Crypto Currency node trading scam

This is almost certainly a "pig butchering" (shā zhū pán) scam.

​The quick profit, the patient "helper," and the push for a larger deposit are all classic fraud tactics. The "charity" aspect is part of the lie to build trust.

​Stop investing immediately. To confirm, try to withdraw all funds; the platform will likely demand an upfront "fee" or "tax," confirming the scam. Do not pay the fee. Report it to your bank and the police immediately.

It is definitely a scam

All the hallmarks are there:

1. they approached you
2. convoluted / unusual investment scheme
3. crypto is involved
4. Suspiciously easy & fast profit
5. stranger doing something nice without cause (not in itself a red flag but combined with 1-3 definitely)

if you are serious about investing in crypto but need help, you are not in a place to trade using nodes directly. Just use any of the bigger, well-known platforms.

The general rule of thumb is that if something is too good to be true, it probably is. There is no infinite money cheat in real life. When some investment opportunity promises returns that are much higher than what you can get out of "regular" financial instruments (a few % per year), then that's probably either something very risky that's equivalent casino gambling, or a scam.

Ask yourself: If this opportunity had such a high return of investment:

• If it's a secret, why would anyone tell you about it instead of exploiting it for themselves?
• If it's not a secret, why doesn't everyone do it?

Financial investment scammers like to namedrop cryptocurrency (even if their scam doesn't really involve cryptocurrency), because most people don't really understand much about it, except that some people apparently became very rich with it. What's usually not mentioned, is that every real-world dollar someone got out of crypto-trading is a dollar someone else paid into it. It's just a system for moving wealth around, not for generating any. Investment into crypto assets is mostly based on the greater fool theory. And if someone tries to convince you to buy some crypto asset, then you are probably that fool.