Nodelink Crypto Machine Scam

Scam Description

I'm in Queensland. I've been friends with a lady for a few years. About four months ago she told me about an investment she and some people she knows were doing that was earning a lot of money. It was called Nodelink — they have now changed the name to Novalink. The pitch is you buy a Nodelink / Nx1 "machine" and what they call participation units. Each machine can take about 100 participation units. The more units you add, the faster they say your investment grows. You also buy an Onza+ licence for $950 AUD. That one runs for three months, in crypto. After three months you are supposed to withdraw those funds and use them to fill more participation units on the machine. I did decide to try it. I bought a Nodelink machine and two participation units, plus the Onza+ licence. They say the machine uses unused internet bandwidth in your house and you get paid "rewards" you can withdraw later. The last few weeks it has started feeling like a scam. Weekly Zoom meetings, crypto, recruiting other people, "uplines" — it looks like multi-level marketing. They keep changing the name. I have not been able to get a straight answer about withdrawing real money. I am posting this so other Australians do not put money in. Do not buy the machine, the participation units, or the Onza+ licence. If a friend is already in it, get them to stop sending money. Anyone who later offers to "recover" the crypto is another scam.