Recent content by jtr1962

Besides that given the makeup of these places (i.e. heavily left leaning) that would keep the GOP out of power pretty much permanently. Venezuela would have more electoral votes than any other state except California. Canada would have about the same number.

Same reason it was an uphill battle to get the speed cameras in NYC to operate 24/7/365-drivers bitch about them and call them money grabs. This is despite the fact NYC's speed cameras have a very generous 10 mph cushion over the 25 mph speed limit before you get a fine. Stay under 35 mph and...

Trump tried and failed to make Canada the 51st state, so I guess he's settling for Venezuela instead.

I'm so sorry to hear this, Doug. She seemed like a real sweetheart and a wonderful companion. Take it one day at a time. Having been through this more times than I care to admit, at best you learn to live with the loss but you never really get over it. She gave you one last day of joyful...

Haven't you been a more or less normal weight for a long time? It sounds like they're thinking of the old you.

It's still over 1/3 of what I had. And the only reason I even had that much was because of my gig at Exxon for over 3 years. I pretty much invested most of what I had left after taxes. I can recover but it's going to be very difficult. I'm still trying to get my money back.

I'm glad your wife avoided being scammed. As for me, I was never 100% sure this wasn't a scam, so I held back to avoid losing my life savings. Granted, $260K is a lot to lose but I'm still in fairly good shape financially.

Exactly. I was just reading about a scam operation where they seized billions of dollars in bitcoin and over 100,000 people were scammed in a matter of months. Some lost their life savings and even their homes. I suspect what happened to me might be linked to that. On another note can you...

Yes it is. I'm still trying to recover my money. I have something else in the works now but I can't discuss it publicly. I will let everyone know if it works or not.

These people are obviously criminals. There's no doubt in my mind at this point. I posted the entire exchange here so the evidence against them is in a secure location.

Some updates. "Cointree" customer service claims I owe $100,000 on my loan and won't release my account unless it is paid. According to my calculations and the agreed upon interest rate I should only owe about $85,000. I threatened to report them to the authorities if they don't let me repay the...

The only solace here is a mistake on the withdrawal form for an annuity made me rethink cashing it in (i.e. I asked the scammer to loan me more money instead, and she did), and I decided to do a rollover for only $135K instead of the $210K I had originally planned. The $210K rollover, combined...

I appreciate this but if it comes to ending up homeless being dead is better. I haven't reached that point yet but it's possible. Even before losing this money if I had to sell the house and split the proceeds three ways I wouldn't have had enough left to live on.

Yeah, this seems to be happening to lots of people. I read about a retired couple that lost $800K. A combination of the investment looking somewhat legitimate, the large potential returns, and my desperation to give my siblings their share of the house is what led me to this. If my siblings had...

Nothing will really help beyond getting my money back and seeing the people who did this in body bags. The only solace is the SEC has whistleblower rewards of 10% to 30% of the recovered funds. That could actually end up being quite substantial if they can seize any assets. Except the link I...