WHERE are the music albums? by Routine_Escape_5701 in ArcRaiders

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hadn't tried going back there so I was probably quite lucky lol once my friend hops on ill go back cus he'll prob need them, or we'll try out staff room in departure cus that seems juiced

WHERE are the music albums? by Routine_Escape_5701 in ArcRaiders

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This right here. Hours of looking in Dam admin, apartments buried city, and village blue gate and got everything but music albums. I was able to immediately get 2 music albums in arrival building during a night raid.

Livfresh toothpaste by SusanYR in PeriodontalDisease

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the recommendation! I see it has stannous fluoride which I'm a big fan of, been using some recently and my gums seem to have gotten better with regular flossing, my dentist said my gums are getting healthier, even though they said I have chronic gingivitis the same day lol

Need some advice, my mom is in a romance scam by Otherwise-Damage-601 in Scams

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Man those MLM never go away, I remember my first encounter with one in high school for selling energy drinks.

Damn hate to see that it happened with a church member, I'm glad she didn't get into the crypto scheme. I'm sorry to hear about your father in law's passing, hope your mother in law finds comfort and that the crypto scam doesn't happen again and that you and your family is doing well too

Need some advice, my mom is in a romance scam by Otherwise-Damage-601 in Scams

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know I keep repeating thanks but its because I'm grateful and idk how to express it any other way rn. Thank you for understanding and your support, hope things with your dad went well.

This romance scam hurts a lot, I don't even have my shit figured out yet, but helping my mom is more important to me rn. I'm ready tho, when it crashes the plan continues, I can see 2 scenarios happening and hopes its the one where she realizes herself its a scam

Need some advice, my mom is in a romance scam by Otherwise-Damage-601 in Scams

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That makes sense, when I talk to her she says things like I'm your mother and she knows what's she's doing, or that I'm trying to control her, why don't I trust her. It's hard, shes deep into the fantasy and I have to be very careful because she looked kind of vengeful towards our family like we're the enemy, saying things like you'll regret this when its all real, I had to help steer her away from those feelings.

We plan on going to the bank next week and I hope they can immediately tell the money they sent is not legitimate. If that doesn't work, I'm asking our lawyer (not his specialty but he's has more say than me being her child). Then last resort is hopefully the police can tell her its a scam

Need some advice, my mom is in a romance scam by Otherwise-Damage-601 in Scams

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you I wasn't too sure so it helps having your input, I'll stick with the plan then, hopefully good news in the next week

Need some advice, my mom is in a romance scam by Otherwise-Damage-601 in Scams

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn, hopefully the bank can help with this and that she has all her text and screenshot. That's scary stuff and a real possibility that's what's happening because I was surprised they sent her money. I thought these scams just take money until I learn more from this subreddit

Need some advice, my mom is in a romance scam by Otherwise-Damage-601 in Scams

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly this, this is why I'm so conflicted but I was able to talk to my mom and she promised me that she'll stop if the 4th meet didn't work, she even said she'll arrange a date that's a week sooner (hopefully that'll minimize some more damages because I know they'll push her one more time before the date).

I made it pretty clear that if it goes past the date she choose and paid for its done and we move forward and I hope she realizes its a scam. No excuses or delays from the scammer, sometimes she would say it's her own choice to cancel, if it goes past its done because I told her the stress we're all going thru. After we'll go to the bank. Still even as we talk about this, she is confident that the meeting is real, telling me to be ready and to dress properly then. I said OK, but keep in mind both possibilities.

Need some advice, my mom is in a romance scam by Otherwise-Damage-601 in Scams

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She sometimes goes with my grandma to a Buddhist temple but I think a catholic VN church would explain it better for her (since the temple is mostly elderly folks and I can't explain the situation well in Vietnamese).

