Crazy level of scam

The story starts on the 10th of May, when a stranger messaged me on WhatsApp asking if I would sell him a large amount of USDT.

Now, it’s not that weird for me to get messages like this, I do sell cryptocurrencies for cash to people who can’t do KYC for various reasons. But I don’t sell large amounts, because of the risk involved.

Anyway, I told this stranger I didn’t have the 100k USDT he was asking for, and I casually asked him what he does with such huge amounts (just out of curiosity). He said it was a secret, so I didn’t press further. We continued chatting and gradually got to know each other a bit.

The next day, he messaged me again and asked, “Are you interested in learning my method of making alot of money?” (He called it the whales way) I said, “Sure, why not?”

Then he showed me his wallet balance it had a few million in it. He claimed he had been a trader for seven years, tried everything, lost a lot, until he met a Russian guy who taught him a secret method to make a lot of money.

I was like, “Okay,” but deep down I knew money doesn’t come easy. Still, I said, “Alright, keep talking.”

He told me this method is unknown to 95% of traders. “You sell USDT for DAI and make a profit,” he said.

He gave me the steps:

1. Create a Trust Wallet.

2. Add three coins: USDT, DAI, and ETH — all on the same network.

I followed his instructions. So far, nothing seemed suspicious.

Then he gave me a website called “Whales.” (And you must enter it from trust wallet) It’s supposedly an exchange that lets you swap one coin for another, with prices fixed by the site.

He said if I sell USDT for DAI there, I’ll get a 20% profit within 10–15 minutes. But you’re only allowed two transactions every 24 hours.

From many previous bad experiences lol, I knew: Once I put the money in, it’ll be all gone. So I was very skeptical.

But then things got weird.

He sent me a wallet address and told me, “Check how much I have.” I checked it had $181 million in USDT.

Then he asked for my wallet address. I sent it. A few minutes later, he transferred $1,000 USDT to me from that same wallet he had millions in it.

I asked, “What’s that for?” He said, “Just a gift. Try the method I showed you.”

At that point, I was still 100% sure it was a scam. But hey it wasn’t my money, so I figured, why not?

I did what he told me. That $1,000 became $1,400.

I quickly transferred the money to another wallet.

The next day, I got tempted (even though I knew I might lose it all). I told myself, It’s not my money anyway… In less than 30 minutes, the $1,400 made a 40% profit again!!

Still in shock, I started researching the website he gave me but found absolutely nothing about it. No results. No reviews. Nothing.

I had already moved the funds to a safe place.

The next day he showed me documents of 9 different inviduals that made a contact with him With thier ID on the document, the details said that he gave each one 1M in usdt, to invest in the whales market in condition for giving him 50% of profit every week, he said you can put any kind of investment from your side, and of course I refused, (still trying to convince me until now)

I still think it’s a scam. But WOW, the level these scammers go to? To give you money and make you feel safe and tempted? It’s crazy.

What are your thoughts?