06/03/2026
Where do I start?
I've never considered myself to be a stupid person. A wee bit niave perhaps, gullible? No.
Then today happened.
A message from one of my old customers from when I had the shop. Asking if I could put a post on my page to sell some concert tickets as she and her friend had got too many.
Sure, no problem. She's a lovely girl I can do that for her.
People are interested, I put them in contact with each other.
Then a message. Frantic, looking for reassurance. 'Do you know this person selling the tickets? She's not responding, she's blocked me.'
My stomach lurches. No, no, I know this person. She's lovely!
I message her. She assures me it's all in hand. Tickets are on their way. I let the buyer know.
But now I'm anxious. Now concern is shifting uneasily in my stomach. What if?
So I contact my friend through her Instagram page. Discover she had been hacked. The person who contacted me wasn't the person I thought she was and now I realise that via my stupidity a lovely lady has been scammed. I want to throw up.
I contacted the lady concerned. She admitted something felt off. Bells rang. But she felt trust in me. I was a nice lady. 😔
The incident has been reported to the police via both the buyer and the person hacked. Bank has been contacted. We can only hope she gets her money back.
I can't tell you just how s**t I feel that this has happened to this lady. I can't believe how gullible I was. I'm constantly saying to my Mum be careful. If something feels off, question it. Oh the irony.
Reading this back I can SEE how stupid I was. It's got scam written all over it.
When you're a trusting person...you lay yourself open to being scammed. Does this mean to always assume the worst in people? Always question motives? I guess it does. 😔
To the lady affected by what happened today, my heartfelt apologies. I hope we were quick enough to enable a positive resolution.
To the scroats who perpetuate this type of crime. I hope karma finds you and royally f***s up your year. You deserve s**t to hit you from a great height.
Today I learned a lesson 💔
