Hello everyone...I just spent a while reading through the posts on this thread and I could have written most of them myself. I posted my story on Friday under White African Male Scammers: Andrew Trid.
Like many of you ladies ( and gents ) I feel like and emotional train wreck. It all happened in short 8 weeks. 8 weeks is all it took and I got hooked early. As the saying goes: Been f*cked without being kissed. Sorry if that offends but that sums up how I am feeling.
This is a wonderful site, I am happy that I found it. I have been feeling wretched today and poured out my wretchedness in another thread in reply to crescentmoons wonderful survivor story. Now I am going to do something positive and that is run a bath, pour in some scented oil and read a book!
Tomorrow I will get back to work and mentally programme my mind with positive thoughts....e.g the fact that I have two gorgeous teenage children who are wonderful and supportive and who now know about the scammer, my fantastic sister who has been there for me emotionally and financially and who does not judge me, my thriving successful business which my dear sister and I have built up from nothing in seven short years and many, many, more reasons to be alive and to get over this gut wrenching episode of being scammed!
I know I am far from over this but I will get over it! I will be a SURVIVOR and not a victim!
To all of the moderators on this site, I commend you, please keep up the good work. Although I have lost £1000s today I am going to click through and donate to this site via paypal. You are providing a great and worthy support service.
Yumcakes