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TIFU by trusting a supplier and losing $2,000 to a calculated exit scam This happened recently, and I still feel like an absolute idiot typing this out. A few months ago, I started an online storefront selling digital gift cards from scratch. To my surprise, it picked up traction quickly. Orders were coming in daily, reviews were great, and profits were compounding nicely. Because demand was spiking, I constantly needed more inventory. I connected with a supplier who seemed entirely legit. We started with small test runs: $50 first, then $150, then a couple of $300 batches. Every single time, the codes arrived within minutes and worked flawlessly. Over several weeks of smooth deals, I completely let my guard down and convinced myself this guy was a solid wholesale partner. Here is where my sheer stupidity comes in. I needed a massive weekend restock, so I placed a $2,000 order. Instead of sticking to an escrow service or routing the payment through a protected platform like any sane person would, I decided to dodge the fees and sent the entire $2,000 directly via crypto. In my head, "we already had trust built up." The transaction confirmed on the blockchain. I messaged him to let him know. Seconds later, the chat history was completely deleted, his profile vanished, and I was blocked everywhere. Just like that, $2,000 of working capital evaporated with zero recourse. He played the textbook long con: took minimal margins on small orders for weeks just to wait for me to get greedy and reckless. It completely nuked months of hard work and wiped my store back to zero, purely because I bypassed basic security rules to save a few bucks on platform fees.