Ironltdfx.com Scam — How I Lost And Got Back My Stolen Cryptocurrency 

I received a connection request from Victoria Lin on Linkedin, From her profile she had worked in international logistics for nearly ten years. Her profile contained her detailed employment history, recommendations from colleagues and conference photos. Since we had more than ten mutual connections I accepted her request.

About a week later, Victoria commented on one of my posts. She disagreed with one of my articles but did so respectfully. Our conversation continued in the comments before moving into LinkedIn messages.

Almost every conversation revolved around our work. Eventually she suggested moving our conversation to WhatsApp because she wasn’t always online on LinkedIn. 

Once we moved off LinkedIn, our conversations slowly changed. It became more personal and less formal, she checked on me several times In a day. She became someone I looked forward to talking to after work.

Some weeks after connecting, we had our first video call. She appeared exactly as she did in her profile photographs so the idea that she could be a scammer never crossed my mind. After that, video calls became a weekly routine. she told me she had started looking forward to our conversations as much as I had. I felt the same. 

One evening, while we were discussing about the crazy rise in prices of things. Victoria mentioned she'd been fortunate to build multiple income streams outside her career. She listed rental property, dividend investments, and digital assets. 

She began talking more and more about digital asset investment. Eventually, I became curious enough to ask questions. She explained cryptocurrency in simple, measured terms and repeatedly emphasized that although investing carried risk. She has been investing with Ironltdfx.com which has made her lots of money.

I decided to try a small investment, under the guidance of Victoria I purchased $3,000 worth of USDT on Coinbase and sent it to Ironltdfx.com.

Within a week, my account balance went from $3,000 to over $25,000. To test the system, I withdrew a small amount of $1,500. The withdrawal arrived successfully in my Coinbase account. Being able to withdraw I was convinced Ironltdfx.com was real, so I invested more money taking $20,000 from my savings account. 

I put it all in Ironltdfx.com and in no time it showed crazy profit. Victoria congratulated me but never appeared overly excited. Instead, she reminded me to stay disciplined. By then, I trusted her completely.

When I finally attempted to withdraw a larger amount to get a new car, the request was frozen. Customer support claimed my account required a verification fee of $5,000 and instructed me to send more cryptocurrency before withdrawals could continue.

Since they already held my assets, why couldn't they deduct any required fees directly?, I asked customer support this several times but I was constantly ignored. When I asked Victoria she insisted the process was routine and encouraged me to complete it quickly or risk losing all the money I had made.

I refused to send more money and one week later she blocked me, this was when I realized I had most likely been scammed.

I reported Victoria and Ironltdfx.com to the police but all they did was tell me to be patient they are working on it.

For over a month nothing was done. So I searched online using the phrases copied directly from Ironltdfx.com and searched Victorias pictures on google. I found lots of complaints on Reddit and Review.io describing the same scam called ‘Pig Butchering’. 

While reading another victim's story online, I noticed they described working with CipherTrace, they mentioned CipherTrace is a blockchain recovery company owned by Mastercard. Their experience encouraged me to submit my own case to the on their complaint platform - www.theciphertrace.com After speaking with one of the investigators and providing the documentation they requested, I finally saw progress. By the end of the investigation, all my funds stolen by Ironltdfx.com was recovered.