My ETH/USDT mining-pool pledge escalated into repeated demands for more money

A woman contacted me on Instagram, discussed ETH with me, and spent time building a friendship before introducing an ETH/USDT liquidity-mining opportunity. I started with about 300 USDT, bought what was described as a node, and saw ETH earnings appear. Those early results encouraged me to add more.

I eventually entered a ten-day pledge involving about 51,000 USDT. Seven days later, the platform said I needed 120,000 USDT to complete the campaign or face a default charge tied to the reward. The displayed reward was 2.8 ETH, but access to the funds kept depending on additional money.

During this process I accidentally sent another $38,000 to the mining-pool wallet. I said the pool had already been sweeping funds from my wallet. Instead of returning the transfer, the operator demanded another $38,000. I tried loans and help from family but could not meet the demand.

I did not identify the platform in the video, so this report does not attach the incident to a guessed domain. I am warning about the mechanism: early rewards, escalating pledge thresholds, wallet access, and fresh-payment demands before release.