Scam Victim -- Service Announcement
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
I had $2000 saved up for my Steemfest Poland trip and a friend on discord needed some help and I got suckered into helping him. It wasn't the first time I had helped him and I thought we were friends, the prior times helping him were perfect so I never imagined this time would be any different but it was. I lost all of my money for Steemfest, got my wife really upset with me, and feel really discouraged. I am trying my best to keep my chin up and this post is one of the ways I am trying to work through this very awful experience and I hope that it helps. I hope nobody else has to suffer damages like this and want to remind people to be careful on the blockchain and choose your friends wisely
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:( This really sucks :( I have gotten help here and it saved my butt. People like that make people weary :( And now you can't go to Steemfest this more than sucks Who is the person people need to know so it does not happen to him :(
it's really bad ...I hope he will redeem himself, but I think he would have already if he was going to, his name will be publicized if he doesn't...I certainly appreciate you and helping me through talking and more, you are a sweetie :)
thank you brother, I will make it to steemfest! I am not about ready to let this stop me because I am way to excited to get to me all my fellow steemians that have been supporting, helping and entertaining me for almost a year. Looking forward to meeting you there too!! Appreciate the good vibes :)
Ouch! Do you mind sharing the name of the person to help warn others?
this will be my next step absolutely, I was surprised he even responded to me on discord after the incident so I am going to give him a few days to make it right, although I know I am being overly optimistic, I will be spreading this name far and wide at this point. I hate the idea of it happening to someone else, it's just bad news for sure. Ouch is right though, It really stings.
I'm going to second @zyx066, I know who this steemian is, and i hope that he still values your friendship enough to do the right thing.
if he has a soul at all in his body you would think this would be the outcome. hope is still deep inside me, but the thought of being betrayed again does not sound like fun, once was enough
That's just ugly man... Hope your "friend" turns around and sees the error of his ways...
I hope I can call him friend in the future, this behavior is ugly, as if money wasn't ugly enough ...appreciate you
Whoah, that's not cool. I hope to hear more about this type of situation, so that I (in the far future) and others can steer clear of this sort of thing. You know if I can help, with my newness, I'll do my best.
yea, no good, very unfortunate way to be treated as a so called friend, I will overcome :)
I don't have the delegation anymore so my upvote is not much, but here it goes and I'm so sorry :( I'm trying myself the way me and my partner can go but that's unlikely already :( I'm more sorry cos it happened when you intended to help a friend.
yes, as if life is not hard enough, i put my heart and money on the line and got both stomped. I sure hope to see you in Poland, we will overcome and I certainly appreciate you :)
We have similar issues. I have to get myself an income or me and my family will be homeless. I am blessed to know this issue is coming so I have a little time. I am working on a cross platform project called wars of the roses. Sadly, I am currently getting little support.
I am sorry for anyone that goes through this, hope war of the roses goes well for you
thank you
Oh Vlad this really sucks, but truth is brother you have a choice to make and it's completely on your court.
You could give this setback a lot of power, allow it to drag you down, make you feel like crap.
Or, you could get angry, get motivated to work smarter and harder and earn that money back to times over.
Truth is, shit happens, good people get hurt, and it's normal for us to feel like crap when we get betrayed. But we are still making the choice to remain down, to remain victims, that is still our choice.
From where I see it, here is where you stand.
You could hustle, make an effort, get to meet friends, real friends in Poland and finish off this year with a high note. Or, you could give the scammer the keys to the emotional house and let him get away with a lot more than the TV.
The ball is truly in your court now brother, stay strong.
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So sad - I know you are a wise person - so u must have really trusted this person based on the previous transactions hence had no hesitation about this last one.
I hope the person comes “clean” - so u do not need to expose him/her.
Thanks for sharing your story - a good reminder yo us all.....
funny thing is I had no apprehension ever until this time, I felt a little twinge in my gut that I ignored, I have been trying as I get older and wiser to trust this gut feeling better because it is usually correct and was this time, and it was weird that I didn't get this feeling before and everything went right, it's strange where this intuition comes from, very interesting. I sure hope that people can be good to each other, this life is hard enough.
Hmm - your intuition was right but did not match with your prior experiences. I can understand that you would ignore it this time.
Yes - we hope that the goodness we see in some is in most people. Then situations lime this occur. However I think something good will happen from the bad situation. Fingers crossed.
this is exactly it. It didn't make sense to feel this. I thought I was just annoyed cause so much had been happening and it took a lot of effort to help him this time. Not only cost me money but cost me about 4 hours of my time, and I can never get that back
Hmm - really sorry. I truly hope for a good outcome somehow - although it might not seem like it is here at the moment.
thank you Momo..appreciate your positive outlook very much, getting some really cool comments here and it's really helping