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24166219 No.24166219 [Reply] [Original]

So a friend of mine has millions of dollars worth of BTC, but can't get any of it in cash because he hhas to "Pay lawyers tens of thousands of dollars" to sign off on some transfer.

This sounds odd to me.

Is it actually this painful to transfer large quantities of BTC into US Dollars or has some bamboozling occured?

>> No.24166231

let me guess, he needs you to pay the lawyers?

>> No.24166252

>>24166231

Yep. I'm suspecting scam. But I am curious, is this ever a real thing?

>> No.24166261

Your friend is lying to you to seem smart and cool. He probably has like 0.1 BTC at most.

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24166281

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For example, you can get free DMX on Probit and stake it on the Dymmax: dymmax.com

>> No.24166330

>>24166252
Of course not. The lawyers could simply agree to receive their payment after the transfer, he's clearly trying to scam you.

>> No.24166336

>>24166219
Sounds like a bunch of bullshit unless the only reason he got the BTC in the first place was through some agreement with someone else, so he doesn't have any BTC, that other person has it, and he needs lawyers to sue that person to get ownership, or some bullshit like that. Even then, if he had a solid case lawyers would do it upfront with no initial cost because they'd be paid after, or he could just get an unsecured loan.

>> No.24166340

>>24166219
That's BS, all you need is 1 hour for a lawyer to be present in the bank, when the transfer is being done.

Just as when you transfer large funds to another person, when buying an expensive house

>> No.24166357

>>24166330

Right, which is odd since I have known him for years. But what I am asking though is do you actually need lawyers on this large of a transaction?

He claims he has 3 million and lawyers are asking 30000. This reeks of stupid to me.

>> No.24166362

>>24166219
Is your friend by any chance a Nigerian Prince?

>> No.24166364

>>24166252
Holy shit OP read on Nigerian prince scam

How fucking new are you (to life)??

>> No.24166370

>>24166357
>do you actually need lawyers on this large of a transaction
no

>> No.24166420

>>24166357
>Right, which is odd since I have known him for years
That's unfortunate. He must be going through tough times if he's willing to scam an old friend.

>need lawyers on this large of a transaction?
No.

>> No.24166438

>>24166420
>>24166370

To be specific, he says he has the money through "Forex Trading" and they require lawyers to sign off on the transfer of profits.

https://www.forex.com/en-us/

>> No.24166462

>>24166438
he got money through forex trading... and it's in the form of btc... and he needs $30k from you for "lawyers" to cash out his btc... uhhhhhhhhhh

>> No.24166467

>>24166462
Yep, that's what he is saying. Sounds sketch as fuck.

>> No.24166496

>>24166467
trust him, give him 1k first

>> No.24166512

>>24166496
lol I've already declined. I'm only posting out of curiousity.

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>>24166462

Really though, what level of retard is this?

>> No.24167379

>>24166693
Would strongly suggest you cut this "friend" loose if he's willing to try and scam you like this.