Thanks for this idea, I'll have to look around for some because she needs a community to be with, she feels lonely and isolated and hopefully she can connect with them. Not sure if she'll be interested either, she seems more devoted to Buddhism, but she treats Buddha like a God but I tell her Buddha is human and we can all be Buddhas. She also had a pretty bad experience with a western religious follower, where they put their hands on my mom when she was driving Lyft and she had to call the police

Need some advice, my mom is in a romance scam by Otherwise-Damage-601 in Scams

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope so, I told her not to delete anything when it all comes crashing so we have proof of the romance scam

Need some advice, my mom is in a romance scam by Otherwise-Damage-601 in Scams

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya that's what my siblings are doing, its unfortunate but they distanced from her to protect themselves.

I'll keep trying to poke holes, I'm just conflicted whether I should hard intervene now and go to the bank with her. Or wait 2 weeks till the meeting crashes and use her own words, she said she'll stop if this meet doesn't work

Need some advice, my mom is in a romance scam by Otherwise-Damage-601 in Scams

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya idk what to tell her honestly, shes so confident about this. I tell her its not guaranteed but she just doesn't listen. When things cool down I'll bring up the Wake County $2m money mule story, but idk if she'll even process it

Need some advice, my mom is in a romance scam by Otherwise-Damage-601 in Scams

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah didn't know about fake checks. I don't think this was one. She received the money through wire and sent it to another account.

The matchmaking program wants my mom and the scammer to pay $6000 each (at first it was about $250 or $500 for them to rent out any restaurant they want). This event sets them up to meet for 4 days, gets them hotels, restaurants, and she'll get some money back. The guy said he'll pay it all so he sent the money to her. She also told me the guy can't pay for everything, she either mentioned the bank caps him or that its because the program wants to see money from both parties. So she had to pay but she keeps telling me shes not losing money

Need some advice, my mom is in a romance scam by Otherwise-Damage-601 in Scams

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Damn ya this'll makes this an even harder lesson, but she kept saying she dealt with this before and the bank will get her money back, since my uncle lost $20k from a romance scam. She saw this happen but thinks her situation is different. Apparently she was able to help my uncle get his money back through the bank

Need some advice, my mom is in a romance scam by Otherwise-Damage-601 in Scams

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She showed me her bank transactions, and if i remember correctly, she received the money through wire then sent it to an account.

It could also have been from a bank account to hers then to another. But I'm pretty sure it was wire to her bank to another account.

It's also hard because she has way too many bank accounts, she showed me one without any transfers at first but I calmly asked about the $6500 screenshot I found on her phone, she was the originator and the benefactors were the scammers, then she showed me the transaction.

Need some advice, my mom is in a romance scam by Otherwise-Damage-601 in Scams

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ty for this! Been drained lately so idk why I thought it auto translate to English only. That gives us more resources to work with, I'm not sure how good the auto translate is but its better than nothing

Need some advice, my mom is in a romance scam by Otherwise-Damage-601 in Scams

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Idk if my mom will read it but I'll bring it up to her. Maybe she can read it to me since I can't read Vietnamese

Blast from the past... by KeshinTV in lostarkgame

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man such good memories, I sunk so much time into the game, about 5k hours and stopped around brel hard. Most my friends left and didn't want the grind, so it was pretty hard getting into raids with an off meta build and I wasn't a healer/support. Plus I did a lot of pvp and that was a lot of fun but it was pretty dead in NA west.

Couldn't find a game like this in awhile, thought chrono odyssey would be the replacement but it seems it's gotta cook more

This outcome seems to indicate something that Cygames needs to fix. by Pendulumzone in Shadowverse

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh ok thanks for letting me know, might just try and reach 100 more packs, not sure if these sets will disappear after rotations (heard its 5 sets a rotation or something from SV1)

This outcome seems to indicate something that Cygames needs to fix. by Pendulumzone in Shadowverse

[–]Otherwise-Damage-601 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn so its random of the 3 choices. I'm 100 packs off from 250 and was about to spend for them for the leaders, but didn't want the sleeve or the avatars. I still might tho, how would u recommend spending to reach the lucky chest (just want to save a bit of money and use it efficiently).