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around 3pm i was going out to buy food today and got stopped in the street by a man who went by Anthony. he stopped me and told me he needed food for his 6-week-old baby and since it’s sunday (jan 6th 2019) today, all drug stores are closed today here in belgium. he said he needed 42€ for the baby’s food which was “a special kind of milk only bought in drug stores bc his wife complained about breast pains if she breast-fed too often”.

i decided to help him. i took 50€ from my bank account and gave him an extra 20€ bc he said he needed money to pay for parking (his car). i let him text his “wife” bc he asked and he texted her this

which means “honey i’m coming home w the milk and the 70€”

he then said “meet me in front of X bank so i can pay you back. i just need to go to the bank myself to take the money and i’ll meet you there” (a different bank he had to go to, he said). he went to buy his stuff for the baby and i went back to my dorm

around 4:51pm i left my dorm bc his wife texted the last message you can see in the screenshot above, which means “Anthony thanks you, he’ll be there in 30min”

i went there and he was 40min late. still i wanted my money back so i stayed and there he was. he said he didn’t have the money with him, that his father had it (a 100€ bill) and that he was back in a hostel they (Anthony, his father, wife and child) were staying at. so i accompanied him there (because i wanted my fucking money back)

at this point it’s later than 6:30pm. we waited for his father to come down for an hour (although at this point i don’t even think there was any father involved, only him and his “wife” since i put the phone on speaker and heard a woman’s voice) and he never did. he then said “actually he’s in the car. he went to the car (that i never saw), came back and said “ok so i owe you 70€ but like i said i only have a 100€ bill. do you have 30€ with you so i can get the change beforehand?” but he sounded out of breath and stressed and we were in a deserted street and it was dark and it was just all too creepy to me so i just gave him the “change”, which was 25€ bc i only had that much left.

it’s now 7pm and he then said “don’t move i’m coming back w the 100€ bill” and i waited. i waited a whole hour. here are the texts i sent his “wife” for some news of where he was, if he was coming back, etc

my first (green) text was from when we arrived at the hostel they were apparently staying at. my 2nd text was from when he left w my 25€. i texted again and again, called and called and the person literally refused to pick up my calls.

i waited until 8pm (which was when i decided to take these screenshots) and came back home DEVASTATED. i’m so fucking ashamed that i was this naive. but really i just wanted to help someone who said they had a 6 week old daughter.

the money i get is for food and necessities for the month. right now me and my family are tight on money and my mother does NOT deserve the stress from knowing i was stupid enough for being this naive. her sister has recently passed away (ive made a post about this, if you follow me you know). she passed away around christmas. she is NOT feeling alright enough to be stressed about money.

i’m begging you. please. only one dollar/euro is enough from each person. i have almost 150 followers on my main and 300 on my sb. PLEASE if 95 of you just gave me ONE dollar/euro each one, i’d get my money back. PLEASE PLEASE DONATE AND REBLOG. PLEASE I’M BEGGING YOU.

i’ve set up a sort of ‘gonfundme’ on paypal bc i don’t want any more than what i was stolen. when i reach my goal, i’ll take it down. this is so embarrassing but please help me. i’m trying to calm down but i literally just lost almost a hundred bucks.

thank you so so much for your kindness. i will forever be eternally grateful to you.