As an educator dreaming of financial freedom and a retirement trip to Italy, I ventured into Bitcoin trading, drawn by promises of lucrative returns and debt clearance. I chose a seemingly credible platform and began optimistically with a “broker” who was going to guide me through the entire experience.

Initially, my investments flourished, fostering hopes of debt-free retirement. However, I was then faced with unexpected hurdles. To progress, I paid substantial “requirement fees,” unwittingly losing $17,000 crucial for my financial stability and monthly bills..

Deceived, my dreams were shattered.  My primary goal was to carve out a better future, free from debt and financial worries for myself and my loved ones. However, I now confront the aftermath of a costly deception, striving to reconstruct what was lost.

Betrayed and desperate, I want to rebuild what took years to save!  Despite adversity, I remain determined to reclaim control and pursue financial independence with the help of any donation amount and what little I have left living paycheck to paycheck now.

Paypal.me link:  breardsherri3@gmail.com

Thank you for coming to my post. It is a long and complex story, but I’ll summarize to the best of my ability as to why I am here writing this. And I wasn’t sure if I should put this in the Rent category or the Scam category but I flipped a coin and so here we are.

There is a much longer back story but essentially to keep it short and concise I am a 32 year old male. I was born and raised in Virginia, but tragedy struck at 19 and I lost a best friend in a motorcycle accident. At 20 years old I left everything I knew behind to come live with a buddy on the west coast in San Diego to start a new life, starting out with basically nothing, except a dream to build a life on my own terms, a strong work ethic, and a desire to never go back to my small home town where there is no opportunity.

From 2011 to 2019 I built my way up earning a living working 2 jobs: retail at minimum wage, and working in restaurants which yielded tips leading up to Covid, but I’ve not had much of a life because working all the time to keep rent paid in an expensive city leaves little time to actually go back to building a career. To keep it short, because this could get lengthy, during that time period I survived breaking my femur snowboarding, a car wreck where someone hydroplaned into me on my way back from the mountains ( on a different trip), a serious heartbreak of a toxic relationship, and an outright full blown alcoholic roommate.

In 2018-2019 I began really learning about investing via audiobooks and podcasts and YouTube before it is as mainstream as it is now. At that time I was somewhat of a “normie”. I was working in a bar as a bar back and had been for 4 or so years, and I realized that I was not going to be given the opportunity to become a bartender because honestly I didn’t know how to play the social game within the workplace. I didn’t know how to befriend the management in order to get moved up. Others were getting moved up that had way less seniority than me. I was just there to work and to work hard and so I became a great bar-back that was hard to replace. This capped my earning potential. I had been saving my tips for years and I around that time in 2019 I had quit drinking and found myself wondering why I was still working around alcohol. Then Covid happened.

