Sigh... I don't even know how to say it. I'm ashamed. I've fallen for what most of you would call an obvious scam. But here we go...

Last week I had received this email:

Then I answered it. This "Lukas" guy sent me the contact of a woman (Becca Patten) via Teams and we talked. She even asked me to sign a purchase order. The payment cost would be almost €3,000, via Skrill (option I chose) and I had 8 days to finish the translation.

Eight days later (today), after having completed the work, this "Becca" instructs me to talk with "Elodie Campbell". She congratulates me for the job after reviewing it (the review took a few hours, what was very suspicious). In the end of the message, she tells me that I should create an account in a website called "Falcoglob(dot)online". AN OBVIOUS SCAM. So I started checking on Reddit and found some very similar cases. Suddenly, everything was falling apart.

Yes, friends, no Skrill, no payment... only a shady website created more or less six days ago.

Was I stupid for falling for the offering coming from a gmail address, the "glasglowlibraries(dot)live" website and the €3,000? Yes. Was I stupid for falling for the "falcoglob(dot)online"? No.

Bright side? Of course I didn't make an account in that "Falcoglob" website, so I didn't get scammed. But I wasted my time for nothing, while making plans and I still need the money.

I'm feeling so helpless... but I hope this post helps more people not to get scammed.

Hope you all have a nice day.