According to Gold Finance, a consumer warning issued by the Washington State Department of Financial Institution (DFI) Securities Department said that an investor learned about a encryption trading platform called Ethfinance through an unsolicited LinkedIn connection, and transferred a total of $310,000 from its Decentralized Finance Wallet to the platform. When he tried to withdraw part of the initial principal and profits, the investor was told that more long funds needed to be added to complete the "smart contracts" and then the funds were withdrawn.

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