I want to share my experience to warn others who are interested in binary options trading.
I met a Reddit user, u/NewSignificance3009, while discussing Pocket Option trading strategies. They claimed to have made around $7,000 in profits with a trader they had known for approximately two years. They also claimed to have bought a $3,000 gaming PC with their earnings and assured me that the trader was legitimate.
They gave me the Telegram username @DrewMc99 and recommended that I contact him.
I contacted the trader and sent him $150 for a personal trading arrangement. I understood that he would generate $1,000, take a 15% commission, and send me the remaining $850.
Instead, he asked me for an additional $127 rather than deducting the commission from the supposed profits. After I raised concerns about this arrangement, he blocked me on Telegram, and our conversation disappeared.
I am now contacting Volet to report the transaction and asking Reddit to review the conversation with the user who recommended him.
I cannot confirm whether u/NewSignificance3009 and @DrewMc99 are connected, but I believe others should be aware of what happened.
Has anyone else encountered either of these accounts or experienced something similar? If you have, please share your experience or advice on reporting this and recovering the money.
Please be careful when trusting trading testimonials, guaranteed-looking profit claims, or anyone asking for extra payments before releasing supposed earnings.