The pump and dump of the heart
It wasn’t until we had an actual video chat did my suspicions go away – she was real! GD, a Chinese-American man in his 40's, met an...
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zhuwansuiwansui
- Mar 7, 2022
- 4 min
Healing and growth after the scam
First Sunrise first wrote about her story nearly six months ago, wherein she encountered three different scammers all at once, a...
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zhuwansuiwansui
- Jan 27, 2022
- 7 min
Modern Love, Modern Blackmail
ML from New York City had just ended an eight-year long-distance relationship when she registered an account on Tinder. Trying to forget...
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zhuwansuiwansui
- Jan 20, 2022
- 4 min
I lost over $50,000 from a DApp phishing scam in Coinbase Wallet
I believe Coinbase Wallet users can easily get phished to give a DApp to take control and grant spending permission to an external entity.
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zhuwansuiwansui
- Dec 5, 2021
- 4 min
When the innovative blockchain technology is real, but everything else is fake
Oleanders, from Spain, explains how his meeting a girl on Tinder piqued his interest in the use of a blockchain platform for COVID-19 vac...
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zhuwansuiwansui
- Dec 1, 2021
- 7 min
Befriending a Human-Trafficked Scammer in Myanmar
A Series of Unfortunate Events Leading to a Series of Fortunate Events Hopelessly Optimistic, 24, a recent college graduate from Canada,...
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zhuwansuiwansui
- Oct 30, 2021
- 8 min
Hindsight is 270K
Watercress, a 32-year-old healthcare worker from Oklahoma City was only casually dating online when she started to slowly develop...
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zhuwansuiwansui
- Oct 25, 2021
- 4 min
Flying Too Close to the Sunton
S is a 5-year veteran cryptocurrency investor in Spain, having studied the cryptocurrency market carefully and invested almost his entire...
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zhuwansuiwansui
- Sep 30, 2021
- 9 min
The Violation of Innocence
What is trust and what must one do to earn it? At what point does trusting a stranger turn into romance or friendship? To what degree...
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zhuwansuiwansui
- Sep 29, 2021
- 11 min
Scammed by one; “saved” by two
First Sunrise, 40, a legal professional, is a food enthusiast who uses Instagram to share photos of food that inspired her. In late July,...
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zhuwansuiwansui
- Sep 24, 2021
- 10 min
From Instagram DMs to Losing USD$280,000 in Five Months
Amber, 29, NY, Tech Professional, has been making friends online since she was 12, some of whom she never met in real life. Her comfort...
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zhuwansuiwansui
- Sep 15, 2021
- 6 min
My Black Swan
I used to think of myself as fairly intelligent and world-wise enough. A 'hard' science graduate student, almost 30, I've read and...
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cannabiccino
- Sep 14, 2021
- 8 min
Third Time Is Not a Charm
The rollercoaster of emotions, shattered hopes and dreams, the extent of emotional and psychological manipulation – all of these are hard...
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zhuwansuiwansui
- Sep 11, 2021
- 6 min
Hitting the Glass Ceiling, Then the Floor of Human Decency
Cyprus, early 30's, is a Bay Area software engineer who connected online with a seemingly down-to-earth man over their experiences of...
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zhuwansuiwansui
- Sep 9, 2021
- 16 min
When He Promises You the Moon
Lillian, 30's, had a favorite pastime -- baking -- which she shared with the world via her Instagram page. While she often received...
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she
- Jul 6, 2021
- 6 min
A Psychopath on Dating Site OKCupid
(See bottom for an update - cannabiccino) People said it was greed that landed me where I am now, but it was the greed for love, not...
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