Help!

My name is Caitlyn Porter, and I was scammed about $3200 via bitcoin/Instagram. It all started on Friday, February 4, with a message from my cousin, a screenshot of her cash app wallet with a lot of money. Little did I know it was another person pretending to be my cousin. She vouched for this woman named Alicia Blanco, said she was about to make even more money with a second investment. The woman started coaching me, and I never had to give her a penny; she taught me how to purchase bitcoin through the cash app and send it to a broker website to mine for BTC. I made about 11,000 right off the bat! Or so I thought, the money was tied up because I had to upgrade my account on the broker website. The reason for this was that I had made SO much money in so little time. OK, so I upgraded my account, which cost me about $1250; once I did that, there was a surprise maintenance fee that I had to pay the company to release my funds, $1800, which the woman so generously paid half.

Day by day, this scam got more profound, and I had that sinking feeling like something was wrong. Monday, February 7th, my cousin messages me and says this was NOT her, and she had no idea who Alicia was or anything about bitcoin. My heart sank; I was not only scammed by Alicia but also by this website called fastminingfxpro.com. I have screenshots of our entire conversation, the website including the withdrawal amounts and date that looked all so official. I haven't heard from either Alicia or the company.

I am a single mother of two, make roughly 30,000 a year and DEFINITELY cannot afford to lose this kind of money. It was my entire tax refund. Any little bit helps at this point!

I would be so appreciative of any size donation; it will be used to pay my electric, phone, gas and other various bills that accumulate monthly.