Romance Scam Story - $3000.0 Lost

A reddit report about a romance scam that cost someone $3000.0. Learn how to avoid falling victim.

My boyfriend is stressed and feels like our safety is compromised But he said he had my dad with him at gunpoint and if I didn't send him $3000 dollars he would shoot him Sparing all the details, I did send $500 to this guy via Zelle and thankfully all other attempts were blocked I didn't give him a routing number, social security, anything like that - it was just a string of attempts to get money sent via cashapp, paypal, venmo, etc This cost me $3000.

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