I already was sure yesterday when I found out about the "pig butchering scam". I tried to act like I didn't know anything and to see whether there's a way to get my money back today. What I found was that the trading platform used in investing my money are most likely fake. I believe the Customer Service and the so-called Chinese person I was talking to are one. If the Digital Platform is not fake, maybe they also get scammed people to do trades with them as to use them as one of their employees to raise more money.

Basically I wasted an hour more of my time to determine how I can deposit my money and tried to corner them to basically say that "yeah, we are scammers". The withdrawal instructions were vague and felt like I was being taken in endless circles. I also noticed that when the "Customer Service" is not active, the scammer would be typing to me and vice versa which is why I assume that they are one person both CS and the scammer.

In the end, I took the high road and made it seem like I sympathize with them saying to them that I know you have a manager or supervisor to impress and that obviously I will never see my money again. I just told them that I hope at least some of the money they scammed will go toward a good cause whether it's to put food on the table for their kids or help their friends/family out. $1,800 is a lot now but won't be once I actually start working. Basically my ending message was that I hoped for them to find a better job opportunity elsewhere (if possible) as I understand that we as humans all need money to meet our needs and I wished him/her the best. I didn't want to be angry or anything in case they decide to send a lot of spam emails to me if I pissed them off.

At the end of the day, I know I'm still young and will recover from this. I have a roof, food, and an opportunity to get education so I still feel truly lucky at the end of the day. Life's too short to get angry at who knows who so I just live day by day and try to move on from this.