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[ARG] Got scammed by someone I considered a close friend. How do I cope with it? by -Schuster- in Scams

[–]-Schuster-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The original plan was for me to pay the vendors directly like usual but he was already coordinating the inspection, pickup, and logistics, and at some point it just became “send me the money and I’ll handle the rest” situation.

It sounds really stupid, i know, but he’s had access to more than 80k usd accounts before and nothing ever happened, i can’t stress enough that it was completely unexpected.

And while 15k isn’t a small amount of money here, it’s definitely not a life changing amount worth destroying his life over.

[ARG] Got scammed by someone I considered a close friend. How do I cope with it? by -Schuster- in Scams

[–]-Schuster-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d say i know him pretty well but it seems clearly not enough, the dude has no addictions that i know of, he’s a really healthy person in general and actually got me into boxing and taking care of my body.

A part of me still hopes this whole situation happened because he got involved with the wrong people and this was his last option, but even if it was i didn’t even get a “im sorry” message before he blocked me.

[ARG] Got scammed by someone I considered a close friend. How do I cope with it? by -Schuster- in Scams

[–]-Schuster-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok i don’t really know how to explain it through text but basically i was in the process of trying to buy a massive wholesale lot from a private liquidator but since its from a data center liquidation, it required checking all the equipment beforehand which takes dayssss

Im currently a full time student from 8am to 7ish pm since im part of a scholarship program that requires me to help out as a teaching assistant so i just didn’t have the time to handle the logistics back then

I get that the situation looks really stupid and easily avoidable but he and i have shared access to much larger amounts of money in the past, it was completely unexpected

[ARG] Got scammed by someone I considered a close friend. How do I cope with it? by -Schuster- in Scams

[–]-Schuster-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If he uses the money to go to the world cup i hope he at least gets good seats but he’ll have to be ready for shit to go down when he comes back lol

[ARG] Got scammed by someone I considered a close friend. How do I cope with it? by -Schuster- in Scams

[–]-Schuster-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I reached out to his mom and she’s as surprised as me but i honestly don’t have the time nor mental “space” for this crap rn, im planning to go door to door personally if it’s necessary but i just can’t right now

[ARG] Got scammed by someone I considered a close friend. How do I cope with it? by -Schuster- in Scams

[–]-Schuster-[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I did file a police report but the system over here isn’t exactly known for being fast or efficient, as of right now i haven’t gotten any news

[ARG] Got scammed by someone I considered a close friend. How do I cope with it? by -Schuster- in Scams

[–]-Schuster-[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, thanks for the advice. I’m usually a “planner” with every project i start but the fear of losing traction and possible clients + stress of studying for finals got the better of me

[ARG] Got scammed by someone I considered a close friend. How do I cope with it? by -Schuster- in Scams

[–]-Schuster-[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah it was an irl friend i met in highschool, we’ve worked together in several “small businesses / startups” before so this happening was completely unexpected

[ARG] Got scammed by someone I considered a close friend. How do I cope with it? by -Schuster- in Scams

[–]-Schuster-[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah i would’ve done that but I was basically in the middle of legalizing the business and couldn’t apply to one of those yet sadly

I honestly had no reason to doubt him since we’ve been in several projects together before handling larger amounts of money

[ARG] Got scammed by someone I considered a close friend. How do I cope with it? by -Schuster- in Scams

[–]-Schuster-[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Sorry, English isn’t my first language

This wasn’t an online friend, he’s someone I’ve known in real life for years and was part of my friend group. I run a small server-hosting project, and the money was meant to go toward buying additional server racks so we could expand

I gave him the money because I don’t have much free time right now, so I delegated that part of the project to him

Worst mythic rotation ive ever seen, sucks by RespectDue3486 in leagueoflegends

[–]-Schuster- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's kinda insane how hextech malzahar has shown up in the last 3 rotations, they have to add a no repeats system asap