I have received from a platform to my Coinbase Wallet X amount of “Tether USD”, I received to my email a contract from Etherscan saying that I need to pay the 12% of that X amount to be able to withdrawn the total capital. This 12% must be send in Ethereum to the sender wallet. They say “case despriction: legalization, withdraw”. I add that I am from Europe.

In my Coinbase Wallet it shows this X amount bellow “cripto”, but I still have 0.00 dollars to use.

I don´t understand why are they asking me to pay that 12%!? Does anyone know if it is a scam or how to solve this without having to pay 12%?

  • Jeffy_Weffy@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Here’s another way you can tell it’s a scam. There’s no free money in this world. If you mysteriously receive a token in your wallet but you need to pay to withdraw it, then that original token is worthless, or can’t be withdrawn.

    It’s the same mechanic as the classic Nigerian prince scam. “I want to send you a million dollars, you just need to pay me ten thousand first in fees so I can send it to you.”