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[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 7 months ago

A close friend of mine was a victim of one of those last year. It broke her heart, because she met the scammer on a dating site and she thought they were a long distance couple. She took his advice to invest in crypto because she saw it as a form of bonding between the two of them, and a show of trust. She never told me how much money she lost but I imagine it was significant.

[-] Chekhovs_Gun@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Very similar situation with my wife's coworker. The coworker met some dude on a dating site and they connected pretty quickly. She even traveled to meet up with him in another city a few hours away by plane. Surprisingly he never showed up and claimed some lame excuse. In the end she "invested" 200k with him in crypto and POOF he was gone like Keyser Soze. So sad.

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