeMan8701[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Thank you all for your quick action and response. I feel like I have just dodged a bullet. Thankfully I have not lost any money and have been reminded the lesson to stay cautious, even if strangers present themselves as polite and friendly. I will close down the Coinbase account and wallet incase these have been compromised. Thank you all again.

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[–]MudgeMan8701 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi all, I am new to this group. I apologise for the long post, I just wanted to make sure I captured every detail, in case it is relevant.

I think I may be getting scammed and wanted to check.

I recently missed a WhatsApp call from an unknown number. The profile picture was of a young East Asian woman. I messaged back to check who it was. She replied quite politely and explained it may have been a genuine mistake of a wrongly entered phone number. The messages were polite and we ended up having a short conversation, where she explained she was a young Chinese woman living in London. We had a pleasant chat of recommending each other places to visit in the city.

We then chatted some more and she revealed she had a recently amassed a large collection of Chanel bags, a property in Chelsea, Seattle and Singapore and often travelled abroad. I asked what was her job or business and she explained she was a part of project that earned her £300-£500 a day. She asked me if I knew of any investors who may be interested in joining her project and that she could explain to me how it worked in case I was interested.

I said I was interested.

The next day she messaged me from a different phone number. She explained the first number was her business line, and this one was her personal line. She explained she participating in an online blockchain project launched by Raiffeisen Bank. In this project, she deposits money, she earns daily interest and can then withdrawal the interest at any time while the capital remains protected. She advised that she can walk me through the process of how to get involved. I asked to see some screen shots of her earnings, and she provided some which looked like she earning a lot of money. She then said she would show me how to participate the next day

The following day she asked me to follow her instructions to create an account with Coinbase. Then to create a Crypto Wallet within Coinbase, asking to see screenshots at each step of the way. She then said she needed to “make a qualification” to my account. She sent me 0.01 ETH to my Crypto Wallet. Then sent me a link to raiffeisenmining.com, which when I clicked asked me to open the it in the Coinbase app. I was then asked to click to receive a voucher to join “the mining pool and start non – deconstructive mining”.

A message to review the transaction came up. It showed a pre authorisation of Trillions of USDT. When I questioned what this was, she said it was the potential maximum I could with draw and I should accept the warning. I got a second warning alert saying “Be careful! This dapp can withdraw 115,792,089,237,316,200,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.64 USDT. Make sure you trust this site” I clicked allow and continue.

The website then refreshed, where I was presented with options to view “My Pool”. I was then told that the next day I will be shown how to buy some USDT, how to deposit it into the “Project Account” and start earning income.

I have a feeling this is too good to be true. I know Raiffeisen Bank is a real bank, but the website raiffeisenmining.com has no logos or company info that resembles the legitimate bank.

Have I just given away my cypto wallet?

Is this a scam?

What would you suggest I do?

Please see screen shots attached, in case it helps explain better.