For all the people asking if I have proof of the scam, I’m going to give you all the information I have. I am sick and have neither the energy, money, nor time left on this earth to pursue it myself. If you want to do something with the information, you’re welcome to it.
He went by the names Mario/Marty. The phone number he used to contact me through WhatsApp is 971-417-9178. I believe it is now out of service. He also gave me the email address [email protected].
He got me to open a ShakePay account and he told me to deposit $3000 CAD. With that he instructed me to buy BitCoin (0.0182527 BTC) and send it to bc1qth4utlnxj9vumrvz9d9zn8sz2rayhxlvzkvn09 on Sep 18, 2025, 9:41 AM EDT.
He then told me he needed more money (another $3000 CAD) to buy a crypto license for me otherwise he couldn’t “invest” my money. Sounded fishy to me, I did a little bit of research, and then I blocked him because I knew it was a scam.
I don’t know what my ShakePay wallet was and my account was deleted when I told them I was scammed. I knew ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about crypto at the time so I had no idea what info I should collect or save.
This is all I have. Please do not DM me asking for more information or trying to get me to pursue this with you. As I said, I’m not interested. Thank you anyway for asking.
@MacKinnon129 The reason I called the NYDFS is because the more I questioned Mario/Marty, the more lies he told me to the point that he got mad and said there’s no way it was a scam because he works for the NY Dept of Cybersecurity. So I called them to verify.
I did. I talked to someone at the NYDFS who then put me in contact with someone in cybersecurity. I talked to them for a long time, wrote out my whole statement and emailed it to them, sent them a file of the entire conversation with the scammer because our only communication was through WhatsApp. I gave them screenshots of all the transactions that he told me to make in ShakePay and then I never heard from anyone after.
Here is my “hot take” on @world_xyz.
A lot of people have lost a lot of money over speculation about what exactly is @world_xyz. I have, but I will recover. Others will not. You can say all you want that it’s the buyer’s fault, and for the most part I agree with you. Crypto, especially meme coins, are volatile.
However, if you have a valid product and you are teasing people relentlessly and it is not your intention to rug innocent people, you have a moral obligation to speak out when other dishonest people start impersonating you with the intention to rob people.
Since you have not, I can only assume you are one of two things: first, either you ARE a scam and you ARE intentionally robbing people or, second, you actually do have a valid product and have CHOSEN not to speak out but to watch as people lose their hard earned money. Either way, I want nothing to do with you - whoever you are and whoever you represent.
Additionally, I am a proud @JotchuaTheMeme holder but I changed my PFP so you can see my face. My hair looks like that because of cancer. Thank you for the additional hardship. (Just wanted my fellow Jotchuans to know I changed my PFP for a good reason.)
I am a tiny voice in a giant space. Maybe no one will even see this. But if you do, please share. Thank you.
My lesson learned from the scamming incident - even if you have no intention of ever investing in crypto, take some time to learn a little about it. Cryptocurrency is here and it’s not going away. Find out what a wallet is, what the blockchain is, what contract addresses are. If I had known just a little bit of information, I would have been able to identify much earlier that this was a scam.
Knowledge is power.
Enough with the BS already. Did you or did you not launch a coin this week? And if so, what is the CA? People are losing money and faith. If you are really connected with Solana, then whoever came up with this marketing idea is an idiot. You say you love Solana and are going to make it great again? You’ve already gone too far. Too many people have already lost whatever trust they had. Speak up @solana.
@l_vermeersen@world_xyz People are losing money and are going to lose more money when all is finally revealed. This doesn’t make me feel warm and fuzzy towards @solana or @world_xyz.
@world_xyz Give us the CA! Is it 62yzpmKJB6XiVtZcQZhUkUXhqwN3UgCbffUi4JM9pump
Or
FMqh9mqR6drPZqqW6wPqLHxX4rqNDWGhYLaMfoaJpump
I don’t like being played. Enough is enough.