Weirdcamila:


If you have relatives in Nigeria, push for a meet up with him. Then set someone to supervise/monitor him.

I do not, unfortunately. That would be a good idea, though.

Weirdcamila:
Not everyone wants to be a scammer , I wish he changes.

I pray for this to be true in this case. I believe there is good in everyone, even scammers. Even though the chances are slim.

advanceDNA:
Funny.....
Normal ... when u decode a scammer's code... he will reformat u.....whats funny is that u are the one formating urself by telling him to do community service he's not really doing but getting paid.....then u made matters worse by telling a scammer u will give him 1500$ after a pathetic slave story....

As in.....does it give u great joy to be scammed cos i dont undertsand how u knew u were about to be scammed and still fell into the loop by urself

He did send me several videos of him picking up trash outside, sweeping things, carrying heavy bags for a lady who was carrying a small child. The videos were all of the same person, same general area, same time of day.

You think it's 100% chance he's still scamming me, eh?

Namdeenero:
The truth is once his head is wired around scam then it’ll be difficult for him to stop. $1500 is a whole lot of money, I’m almost very sure he’ll go back to scam and call you a maga. Why not send him half the amount and see how he spends it

Hi Namdeenero,

I won't be sending the money all at once, of course. He will get paid daily after sending video proof of the work he's done and sending proof that he's buying inventory for his business, renting the shop, etc.

I understand that it is very difficult for them to stop once they've tasted easy money. I'm purposefully making the money I am willing to give him "hard" to earn. He would actually have to go outside, talk to his neighbors, and offer to help them.

My goal by the end of this is to "re-wire" his head. I hope he can see that he can earn more money through legitimate means than through scamming. If that's even possible.

Do you happen to know anything about the indentured servitude (basically slaves) in the crypto scamming rings? Is that real? Or is he likely lying?

Hi there,

The other day, someone tried to crypto scam me on Telegram. Happens a lot, but this time I wrote back. We went back and forth for a while talking about the scam. Eventually, I let him know that I wasn't going to fall for his scam, but I could help him if he was willing to work for it.

I made him a business proposal: if he goes out into the streets and performs community service for 2 hours, I'd send him $100 in BTC.

At first, he didn't believe me. But, a few hours later, he messaged me back saying he was willing to take my deal. The next day, he sent me several videos of him attempting to do community service (the videos were a bit confusing, to be honest, without context). I sent the $100.

After this, he started messaging me from his "real" account, at least it had his real name on the account instead of some American girl. He confessed that he really was a scammer (he never admitted it before), and was basically an indentured slave. He told me that he lives at his boss' house, his boss gets all the money they scam from people, and at the end of his contract he'll get a small % of the total.

I started asking him what he really wanted to do for work that was gainful and respectable- he said he wanted to open up a small clothing store. That he could import the clothes from another province, and sell them for profit with a small store-front shop in his city.
We went through all the details - he says he needs $1,500 to start up his business, have a place to live, food etc, for the first month until he gets revenue at his business.

I agreed that I would help him earn the $1,500 he needs to start his business by working for me. I offered to pay him $20 per hour that he performs community service in the street. He has to send me video proof every day of the good deeds he's done and I will send the money.
My only concern here is that I really hope he takes the money he earned and uses it to start a business.

My question for all of you- does his story sound legit? Is indentured servitude common for crypto scammer rings? Is it really possible this person wants a different life? Would selling clothes from his own shop really earn him more money than scamming would?

Deep down, I hope this is all true and this person wants the help. I think using $1,500 to help someone start their own business and become an entrepreneur is probably the best use of the money I could think of.

Thanks for your time.