In The Process of Getting Scammed

A lot of times, I've read and seen people talk about how they were scammed or almost got scammed while trading online, mosting during p2p transactions and unfortunately, today I just might be adding to those stories.

Some few days ago, I had made a transaction on bybit and everything had gone smooth as usual, just like it has over a million times that I've done it in the past. I had withdraw my money and went about my day.

Fast forward to some time yesterday, I had received a text on my bank app about my account being restricted for something suspicious blah blah blah.. I didn't really pay much attention to it because I'm not used to getting messages like that, so I probably thought it was just one of their random messages that they send in order to create awareness for things like scams and the likes.

And just like every terms and conditions that I've ever agreed to online, I had click/swiped on it without really reading through it.

Well fast forward to today and I had gone back to make another transaction, this time it wasn't just my money involved and I needed it ASAP. So I had gone through the process as usual and got credited.. Again, everything went as smooth as usual and I had left the trading app to go make some transactions, only to be met with some error messages on my bank app.

Apparently, my account had been frozen due to suspicion of fraudulent activities on my account and I needed to appeal to get it fixed.

It turned out that the guy I had earlier done transaction with few days ago had gone ahead to report my account as a fraudulent one after he had sent that money, with hopes of his bank reversing the payment, so that he gets to keep the crypto and the money.

Immediately, I had done the appeal but unfortunately I have to wait three days for it to be reviewed, leaving me with no money for myself or the other person I had earlier wanted to send money to.

Feeling defeated and angry, I had gone back to the trading app to see if I could at least get the trader's details so that I could reach out to them, to get the issue sorted out on their end but I couldn't find their number.. So I had decided to go through their review which I didn't do the first time before trading with them, and that was when I saw this review below.

Apparently I wasn't exactly his fist victim..if only I had taken a second to go through the reviews, I probably would have saved myself from all of this mess.

Anyways, now all I have to do is pray, wait and just hope for the best. But please, if you guys know anything else that I can do to help unfreeze my account and still leave my money intact, I'd really appreciate if you leave a comment below.

_{The screenshot in the post belongs to me.}