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Hindsight is always 20-20. You know, what was I thinking? But I wasn't thinking with my brain. I was thinking with my heart.

If I can save just one person from this folly, if I can make one person realize that this is not real, I've done my job.

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Yeah, here's the beginning: "You know, sometimes my management gets into all my pages, and that's actually their job. I would like us to have our relationship privately and our conversations privately."

He was going through a divorce. This is what happens with divorce. And you know, I was going through this also. And so we kind of connected emotionally on that. And then it just morphed into something more romantic.

It was always through Bitcoin. It went on for about four and a half months.

But my question marks got bigger and bigger. It hit me at the right time. I was very vulnerable at that time, going through a divorce. For me, these texts were like a drug. They were like a drug like I needed them to live with.

Now I read these texts and I'm like, ah, it makes me sick that I fell for this.

I lost about $90,000, which is a big chunk. However, the biggest part is to lose your heart and your soul. And that is a big part that takes a long time to get back.

So many people are so embarrassed to come forward and admit to it.

You really shouldn't because you give these people an opportunity to make even more money. So you need to report it.

Don't get taken advantage of. And it hurts in the end. It really hurts. And I want to save people from this hurt. And it takes a while to put yourself back together again. And I'm glad I am back to who I am.