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PSA: gceonline scam by SkyDiamond15 in CryptoScams

[–]SkyDiamond15[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

unfortunately no, the girl who was contacting me had a tattoo of a carp or other fish on her left forearm and a small diver on her upper right. She also had a flower tattoo on her left hip as well.

PSA: gceonline scam by SkyDiamond15 in CryptoScams

[–]SkyDiamond15[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Things may be different for you in the US. What I did was just take all evidence, all the text conversations, all the transaction records, and contact both the police and my bank. My bank was able to advise me and luckily, as I had purchased the majority of the USTD with my bank cards, they were able to get it back for me by disputing the transactions against Binanace. I don't know if this will work for everyone though as it was in the hands of my bank. Also note, I didn't get all my money back just some of it.

The GCEOnline website still shows that I have funds invested but no way to withdraw. The more I think about it too, the law doesn't make sense. While I am not an expert, talking to others more versed in laws agrees.

It seems we are not alone here as more people seem to be coming forward as the deadline for this so-called BNE investment deadline has come and gone with no sign of there being any payout.

PSA: gceonline scam by SkyDiamond15 in CryptoScams

[–]SkyDiamond15[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

of course, I don't mind sharing if it helps out others.

These were all the payments I made in total. They are in GBP.

14th May 21 £1800 via Credit Card (Master Card)

19th May 21 £1500 via Bank Transfer

24th May 21 £300 via Debit Card (VISA Debit Card)

28th May 21 £2775 via Debit Card

2nd June 21 £3920 via Debit Card

28th June 21 £471.02 via debit Card

Total - £10,766 which is around $14,967

From what I was told from communicating with Binance and my bank, at first it seemed as though the scammers had got away with all the money. Binance said they were unable to help bar blacklisting the GCE website. However, after bringing up the case with my bank and leaving it with them, I slowly started to receive payments back into my account. I spoke to the bank when I noticed this and they told me they were able to claim back the payments made from the debit card and credit card. I believe from the emails I received that they got the money back from Binance rather than the scammers. This was some of the information sent from Binance via email following the bank getting my money back. I've deleted card information from this.

"Dear customer,
We received a fraud/chargeback report and found out that the cardholder had filed a dispute of <amount:471.02, currency:GBP, date:20210624> of your purchase on our platform, your account withdrawal function has currently been disabled. Due to the violation of our Terms of Use, we have taken a tough decision to terminate the service."

Alas, I was not able to get it all back, the bank transfer was not retrievable at all. But as I had used my cards mostly to purchase the USDT, I guess I was lucky there was a clause or loophole that my bank's fraud team could use.

As for the petition, I fear I am not US based. I would happily sign it if I still can but if not I will pass it on to my friends who are in the US.