Quote from: SME211 on Today at 01:57:41 PM

Just to make it clear, I am not looking for free Bitcoin. I lost a significant amount to a fraudulent online trading platform which has now been shutdown. I have accepted my loss and am not soliciting these people who randomly contact me. I would never pay anything upfront to these individuals. if someone claims to have access to any of my investment funds and wants to transfer them to me without an upfront payment then I would do my due diligence first. My first inclination when someone contacts me is that it is a scam. If I am unsure then I seek the advice of the forum members to educate me. In this instance I knew nothing about Bitcoin.org but you guys have educated me and I now know how what red flags to look for.

If anyone offers anything about investment especially with high returns then don't ever believe they just want to try to trick you by claiming to be from a legitimate site even though that is a trick they are doing to those who don't know anything of course this is a classic trick but still many people are affected by the investment on offer.

You have lost a lot of money, it means you are wrong in choosing a trading platform, just choose a trading platform that has a good reputation with the following names, Binance, Kucoin, Coinbase, Huobi and many others. You can see several platforms here.

Because there are no free bitcoins, if you want to have it, you can only buy from one of the platforms above, never use an unknown platform, if you don't know, maybe you can ask on the forum, there will be many members who will give advice later.

I am also concerned about you losing a lot of money on that shady platform.