I took my tips that I had been saving for years and did as Warren Buffet’s famous quote said “be greedy when others are fearful…..” and I went and bought Bitcoin literally at the bottom of the Covid crash. I figured there was no bigger fearful time in my lifetime than this and I was already used to living a frugal life that shutdowns didnt scare me so I had the greenlight to invest. I got into learning about trading and I also started a podcast (Main Reason Im Here Today) called Surfs Up Podcast (its on YouTube) where I interviewed other entrepreneur types and just cool people I found interesting around my community that were inspiring. Surfs Up motto is “To Inspire the Everyday Man With the Everyday Man”

~~~Fast Forward~~~

I made money in crypto and lost money in crypto but in the end I came out net positive. I decided trading wasn’t really for me or my calling and started to look for another venture. The podcast was my calling and I wanted to continue it but doing it all on my own with the prep time to learn about the guest, the production with all the gear, the editing, and the distribution and social media aspect all on me took up a ton of my time. It was a lot more than I realized and honestly I loved doing it, but facts are I wouldn’t be seeing any kind of income from the effort till many episodes down the road. Also, I did not want the money factor to pollute the passion I had for the project so I decided I needed to compartmentalize the two and I did not want to trade anymore (bear market was in and I realized I’m more of an investor type not a trader type).

I took what I had made in the crypto 2021 bull run and decided on an amazon automation service to build a cashflow source so I could have the time to give the podcast all of my time and attention so I could bring the most value to viewers. I wanted to give back because in the last 6 years of my life the bedrock of my personal development was podcasts, audiobooks, and YouTube. I wanted to build a platform to share with others in my own community and on the internet what I had learned and also to hear perspectives from guests I had on the show about their journey through entrepreneurship.

My plan as of June 2022 was to drive Uber for 6-12 months while the amazon automation team scaled the business and then I could really dig in on the podcast and drive Uber less. This plan did not come to fruition because either the amazon automation people were a complex long term scam or they are just very bad at what they said they were going to do and super underdelivered. I have tried for 19+ months now to work with them and they have neglected communications a ton during that time span. They have gotten my amazon account suspended 3 times even though they had claimed upon signing the agreement they were the “expert” and knew what they were doing. I have tried getting the CEO on the phone multiple times but he proxy’s himself from me with “account managers.” The account managers agree with me that he should give me a refund because they did not fulfill the contract but the CEO just throws the contract in my face (via email, still cannot get him on the phone) saying they don’t do refunds even though they never delivered on the other half of the contract where they were supposed to set up a Walmart store as well. Prior to signing I was told they used US based wholesale suppliers, but after they had my money when they actually “got to work” they just tried drop shipping in a manner that directly violated amazons terms of service. I feel like they pull investors in then they break policies on the clients stores so the client gets suspended and they get to keep the initial service fee with a bogus contract.

I cannot disclose the name of the amazon automation service because the contract says stuff about defamation. This brings us to the meat of the situation. I took everything I made in crypto and put it into this drop shipping model and now have nothing. I actually have less than nothing because I took out a business Credit card under the amazon automation teams directive for purchasing inventory where they went and broke their sales pitch and sourced from China resulting in a possible counterfeit product that resulted in the most recent suspension (where they are holding 7k of my money and I don’t think I’m getting it back because of the counterfeit goods policy). According to the contract I have no say as to what is listed and the team has autonomy of the listings and I am just to manage the capital. So, they are at fault for losing my money but will not admit fault. Well the account manager, as stated above,  does agree it is their fault but his boss the CEO will not sign off on a refund and is the real problem.

All this time I also drive Uber 40+ hours a week and Uber has slashed earnings in 2023. I’m barely making rent and I haven’t released a podcast in over 2 years now. Venturing out on my entrepreneurial path has left me with 3 years of no recent work history so getting a job in the restaurant industry is hard to break back in to (or really anywhere). I have been applying for 6 months but I do understand it is the offseason here and no one is hiring till spring/summer.

Now a few years into this rollercoaster ride and disaster situation I’m in has left me working all the time for very little pay (thanks Uber for screwing over drivers to keep shareholders happy). My health has taken a hit from all the stress and after 2 years of no nicotine I picked up nicotine again and I’m not proud of it. No alcohol though and I am super proud of that (I pretty much despise alcohol).

HERE is WHERE YOU the READER comes in.

