Troy Guggenhauer

And not only did I have to get $10,000, but I had to do it within four or five days. So it wasn't a whole lot of time.

And not only did I have to get $10,000, but I had to do it within four or five days. So it wasn't a whole lot of time.

Exactly.

Exactly.

No, there was nothing like that. It was it was online. You just fill out an online application and you're approved and the money's transferred to your bank account. But this is not something anybody had ever heard of. In 2021, when I was scammed, nobody knew about this stuff. Nobody had a clue about any of it. Not the media, law enforcement. There was nobody I could talk to. Nobody.

No, there was nothing like that. It was it was online. You just fill out an online application and you're approved and the money's transferred to your bank account. But this is not something anybody had ever heard of. In 2021, when I was scammed, nobody knew about this stuff. Nobody had a clue about any of it. Not the media, law enforcement. There was nobody I could talk to. Nobody.

In fact, my friends all thought, oh, sounds like a great deal. You know, I got all this money.

In fact, my friends all thought, oh, sounds like a great deal. You know, I got all this money.

Nope.

Nope.

None.

None.

Well, it got a little bit worse before it got better.

Well, it got a little bit worse before it got better.

Okay, the $10,000 is there. They said, hold on one moment. And then I looked at my wallet and it was zero. They had taken it out. Now I was furious. And I started texting them, where is my money? What happened to this? And I got a message back, your money is safe in the mining pool, but you're supposed to get $200,000 in Ethereum. I believe it was Ethereum is what they told me.

Okay, the $10,000 is there. They said, hold on one moment. And then I looked at my wallet and it was zero. They had taken it out. Now I was furious. And I started texting them, where is my money? What happened to this? And I got a message back, your money is safe in the mining pool, but you're supposed to get $200,000 in Ethereum. I believe it was Ethereum is what they told me.

But to do that, you have to pay the taxes. The taxes are $35,000. Oh, God. It was at that moment I knew I'd been scammed.

But to do that, you have to pay the taxes. The taxes are $35,000. Oh, God. It was at that moment I knew I'd been scammed.

I started messaging them that you don't pay taxes on money you don't have. That just doesn't happen.

I started messaging them that you don't pay taxes on money you don't have. That just doesn't happen.