<div>One may think, how could this happen to me? Well, it has. I have become a victim of an online romance con.
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<div>I met a man online who I believed loved me. We made life plans. We spoke of the unconditional love we had for each other. We talked about where we would spend our future holidays and celebrations with our families and friends. We either spoke, texted or facetimed daily.
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<div>I was getting ready to retire from my Registered Nursing career and start the next stage of my life.
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<div>And so, it began...
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<div>He told me if I put my retirement money into a high yield cryptocurrency account, I could make the additional funds I would need for retirement in a few months.
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<div>So, I did. I agreed to place my 401K and my inheritance into the account that he set up online for me. And it grew like he said it would.
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<div>He was away on business and was to complete the job and be home in a couple months. Then, his plan to return kept getting changed to later dates due to his job. He had staffing, material and equipment problems. He continually asked me for money so he could finish the job and get home so we can start our lives together.
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<div>I took out two loans, mortgaged my paid off house and sent him all my cash savings. He told me that as soon as he can finish the job, he can make it home. He said, “I will pay you back every penny”. I believed him and why not, we were to spend the rest of our lives together.
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<div>The money in the online account's maturity date was approaching so, I figured I would take those funds and pay off my debt. My man will be home and pay all he borrowed.
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<div>I tried to remove the funds from the online account several times, unsuccessfully. I contacted the online account and I was told by them via email, “...we seem to have an issue with your account but its currently being attended to and you should be able to take your funds when it's done... it will take about 14-21 working days”. I knew on 05/02/2022 there was a problem. When I contacted my man, he reassured me that the money was safe in the account.
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<div>This whole thing didn’t set right with me. So, I contacted a family friend whose computer savvy and he said to send him everything I had on the account and he asked if I felt if there were any concern regarding the person who set the account up for me. I was beginning to wonder at that point. Within 24 hours I received a call. I was devastated! I lost everything I worked so hard for including the man I thought loved me.
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<div>So, here I am, I lost my retirement money, all my savings, I'm in debt, trying not to lose my house, identity stolen and desperately asking for help to pay off what I can and move forward from this heartbreaking experience.
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<div>Is it humbling to ask for help? Yes, but not as much as it is to think that the man who said he loved me, who wanted to be with me and join our friends and family together...finding out it was all a con...that’s humbling!
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<div>I am a survivor and a believer. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV
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Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

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NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

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Streaming widgets beta user

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3DS payment method

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Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

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checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

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fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Eligible for Profile Comment Badge

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

writePath

Stream Notification

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

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anyword

openai

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manual_entry

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Native 11.3.0 and above

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

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Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

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Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

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