I cannot afford a proper lawyer and I’ve researched and not found any lawyer that will take the case pro-bono as complex as it is and because it is a business dispute (even though its really just me vs a big private scam company that probably has a team of lawyers). over the course of the 19 months of this business venture I have tracked and recorded many of the wrong doings this scammy amazon automation company has done to me. I have spoken to a friend that is a law school graduate that says I have a strong case but he isn’t practicing and couldn’t take it on because he is in the depths of his own entrepreneurial career. I’ve also had the top of class Law student at a nearby university say the same thing but he is not barred yet and doesn’t have the experience.

What I’m asking for is 10k-30k+ to do these things:

1. Keep roof over my head, pay off debt, and buy time to execute number 2 below
2. Get a paid lawyer to take these guys down. They are bullying their clients with predatory contracts and shady business practices. Again I cannot disclose the name but if you were to pull up their name on the Better Business Bureau there are others that they are also doing this to. I have more than enough proof to take them down I just need the time and safe roof over my head in order to focus and do it. If I take them down then you aren’t just helping me but you are also helping other people not get screwed so your dollar goes way further than just helping me.
3. Get back to having some semblance of a life.
4. Get back to the podcast and actually injecting value into the world!

Thanks for reading and Blessings upon you!

Kindest Regards,

~C

Donate at any of the below:

paypal.me/surfsuppodcast

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On November 19, 2023, hi, began an online conversation with a girl who called herself Anna

@dream.of.flying4 on TicToc.

She asked me if I had a WhatsApp account and wanted to converse there. I told her that I did, I gave her my number, and we began to converse on WhatsApp, after a couple days of conversation back-and-forth. She spoke of cryptocurrency and told me how she could help me make profit in that market. At first I told her I was not interested, and she said she understood, and we begin to converse about the daily life, in a day or two she brought up the cryptocurrency trading again, she told me that I would be in control of my deposits, that I would be the one doing the trading with her guidance. I agreed and opened a Crypto.com app account and made my first deposit of $100.00. I also opened a Coinbase wallet app account, where she said, we would be making our trades.

Using screenshots, she showed me how to deposit Crypto into my trading account.

With that $100 deposit our first trade made me a profit $300.00.

Then she showed me how to make a withdrawal which total $291.00, and I did receive it in my bank account.

Then I deposit $975.00 to my Coinbase app from PayPal.

When we make our next trade, my profit is close to $700.00. I did not withdraw this because I wanted to use it as capital for our next trade.

Then she tells me: I have made an investment program for you, this program will help you to get your trading capital faster, I have just called my friend and told her about your personal financial situation, she works for sofi loan company, I always look for its help when I am short of my investment capital, I borrow a high amount of money from it and trade with it when I make a good profit. After I will repay the principal to it in a week’s time, the profit stays in the account to continue trading, I told your situation to my friend, she is very happy to help you through the loan, so I trade you can apply for a loan of 30,000 U.S. dollars for a week of trading time, when you get a loan of funds you only need to trade with me for a week you can earn about 10,000 U.S. dollars per transaction Profit, after a week you can earn about $60,000 in profit, and then you can loan $30k to repay the profit to stay in the account to continue to trade with me, so you can earn a good profit in a period of time and pay off your debt, this is called borrowing the chicken and laying an egg. I hope you can understand this! And then she tells me: Dear, I think this program is very suitable for you, it ensures you to earn a good profit also you can get a high amount of principal in a period of time, so I think you can do this. I asked her if she really thought we could do this, and she replied: Yes, if the personal financial information you tell me is true, my friend can be pretty sure it can help, and I can help you make a great profit 100% of the time! Dear, if I may, I am sending you the link to my friend’s company’s, online application for a loan, and you will need to follow my instructions to fill out a personal financial information application to see if you can get $30k in funding

On 11/23/2023 I received a loan for $30000.00 at SoFi.com with her guidance using screenshots.

The loan comes with high interest so I ask her about that and she said that I have nothing to worry about that with $30,000 each transaction would make $10,000 profit and that within a week I could pay back the $30,000 .

She said if I follow her plan, she could assure me that I would make 100% profit. [Read more…]

Hello my name is Ethan Keys, At the core of my request it might be a bit selfish, but after being wronged and feeling betrayed of trust I can’t help but want to ask out for help to fix my grievance, basically I had purchased more bulk but good foods online from a provider that is not known at all by others yet for some reason I felt okay in trusting just to believe in goodness, dumb as it is I really just wanted to believe.

