Help requested: trying to recover $5000 of crypto ($$ reward for anyone who can help)

This just goes to show that crypto is a very non-sketchy, super-duper legitimate, totally not-a-scam investment.

sexy vaxxed guy wrote:

This just goes to show that crypto is a very non-sketchy, super-duper legitimate, totally not-a-scam investment.

if I agree with you that it's stupid and all that will you help me get this money back or what?

Yeah if I forget my password 💻 to my US bank 💰 account there is two factor authentication and or I could give PII over the phone to verify my identity and recover everything 🕵️‍♀️ …or if someone hacks it at least I know the dollar amount in there is FDIC insured. Plus I know the us 👮‍♀️ authorities will go after the person for check fraud/wire fraud/bank fraud. If the same happens to my Vanguard account I have a transaction record and can get the fraud worked out with the SEC and authorities etc.

what happens with cryptocurrencies is that it’s gone forever and there is no undo button and authorities can’t help you…

The only piece I see that’s potentially valuable from cryptocurrencies (and this is questionable) is the blockchain technology if somehow US banks need a decentralized ledger 📒??? but given the electricity the 2008 code 👨‍💻 takes up with a piece of sht data center located in El Salvador 🇸🇻 or Nigeria 🇳🇬 or some corrupt country I doubt it’s even needed or of any real good use?

James Joyce junior wrote:

sexy vaxxed guy wrote:

This just goes to show that crypto is a very non-sketchy, super-duper legitimate, totally not-a-scam investment.

if I agree with you that it's stupid and all that will you help me get this money back or what?

You will get it back and more through a very boring yet very effective passive investment strategy of dollar-cost average investing over several decades into a diversified set of low-cost, broad-based ETFs or mutual funds. Weight heavily to US stocks if you are young, but feel free to add a helping of international stocks and domestic bond funds for a spicy thrill! Add a couple percent worth of international bonds if you’re a real thrill seeker.

Learn from your mistakes. You lost a few grand. Big deal. You learned something and will be smarter moving forward.

sexy vaxxed guy wrote:

James Joyce junior wrote:

if I agree with you that it's stupid and all that will you help me get this money back or what?

You will get it back and more through a very boring yet very effective passive investment strategy of dollar-cost average investing over several decades into a diversified set of low-cost, broad-based ETFs or mutual funds. Weight heavily to US stocks if you are young, but feel free to add a helping of international stocks and domestic bond funds for a spicy thrill! Add a couple percent worth of international bonds if you’re a real thrill seeker.

Learn from your mistakes. You lost a few grand. Big deal. You learned something and will be smarter moving forward.

Noted. Great advice. Thank you

Now are you gonna help me get this $5000 back or not homie?

Your safest bet is to go back to Mexico and buy a Mexican SIM card and put it in a phone and do the phone verification that way.

Don't you also need a Mexican Id? If not make a Mexican Google voice number and you'll be fine.

What you want to do is go down to 49th street. That's the main customer service branch. Ask for Mr. Fleming, he'll help you.

Just make a friend in Mexico and use their number for the verification. Nbd

Or transfer it to another wallet not on ftx?

Ha, ha

I love this.

All these idiots "investing" in crypto.

I’m afraid I can’t help OP, but I am keen to know more. What were you doing in Mexico? Why did you buy crypto there? (Ok so it wasn’t available in the US, but why did you want to buy it in the first place and what was the rush?) why do you think that having someone impersonate you in Mexico will work? For this much money, why not just go back to Mexico?

Why can't you just go get a go phone in Mexico?

i honestly think this just does the opposite? the fact that a crypto exchange is asking for some sort of KYC is a clear counter argument to the 'non-sketchy, super-duper legitimate' argument you're trying to muster up. to all of you crypto non believers, good luck holding your stance. if you've done legitimate research on the cons of crypto (and no energy usage is not a real one) then please provide them to me.

for the OP, yea your best bet is to either go find a mexico phone number yourself, find a mexican friend to share their phone number, or just remember password/seed phrase for that account and hope that in 3-5 years the exchange is opened up to more international countries and your crypto investment as grown (as it should) over the next few years.

sexy vaxxed guy wrote:

This just goes to show that crypto is a very non-sketchy, super-duper legitimate, totally not-a-scam investment.

The same thing would happen if he bought stocks instead of crypto. The issue is the OP essentially committed fraud stating he was a Mexican resident when he purchased the crypto in Mexico.

Anyways, one solution that comes to mind is just go back to Mexico and pick up a cheap burner phone with the phone number. Verify the identity and trash the phone. Or find a friend who might live in Mexico and use their info.

This is the biggest jailbait scam I've ever seen here. Didn't know entrapment like this was legal

yup... wrote:

Ha, ha

I love this.

All these idiots "investing" in crypto.

BC is at 64k, just wait till inflation is going to bite for real then we'll see who is the IDIOT here....

I'm wondering if you can buy a Mexican sim card and/or a throwaway phone. Also, doesn't the exchange have a support line or email?

Lol. $100 to help you commit a crime.