alexptrans wrote:
I feel horrible and stupid. I've lost $27K to an internet scammer who gained my trust over a period of a couple years. I worked hard to save that money, and I can't even begin to convey the despair I'm feeling right now. I feel like killing myself. I keep telling myself that I'm lucky because I could have lost a lot more (and would have, if it wasn't for what I now see was a fortunate coincidence) but it doesn't help a lot.
Sionis wrote:
How did you end up falling for giving up $27 K to someone you know on the internet?
Because I am a foolish, stupid person.
How did it happen? Maybe there is something you could do to either get the money back or to bring the person to justice, or at the very least, by telling us, get it off your chest and warn people here of how this sort of thing works, what this sort of thing looks like, because it must have looked pretty credible for you to give someone that much money.
PS. You have my sympathy. I think I can imagine how awful you feel, how much you must be kicking yourself, etc. Horrible. I've never had anywhere near that sort of money to give away, but on a small scale I have been scammed before, and felt very exposed, horribly abused, etc, before getting angry.
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