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The original was posted on /r/scams by /u/BuffySummers17 on 2025-06-19 01:23:50+00:00.

Hello everyone,

I am not sure there is anything that anyone can do in this situation but I still have hope she will listen eventually. My [34F] mom [63] believes she has been talking to Sam Ryder since 2021. It’s the same as all the stories I read on here. She had commented on his official account on insta and a different account messaged her saying it was him and he needs to be secretive about talking to her but he loves her art (she’s a talented painter).

This scammer eventually got her to “invest” in this fake crypto site and first “the site crashed” and they “had to pay lawyers to get out the 500,000 the investment made”. Then he’s “stuck in a contract with shady people” and “needs to pay them off”. Every month it’s a new story and excuse. At first I wasn’t very strongly telling her it was a scam because, even though it didn’t sound right, I’m poor, I know nothing about investing, and I have always trusted my mom’s judgement before all this. By the time I started saying it was a scam loudly, she’s was so deep in it she can’t see from the outside. I think because it’s gone on so long and because she is a big fan of the irl celebrity she just won’t admit to herself it has all been a scam.

A year and a half ago she told me she was done but I just heard this week she is still talking to the scammer. The bank told her it was a scam, all her friends and family are telling her it’s a scam. She’s an accountant! Like she should know this stuff. The absolute worst part is that she went to a meet and greet to meet the real Sam Ryder and he obviously didn’t know her. But the scammer convinced her after that he has to be secretive and he “pretended he didn’t know her” to keep his secrets safe.

I cry and loose sleep about this way too often. I’m an only child and I just feel like this isn’t going to get dealt with until it’s my responsibility. I’m trying to have hope instead. Anyone else in similar situations?