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Except I'm not sending her any more money.

Thank you, Greg. For what it's worth her uncle has what appears to be a legitimate profile on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhi-wen-chen-23339a7b/ It was created over 12 years ago. Maybe these people aren't scammers. I do however think the fake Cointree site they used to "invest" is...

I would never send naked pictures to anybody. In fact I never took naked pictures of myself and never will. I don't use Meta at all anyway. For what it's worth "Xinyue" is still chatting with me and is attempting to help me. She's trying to borrow the money from her friends to unlock my...

Right now with what's going one cryptocurrency is looking better and better. Buy bitcoin or ethereum if you have any spare cash. Or even gold. I think gold will skyrocket soon past it's already lofty current price. The markets are tanking today, which seems to happen every single time Trump...

Not to mention the hiring pool for ICE was mostly pardoned January 6 protesters.

Besides that given the makeup of these places (i.e. heavily left leaning) that would keep the GOP out of power pretty much permanently. Venezuela would have more electoral votes than any other state except California. Canada would have about the same number.

Same reason it was an uphill battle to get the speed cameras in NYC to operate 24/7/365-drivers bitch about them and call them money grabs. This is despite the fact NYC's speed cameras have a very generous 10 mph cushion over the 25 mph speed limit before you get a fine. Stay under 35 mph and...

Trump tried and failed to make Canada the 51st state, so I guess he's settling for Venezuela instead.

I'm so sorry to hear this, Doug. She seemed like a real sweetheart and a wonderful companion. Take it one day at a time. Having been through this more times than I care to admit, at best you learn to live with the loss but you never really get over it. She gave you one last day of joyful...

Haven't you been a more or less normal weight for a long time? It sounds like they're thinking of the old you.

It's still over 1/3 of what I had. And the only reason I even had that much was because of my gig at Exxon for over 3 years. I pretty much invested most of what I had left after taxes. I can recover but it's going to be very difficult. I'm still trying to get my money back.

I'm glad your wife avoided being scammed. As for me, I was never 100% sure this wasn't a scam, so I held back to avoid losing my life savings. Granted, $260K is a lot to lose but I'm still in fairly good shape financially.

Exactly. I was just reading about a scam operation where they seized billions of dollars in bitcoin and over 100,000 people were scammed in a matter of months. Some lost their life savings and even their homes. I suspect what happened to me might be linked to that. On another note can you...

Yes it is. I'm still trying to recover my money. I have something else in the works now but I can't discuss it publicly. I will let everyone know if it works or not.

These people are obviously criminals. There's no doubt in my mind at this point. I posted the entire exchange here so the evidence against them is in a secure location.

Some updates. "Cointree" customer service claims I owe $100,000 on my loan and won't release my account unless it is paid. According to my calculations and the agreed upon interest rate I should only owe about $85,000. I threatened to report them to the authorities if they don't let me repay the...

The only solace here is a mistake on the withdrawal form for an annuity made me rethink cashing it in (i.e. I asked the scammer to loan me more money instead, and she did), and I decided to do a rollover for only $135K instead of the $210K I had originally planned. The $210K rollover, combined...

I appreciate this but if it comes to ending up homeless being dead is better. I haven't reached that point yet but it's possible. Even before losing this money if I had to sell the house and split the proceeds three ways I wouldn't have had enough left to live on.

Yeah, this seems to be happening to lots of people. I read about a retired couple that lost $800K. A combination of the investment looking somewhat legitimate, the large potential returns, and my desperation to give my siblings their share of the house is what led me to this. If my siblings had...

Nothing will really help beyond getting my money back and seeing the people who did this in body bags. The only solace is the SEC has whistleblower rewards of 10% to 30% of the recovered funds. That could actually end up being quite substantial if they can seize any assets. Except the link I...

Interesting stuff doing a Google image search: https://www.tiktok.com/@anne825389 https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-l-6b101a354/ I don't know now if the person I was talking to these last five months was borrowing someone else's images or not. Yes, I did have a video call and it was...

Unfortunately I fell victim to an online crypto investing scam and I'm usually very careful with things like this. I have a considerable amount of money being held hostage. I already filed reports with the FBI and SEC. Here's the story: I was first contacted by a person named Xinyue Chen on...

Wow! I'm technically a Boomer, although from the tail end and I hate that kind of thinking. I give you and your partner credit for getting through the day without killing your mother. I can't say I would have had the same level of self-control. I'll admit I'm no fan of tattoos but my attitude...

