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Urgent Help to Rebuild After Scam

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Edit 2/21/25: thanks to your help i was able to survive the initial cleanout, but i still haven't recovered, and am living just about paycheck to paycheck trying to cover all my bills and recuperate some of the savings that were stolen. Anything helps, thank you!!

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hi! so. in a hilarious (read: mortifying and stomach-dropping) twist, today i was scammed out of my entire checking and savings account by someone impersonating a federal trade commission officer who claimed to be conducting a fraud investigation case to stop a thief opening bank accounts and making purchases in my name. they coerced me into spending EVERYTHING I HAD through bs bitcoin transfers and money cards to 'verify my funds as legitimate', keeping me too confused and exhausted to have time to question their claims. had me running all over town to make 'secure transactions.' and in the end it's just. gone. i've contacted the bank, put a freeze on my account, and filed a fraud report with the ftc, but...
because of the nature of the transactions they strongarmed me into, the money can't be recovered.
that's three years of savings gone. this entire month's pay, gone.
as much as i despise having to ask for help again so soon after receiving help with the move, i need it desperately. i'm not really sure what else to say.
the donation goal, $6k usd, is how much i was scammed out of. anything helps, sincerely
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Luke L
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Raleigh, NC

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