At this time I would like to sincerely thank PatrickHarnett. He seems to be the only honest person left on these forums. I requested a withdrawal last night and received it in approximately 12 hours.
In light of the slew of scams recently, I've learned a few things:
- Don't do anything with BTC that you wouldn't do with cash
- Just because BTC is designed with the possibility of anonymity doesn't mean that all tx's should be anonymous
- Leave most of your money in cold storage
Again, thanks to PatrickHarnett for being trustworthy.
Did you contact him ahead of time? This is not typical (12 hr withdrawal time), as I and others have been waiting for the withdrawals to go through and it is expected to take about a week.