Now to be honest I am not in any deep financial need but, It’s not just about the money (although that doesn’t hurt, let’s be honest). It’s the feeling of being violated, of my trust being betrayed. And because of such, this has caused me to go into a bit on a depressive episode, all that I wish is that some kind people might be able to help me out a bit, kindly covering up my mistake so I can feel better and never buy from an untrusted source again even though it’s totally true that normal people wouldn’t fall for this, I hope someone can see where I’m coming from so that I may continue my life as it was.

https://paypal.me/3thanK3ys
or
cashapp:3thwn3

Thank you.

I am in my 60’s and have worked for my entire adult life.  Over the years I managed to put some money into savings for a rainy day.  I have always been independent and capable person.  I have a good work ethic and have never had to rely on anyone other than myself.  I don’t work a regular 9 to 5 job anymore because I am now on a fixed monthly income of $640.  To add to my monthly income, I rent a booth at an indoor market in my town.  I sell craft items which I make myself, and I buy other items from a vendor in another state.  This has been enjoyable for me, and it makes a little extra money each month to help with my bills.  Once a year I withdraw money from my saving account and travel out of state to purchase the items I need for my inventory.  During the year I sell that inventory and replenish my savings account as I go.  This has worked out wonderfully for me in years past.

Recently something happened that turned my world upside down.  This put me into a situation that I have never had to deal with before.  I have always been very careful with my personal information, as well as my money.  I am still trying to understand how this happened to me.  I am absolutely heart sick and to be honest I am terrified.  Someone was able to hack into my bank accounts and they cleaned me out.  They took everything I had! I reported it and they are investigating the theft, but they cannot guarantee I will get any of it back.  They stole $56,418.43 from my saving account.  It took me a lifetime to save that money.  I don’t have family to help me, I am alone.  If I cannot buy the merchandise, I need for this coming year I am going to be sunk.  This plea is truly my last hope as I have no other options.

As I explained before I have always done for myself, so this is uncharted territory for me.  I am asking for $50,000.00 to buy my inventory and help me with my monthly bills which have been piling up for the past couple of months.  This would be a godsend to me.  It would be the difference between sinking or swimming.  Thank you for taking the time to read this, I appreciate it more than you could know.  I would appreciate anything sent my way.  Sometimes bad things happen to good people, I know this well because it happened to me.

paypal.me/JoanieStickler

Let me first say that I hate asking anyone for help. I’ve always been independent & hard working. I don’t like to fail. I am an United States Air Force veteran. I had a good, stable life. Until I didn’t. Everything fell apart when I lost a good job then got divorced. I have slowly been getting my life back on track but struggling financially & fell victim to an investment scam recently. I lost everything, my apartment, my car, my self confidence. I thought I was doing something to help turn things around but it was scam. I’m only asking for $4000 to get back on my feet & bring the man I love back home from being stranded abroad. Donations can be sent to my Cash App account $Frog81193. Thank you & God bless you.

In July 2022, the house on 2989 Queen City Road was deemed unsafe and unlivable by the City of Virginia Beach. The house was built and owned by my grandparents, Reba Carrington Bass and Romulus Bass. They were also my parents since they legally adopted me in 1976, and I lived there from birth until I graduated from college in 1987. Before my grandfather passed away on October 30, 1990, and my grandmother on April 6, 2006, the home was gifted to my aunt, their youngest of 7 children. My aunt lived there as an adult from 1998 until July 2022. Because of my aunt’s current disability, she could not take care of the house properly and could not make the repairs to satisfy the 12 state violation codes. She moved and lived with a relative in Spotsylvania, VA beginning May 2022. A letter from the City of Virginia Beach, dated July 20, 2022, was mailed to several other family members and me, that “the structure had to be repaired or removed within 14 days.” It was signed Raymond Mattes, Code Enforcement Supervisor. Although the house was deemed unsafe, trash and animal feces on the floor, I went inside the house and was able to find the deed. On August 30, 2022, my aunt signed the property over to me. I was able to find a contractor, Daniel Painter of Daniel’s Landscape and Hardscape. He gave me a contract dated 8/24/2022, to demolish the property for $9500. That was the best offer, he was referred to me by a relative, so I put full trust in him. He requested $4750 down to begin the project. The Code Enforcement Officers of Virginia Beach Raymond Mattes and James Howard helped Daniel Painter with information on how to acquire the permits, but Daniel did not follow through. On May 10, 2023, Daniel Painter reneged on the contract and said he would refund my money. I contacted him numerous times, he responded that he would refund my money, but has not refunded my $4750 yet. Because he does not live at the address that is on the contract, internet searches did not give his current address, and he refused to give me his current business address to be served the Warrant in Debt. I finally realized that I had been scammed. The City of Virginia Beach hired CM Munden Construction Services to complete the demolition instead. They could not wait on Daniel, and I did not have the amount to pay another company to complete the job. I reported Daniel Painter to the Virginia Beach Police Department