Me and my sister are also both on Verizon Visible. Only $25 a month, and I'm getting a $15 credit on my cable/Internet bill, so it's really only costing me $10 a month.

I hope this isn't a medication which you need to stay alive.

A heated cat shelter might help if she can be convinced to have her kittens there instead of under the car. My brother has fed strays for years. Same story. They look more and more ragged after a few years, and eventually stop coming around altogether. Any cat which sleeps on a warm bed with a...

I'm sorry to hear this as well. I know the feeling very well. Just make her as comfortable as possible and enjoy whatever time is left.

Next thing will be a casino in the White House.

I'm still on 7 for my desktop. I see no reason to change. It just works. The laptop came with 11. If there are any applications I need which won't run on 7 there's always the laptop.

https://medium.com/the-political-prism/the-republican-budget-for-an-ebenezer-scrooge-america-7f5fd5d11d5c

I certainly remember that. Trump can't be trusted. I wish more people would have realized this before voting for him. I'm reminded of the old tale of the woman and the snake. Many versions of that but this one I like the best: Once upon a time, a woman was picking up firewood. She came upon a...

Yep. Sad to say I think we're fucked.

Here's Fluffy. I got him from my brother for my 60th birthday. He was a stray my brother took care of from when he was a kitten. He was roughly nine months old when I got him.

I watched that movie a bunch of times myself. I also wish they would have made more movies based on the series. I thought Master and Commander was a trip back in time to a world now long gone. Those sailing ships were the high technology of their times. I'll have to wait until I get a 4K OLED...

What became of those expensive monitors you were sent accidentally? Did they ever get wise to it?

It could be worse. He could have thought you were running an escort service.

Now I have another question. My 30 day free trial is over in a few days. Right now the trial is on IMEI 1 (the phone has an eSIM). Is there any issue with putting my permanent service on IMEI 2 now? This way I'll have use of both my temporary and permanent phone numbers while I transition. I...

The camera itself without the lens retails for $1,500. Sounds like a steal.

I promise I'll control the urge to get anything else from Apple. I swear. Oh wait a minute. That new iPad looks really nice. And the Macbook Air. And the Apple Vision Pro. Oh no, they're sucking me in! I can't control it! :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: It must be subliminal advertising. Quick...

:ROFLMAO: It's my first and only Apple device. I'll never have a Mac or iPad of any flavor.

I understand. Besides, it sounds like you would piss off your landlord if you did car work in the parking lot.

You could do most things with ramps that you can do with a lift: https://www.google.com/search?q=car+ramps&oq=car+ramps&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512l9.3168j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 My brother does most things with ramps. Occasionally a lift is needed. Then he has to go to a mechanic.

I actually ended up getting a used (very good condition) refurbished iPhone 14 on eBay for $326.46. I needed to pull the trigger because the first thing I'll be using it for is investing. I'll keep all the options you mentioned for future use, or if the phone breaks. It's coming Tuesday. I...

If you have a car you like and it can be repaired for a reasonable price it makes much more sense to do that, instead of getting a new one. The repair may cost roughly the book value of your vehicle, but then you'll have a working vehicle which matches your needs, instead of one which most...

Thanks for making me aware of 55+ plans. I thought most discounts didn't start until 65. I'm a Princeton alumni actually. My brother broke his iPhone screen multiple times but did his own repairs. He's not even an EE like me. I'm going to be mostly using the phone in case of emergencies, and...

I'm finally coming into the 21st century and getting a mobile phone. I already have Verizon for Internet, TV, and my landline. Verizon has an offer of 90 days free mobile service for existing customers but you need a phone to take advantage of it. I'm leaning towards getting an iPhone 14 on eBay...

Probably most of the Republican party. Trump thought there would be mostly Democrats in those files. When he found out otherwise, there were suddenly no Epstein files.

The perpetual optimist in me says this too will pass. The realist says otherwise. What's amazing is all these MAGAs defending policies which will hurt them in Trump's so-called Big Beautiful Bill. Or more accurately Big Raging Dumpster Fire.

It'll definitely extend to women and girls in general. I'm sure part of the hidden agenda of Project 2025 is to make females property again. You'll probably even have people wearing MFPA hats. This way the incel "white grievance" males don't have court women to get laid. They can just buy them...

In anyone is interested I uploaded pictures and videos when I saw the Macy's fireworks this year. Now that I have my freedom back I'm starting to go out more. Pictures: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Gh9dHVnHZ3EmkhVp7 Videos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/BeesKHf87pgpkmAWA (first video is part of the...