Hi everyone,
I’m sharing this because I don’t want anyone else to go through what I did. I lost around $110,000 in a scam, and it all started with someone I trusted.
A Chinese girl named Shen contacted me on Facebook. We started talking regularly, and over time she gained my trust. She made it seem like she genuinely cared about me and even showed interest in my personal life and things I owned.
After building that trust, she introduced me to a “TikTok platform” where I could make money by completing orders. The idea was simple: I had to deposit money to process orders, and once completed, I would get my money back with profit.
At first, it worked. I saw returns, which made everything feel real and safe. Shen even added her own money (which I now believe was fake) to show me that she was serious and to encourage me.
Then things started escalating. The orders became bigger and more expensive. I had to keep adding more money to “complete” them. If I didn’t complete orders on time, I was charged penalties. When I tried to withdraw, I was asked to pay different fees — taxes, verification fees, etc.
I ended up transferring money to multiple different bank accounts (different people’s names), and later I was also told to send money to crypto wallets controlled by the scammers.
As things got worse, the pressure increased. Shen and her so-called “sister” kept pushing me to arrange more money by any means — including selling my car, my gold necklace, and my diamond earrings. They were constantly pressuring and manipulating me emotionally.
By that point, I had already invested a lot and felt stuck, so I kept paying, hoping I could recover everything.
Eventually, I couldn’t pay the “tax” they asked for. That’s when everything changed. Shen and her so-called sister blocked me from everywhere, and the platform completely disappeared.
I also realized she had been manipulating me emotionally the entire time — pretending to care, showing fake involvement, and gaining my trust just to take money from me.
I feel devastated, embarrassed, and honestly broken thinking about how this happened.
So far I have stopped all contact, saved all chats, screenshots, and transaction details, and started looking into reporting this.
I wanted to ask: Is there any real way to recover any of this money? What steps should I take next (I’m in Canada)? Has anyone experienced something similar?
Also, please be careful — if anyone messages you saying they can recover your money, those are usually scams too.
If sharing my story helps even one person avoid this, it’s worth it.