crypto currency scam

richiestraughan

Hi can anyone help me please or advise ?
I think I have been scammed in a crypto liquidation account 

flaneurs_lobster

Might need a bit more information but just the word "crypto" makes it more than likely that indeed you have been scammed.

richiestraughan

I don't know where to start 

tacpot12

richiestraughan said:

I don't know where to start 

Perhaps if explain what you have done, or what you think you have done, we may be able some advice. 

Details are important. 

richiestraughan

I was informed by a financial auditor that I had money in a liquidation account and have been trying since April to retrieve it and had to pay out of my money capital gains and transfer fees that have added up to quite a large sum so far and on the 4th of November it was all stolen out of the account to a wallet address and now the wallet AFP have advised me that it was stolen , however it might be able to be returned if I pay out yet again to a cyber investigating company AFP have recommended with a sum of £14500 , this sum they have said will be returned in full if they cannot retrieve the funds 

richiestraughan

I don't know where or who to turn to now for any help or advice or even where to begin , I have all my transaction invoices of what I have paid etc in the AFP wallet 

flaneurs_lobster

Have you ever bought cryptocurrency?

If not, even if you have, it's likely that this amount that you were told is owing to you is fictitious and you have been had by an "advance fee" scam, where you pay someone some money up front in order to free up a larger sum (which doesn't exist).

When the scammers have exhausted your up-front funds they go to stage two - the funds have been stolen and you need specialist help, for which you must pay up-front, in order to retrieve the same non-existent funds.

Stop giving them money.  

flaneurs_lobster

richiestraughan said:

I don't know where or who to turn to now for any help or advice or even where to begin , I have all my transaction invoices of what I have paid etc in the AFP wallet 

AFP - Australian Federal Police?

https://financefeeds.com/afp-warns-criminals-used-official-cybercrime-system-to-trap-crypto-victims/

Ayr_Rage

richiestraughan said:

I was informed by a financial auditor that I had money in a liquidation account and have been trying since April to retrieve it and had to pay out of my money capital gains and transfer fees that have added up to quite a large sum so far and on the 4th of November it was all stolen out of the account to a wallet address and now the wallet AFP have advised me that it was stolen , however it might be able to be returned if I pay out yet again to a cyber investigating company AFP have recommended with a sum of £14500 , this sum they have said will be returned in full if they cannot retrieve the funds 

Who is the financial auditor and how did they contact you?

What investment made your capital gains in the first place?

Where were you holding the funds that were "stolen/moved" and in what currency?

Who exactly are AFP?

It certainly does sound like a scam, don't pay anyone anything and contact Action Fraud or the police depending on where you live.

richiestraughan

yes I traded in crypto currency about two years ago and I did not know that they had opened another seven accounts in my name and were trading and money was secured in a liquidation account after they were caught and the platform taken down and dissolved (Barton Markets.com )

richiestraughan

The Financial auditor is Marcus Briggs from EO consultancy in London ,he contacted me by email and has kept in touch by phone and emails.
The capital tax fee was for the money that was in the liquidation account and AFP is a trading wallet and they were storing it in the liquidation account which I still have access to .
The funds were in AFP wallet and the currency was crypto and USD.
I live in the North east Tyne and Wear