CRIMER/SCAMS
[Ru]I've lost $16,000 and I don't know how to move on.
A 22-year-old lost $16,000 after falling for a scam involving fake calls from a mobile operator, bank officials, and FSB representatives. Scammers manipulated the victim into transferring $14,000 and later gambled $2,000, leading to severe emotional distress and police dismissal of the case as unsolvable.
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