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, 20224 min read
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, 20227 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20217 min read
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, 20218 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20219 min read
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, 202111 min read
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, 202110 min read
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, 20216 min read
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, 20218 min read
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, 20216 min read
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, 202116 min read
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, 20216 min read
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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