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Unfortunately it’s almost a rite of passage in modern capitalist society (probably outside of it too for all I know) to fall for one of the hundreds of scams that come from hyper-competitive, alienating system that pits people against each other for a paycheck (plus scams are typically pyramid schemes on the inside - so even their exploitation of you is likely being exploited by someone).

I’ve been crimed a few times, a few ways (first years moving from the middle of nowhere to a major city is rough when you don’t have street sense yet), and it always sucks but it passes (occasionally leaving a good story behind), and one learns from it to avoid it next time (e.g. I won’t give financial info over the phone any more).

It hits differently as communists too since we’d all give the shirts off our backs to someone in need (as we’re able), but instead capital uses the ‘shame’ around poverty to coerce people into the anti-social behavior of scamming one another.

Hope the financial pain isn’t too much- the embarrassment hurts enough as it is - but better to be open and sort it out than let it fester.