9:48 pm
Have you ever been scammed before?
Well I have. A whiplash in my neck from poor yoga formation configured me to do the unthinkable. For I lacked several brain cells that day.
Top things that I have never expected it to happen to me in 2024; being fucked by a robo-investments telegram group. My heart sank deeper when realization kicked in. I have never expected such catastrophe to happen to me but what else could I do rather than bitch about my experience in here after making calls to the bank and police?
Last week, I was mysteriously added into a group chat by a mysterious username which I have mistaken as my friend as they share the same surname. I then studied the chats briefly and stumbled upon lots of positive testimonials claiming that they had successfully received a withdrawal request. Curious, I privately messaged the admin who imposes as Stanley Lim the CEO of valueasia.com.
Then comes the third, when they told me to transfer the aforementioned amount to reverse some settings on the website, which I obliviously did.
| The emotional blame game, a foreshadow of the impending doom I see. |
Reminds me of a conversation I had with my friends the night before, if the good gods exist then there will be a bad god. As above so below, if god could answer my prayers and absolve me of my mistakes by granting me the desire for revenge, so be it. Let Evil arise and fight against evil. I think it's not necessarily the regret and fear of losing money but the shame that entailed from trusting a freaking telegram group just because I want to earn a bit extra side income for myself. And I hate that blood rush feeling upon realization of my mistake.
So I immediately called the police to report the incident whereby they updated that though there's no guarantee of money back, they ensured that they'll do their best to locate the scammer. An understatement. There is nothing I can do but sulk at this terrible idea of waiting game, where I eventually shall lose and gain a valuable lesson.
A portion of my dignity supposedly gone for letting greed misjudge my ability to see through lies and bullshit. Perhaps I’ll recover from this misapprehension, I’ll definitely make enough money to cover the cost of $1.6k lost from this fraudulent and I’ll blithely forget about this incident and move on with ease. They’ll never, a big fraction of me wishes the downfall of those scammers unknown, and I’ll never know. I pray that justice is served and that their family suffers an awful fate. So mote it be, if evil is required to fight against evil, let that be my wish for all the scammers in this world. May they sleep uneasily at night and their fragile souls wander freely out in the night. May they never seek what they’ve lost and their families die an unnatural death in exchange for the hour of pain a victim has felt.
Optimism bias, as they call it, by simply believing that we'll less likely experience negative events more so than the positive ones. And I, played a role of the fool today, by clouding my judgement for the sake of a promising idea.
I have been practically numb these days whilst day-dreaming a tad much about seeking financial freedom and exploring the world. I've made lots of dreams and goals lately and perhaps expectations for myself stir highly when I reached 26; like finding love, making friends and meeting my savings goal only to be humbled by this particular incident. I think my biggest perks from experiencing this was how chill and sequential I was while silently whimper to mom about it. Perhaps I have yet to feel that level of pain one victim harbors from half of their savings gone since this $1.6k isn't tad much for me to ;ed out a big cry. I have also been optimistically forgetful lately, forgiving my every shortcomings and praying for the best to come. After all there are only so much I could do for myself, i.e be kind and fully accept that the probability of obtaining the scammed amount back is slim, I ought to move on nonetheless.
After I have prayed for their downfall. The fuck.