Economic Crimes Unit for Theft by Deception and misrepresentation. They were not able to help me by charging him. I later realized after thorough research; Daniel Painter was never licensed to do the job. I also reported him to the Better Business Bureau and made several complaints to Angi’s List. I have all documented communication between the contractor, the city code enforcement officer, and myself. The City of Virginia Beach Department of Housing and Neighborhood Preservation Code Enforcement Division is giving me until February 2024 to pay them $11,325.12 for them having to hire another contractor to complete the demolition that was completed in May 2023. On November 1, 2023, I was finally able to get a current address for Daniel Painter. My civil lawsuit court date was November 20, 2023, at 8:30 AM at Virginia Beach General District Court, Civil B, but he did not show. 2 days later his daughter contacted me because my phone number was on the Warrant in Debt. She said her father was in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in ICU on Life Support. I admit I cried because I was sorrowful toward him and his family. I empathized with her and told her I forgive him for what he has done to me, and please let him know. She could not promise to return the money that he owed. My next court date is December 18, 2023, at 8:30 AM. I’m sure the judge will rule in my favor since Daniel Painter was served, but I am still out $4750, and the bill I owe the City of Virginia Beach is $11,325.12. I contacted a mortgage company regarding building on the property once the $11,325.12 is paid. It is going to cost me at least $200,000 to build on the property. However, if I can get at least $11,325.12, I will be most grateful!

paypal.me/PFonville

IDENTITY THEFT CRISIS

Hi, My Name is Hubertine McFadden, I writing to ask you for money, or support because I’ve been a victim of extreme identity theft, I’ve heard other people say they experienced it ,but when it hit me they wiped out all my savings, it started in 2018, my personal belongings were stolen from me on my way to work, I went to the precinct made a report about everything I had In my purse, an I made phone calls to stop whatever I could, then on top of that I get a phone call from EQUIFAX credit bureau saying I’m in a Major Data Breach, exposing my information on the dark web 65, times, in which this increased the identity by 3, because now my personal information been exposed, I had to get a paid lawyer to help me fight these credit bureau an to help me recover the monies that were stolen from me an my 15 yr old disabled son, whose autistic…..then on top of that the bank Repossess my vehicle, for non payment, but I tried to explain to them, I’m dealing with a crisis an I need a hardship program but instead of giving me the program they Repo my car, Does people have a heart anymore, i ask for help an M@T Bank smack me i. My face, an made matters even worse for me, I am a Single Black mother that lives in the projects with my 15 yr old autistic son, My Parents Died from COVID, an they left me 15,0000 their life saving, I put it in the bank so that my son could have a Future, just in case something happen to me, I can have things in place for him, but now it’s all gone, an it seems like every door I knock on for help, turn their backs on me, but im going to keep fighting, because my son is all I got, an he needs me in every way i’m very depressed rite now, an sometimes I feel like ended it all, but I look to God, an ask him to please, please help me an my son, out of this horrible, traumatic delima I’m in….I lost everything due to Identity theft, This Data Breach, Now my car is Gone, I LITERALLY have nothing, thankfully I was able to apply for food stamps do at least me an him could eat, until I can come up with a solution, I can’t even continue to pay the lawyer i haf, because there’s no money for a retainer, so i can get the help from lawyers, because these thieves took everything from me, an I had to spend the lil I saved up to maintain my family, my home, but i had to give that to the lawyer, now i have no  more I can pay, So I’m humbly coming to whomsoever reading this to ask for your help, no matter what you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Myself as well as my son will be forever Grateful to you. The Economy is high, everything is up, food, gas, etc….an I have medical supplies that I need for my Son, I can’t buy now, because I have nothing, he needs a motorized wheelchair that expensive, I feel defeated as a mother because I can’t get my autistic son what he needs, But im going to leave this in God’s hands, One thing my parents taught, whenever I feel I can’t handle, Leave it in God’s hand, An Pray on it. Prayer works, Speaking Good fortune, letting GOD I can depend on him is a Blessing that my parents gave me, an it’s been getting me thru, it’s getting really really hard now, an i desperately need your help if u can, if not that’s ok too. Thanks for listening. Have a Blessed Day, An May your life be filled with Joy an Love. Again thank you.

Hello to those who read this. Just a guy who never thought he could feel this low and angry at the same time. My wife and I are expecting in February, and I wanted to surprise her with an investment fund for our baby. I was trying to get to a web page and clicked the wrong link apparently, entered some details and the next thing I know I had $4500 stolen from me. It’s a feeling I pray you will never have to experience. I’m so stupid, I should have slowed down, paid more attention, and now there’s no way to get my money back. I just don’t know where to turn and now I’m at the mercy of any who are willing to help. Thank you so much!

https://paypal.me/coulduseyourhelp?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US