How I've been scammed and lost all I earned here
Hi everybody! This will be a long story, I sincerely hope not to bore you.
I signed up here almost 7 months ago, and tried to add nice, interesting and good looking articles for you to read. As you can see in my profile I have 644 posts today, and yesterday I did my first trade to Bitcoins.
I had 142.1 SBD (Steem Dollars), i made the transaction with @blocktrades (these guys are great, I had my 0.0884 BTCs in no more than 5 seconds, amazing!), and then sent them to my Paxful account.
I started a transaction to sell them with a guy called "InstaBTC", which promised to pay me via Payoneer, which is the best way for me. Fool of me, I believed every lie he told me, like "release the bitcoins to claim the payment", "I already make the payment and it is waiting there for you to release bitcoins", etc. You know the point.
And I released the bitcoins.
For many people 0.088 BTC are nothing, today it's almost U$S1300, but where I live, it is A LOT! And you know what the worst part is?
That money was for my future baby, I will be father for the first time in a few months, that money was enough for me to buy him (it's a boy :D) clothes and diapers for almost a year, that's right, a year!
And that scammer took that away for me, I literally begged him to pay me or return the money, but you know what he answered?
"I need you to pay a fee of U$S200, then I can release the payment"
That garbage wants to take more money from me. Money I don't even have.
I told my boss I needed to go home for a while, and I went and cried like 30 minutes with my wife. Everything I planned was gone. All of our plans to remodelate the baby's room, paint it, buy him clothes, all is gone now.
You don't know what this feels like, it's the worst!
I don't know when I will get that money again, that money is like 4 monthly salaries here.
Please, help me by resteeming it, so this doesn't happen to anyone again, I will attach screenshots of the chat, the scammer profile, and the info he wrote about the transaction.
And this is the post of the scammer, it's marked (sorry I only know how to use Paint :P)
Paxful just emailed me and told me that user has been banned, and sent me the info they have.
I don't know if I can do something with this, but maybe one of you can, and maybe you can revenge me ;)
Everybody have a nice day!
P.S. If anyone wants to help me this is my BTC address 3Dxa5YoQoedWN6VaSqp1cvrEqNyDkLuChw (promise not to lose them again :P)
I don't know why this culprit did this to you but don't worry man !
Just upvoted you with full vp !
Thanks man! It means a lot to us :)
Don't worry, with a community like this you will get your money back in a second. Just believe in it. Okay?
I feel for you man, I felt every word you said... Don't cry over materialistic things please, I know it is hard when something like this happens, but try to focus your mind on the positive and believe...
Believe...
It happened for a reason, a reason you maybe aren't aware of right now, but a reason that will end up being 1000x more beneficial for you...
Peace be with you, and your beautiful family. Sending you love and positive energy, I feel this will change your life in a positive way... And my instinct is pretty strong lately
Wow! What a beatiful answer man. You are right about everything, I think I didnt cried for the money itself, I think it was for all our plans that will now be impossible to make. But you are right, this is such a great community! Thanks for your nice words bro.
As I said, believe... :) So please, change your thought process... Don't say:
Rather say, it will become possible and I will do everything I can to make it possible as soon as I can.
I am sure man, in that case, universe will come back and watch your back... Try it :)
Thanks man! I will.. :)
Nice! Excited for you then. :) Keep us updated. please
Sure man, I will! :)
I burned my voting power upvoting your comments. Hope it helps.
Thank you very much my friend :) I have no words to thank this community :)
Yeah good words. It is nice to see people taking life like that.
I Believe
Hello @arielpr! I had sent you 3.0 SBD. Please check your wallet. That's the only available SBD I have right now. It's past 2 AM here in the Philippines and I can't sleep. I saw your post and I thought I should help with the little SBD I have. Stay positive, okay? Be strong for your child. And please don't seek revenge.
Sending the love from the Philippines!
@ybanezkim26
Thank you very much, I really wasnt expecting this, I will stay strong! And I won't quit! :) thanks again! Sleep well..
No problem man! I have received so much love and positivity from the community and I felt like I should share it. I'm sorry if that's what's available right now. If I can get my pending rewards, I'll send you another. It's not a promise, but I'll keep in touch. Maybe this is the reason why I can't sleep. I will sleep well now because I still have work later.
P.S. Say regards to your family from me. Thank you.
Thanks kim! You are a really nice person! Oh, my wife says thanks too :) and I guess the little boy say it too..
Congrats on you new baby boy. You have my upvote. Don't let this event bring you down. With steem on the rise, you'll be fine in the long run. I pray for your family's well-being. Much love Jay.
Thanks Jay for your kind words.. Have a great day!
Gosh, I'm so sorry that happened to you. Your wife is lovely, and I'm sure you will enjoy your baby and just remember this as a tough lesson. Thanks for letting the rest of us know. It's tough to know who to trust. Anyway, I voted and resteemed. Take care.
Thanks man! I truly appreciate it, and I hope noone here to be scammed like me.. :) have a great day!
Sorry to read this! I wish my upvote was worth more for you =(
All the best for the future!
Thanks! I really wish this never happen again to anyone..
I wish I could help with something but for now i am also new to this community so a Upvote from myside and beside that I would like you to read this little story and I hope you will like it...Its not for any upvote but A message ...See it once https://steemit.com/story/@abhin/a-bad-day-or-bad-luck-is-it-actually-bad-a-story-of-an-indian-army-instructor
Thanks @abhin, have a great day! :)
I am very sorry what happened to you @arielpr. It gets me so mad how people can be so cruel and do this to innocent hard working people who try to build their life.
I was scanned once here and I didn't listen to my gut, but I have learned my lesson, at least I hope so since the scanners are becoming slicker.
It really breaks my heart for you and your wife and your baby boy.
I really wish you all the best in the future and your family.
By the way, you guys are a very beautiful couple and I truly believe it will get better for you.
Prayers for your family my friend.
Upvoted and resteemed my friend, so that more people can see.
Thanks for your kind words @joalvarez, many times I heard about these kind of people, but you never know how it feels until it happens to you. Thanks again!
Dear I believed that the money you've lost will be back to you in no time. Calm your heart. God bless you more!
Thanks Joyce! :)
That's horrible. I'm sorry this has happened. Praying it all works out for you. I remember as a young child my siblings and I had saved and saved our money to go to Disneyland. About a month before we were to go, we were robbed and the money was stolen. I don't remember how...but we still were able to go. It's such a feeling of being violated when things like this happen. I always try to look for silver linings...if nothing else we learn through things like this.
Thanks Rebecca, like you said, it feels like being violated, thanks for your words.. :)