Two years ago I became the victim of a romance scam and I wanted to share my story to help others recognize the warning signs. **WHO:** I met a woman on Tinder who said she was Chinese and living abroad for work. We started talking every day and the conversations became very personal. She seemed caring and supportive, and over time I believed the relationship was genuine. **WHAT:** After building trust for several weeks, she began talking about cryptocurrency investments and how she was making good profits. She encouraged me to try it as well and said she would help me. At first everything looked legitimate and I believed the platform was real. **WHEN:** This happened about two years ago and continued over several months. **WHERE:** We initially met on Tinder and later continued talking through messaging apps. We never met in person. **HOW:** Over time I was convinced to send money in cryptocurrency to what I believed was an investment platform. Each time it looked like my balance was increasing, which made it seem real. When I tried to withdraw the money, I was asked to pay additional “fees” and “taxes”. Eventually I realized the entire platform was fake. By the time I understood what had happened I had lost around €30,000, which were the savings I had set aside for a house deposit. It took a long time to process what happened and recover emotionally and financially. I’m sharing this experience because these scams are becoming more common and very sophisticated. If my story helps even one person recognize the warning signs earlier, it will be worth it.