Dear all,
This is my first post on the forum and I would like to share my experience.
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You could have avoided the experience if you would have gone through their topic and paid attention to older members:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5156577.40ah you beat me to it, i was going to post that here.
but yes, they hit a lot of red flags, learn from your loss and move on. There's not much you can do assuming you paid in bitcoin. do your research and learn what the red flags are.