Tried to Save a Life, Got Scammed Out Of $5k
It feels pretty horrible to beg for donations, especially on the internet, but my roommate and I are in a pretty awful situation. The short of it is that we signed a lease with a third party who claimed that she was suicidal, had attempted suicide, and had been raped by a former roommate. All of these things were lies to cover up the fact that she was cheating on her partner. I let her slide on rent for months because I thought she needed an opportunity to get back on her feet, and then one day, she told my roommate everything was a lie and fled without even talking to me first.
This morning, I called the courthouse, and the person on the phone was very vague, likely because she's not allowed to give legal advice. She said that if we can't get the papers to her in person, we can't go forward with the lawsuit. I don't even know if she's in the same state anymore, and I really doubt that she is. So, the government is useless since I can't afford a lawyer.
I just don't know what else to do, because the system that was created to protect me from liars and criminals has failed me. I have been very good with my money up until this point, and now I live paycheck to paycheck. I have been planning to move in with my boyfriend for 2 years, and now that's in jeopardy because I tried to save someone who told me she had nowhere else to go.
I don't know if this is okay to ask, or if I should even be doing this, but I've exhausted all of my other options. If you have anything to spare, please donate to my ko.fi so that I can recover some of the losses. There's so much I need to pay for, that I should have been able to pay for if I had never met her.
Click here to donate, if you would be so kind. Thank you all for your time, and please take care of yourself.


















