be careful in choosing your friends
By jmchan1230
@jmchan1230 (35)
October 26, 2012 3:57am CST
i thought she's for real she always says that im like her little sister i trusted her and now look what she did she went away and took all my money.. i met her in the office where are team mates in a call center where we used to work then we decided to create a business since we are both business minded at first it turn out good we earn big money until she offered me another business i entrust her my money then what she did is took my money and run away now all that i have is 400 pesos with no work no product no business... now im just staying in my room cry and think where will i start? what do i need to do.. then someone texted me tell me to google the name of my so called friend and i was shock because i found a result that lead me to a blog about her she is a swindler according to the blog she took almost 250,000 peso.. how sad that there are people whose doing those kinds of stuff to others to think that she is calling me "sis".
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16 responses
@Kashidanga1971 (1354)
• Bangladesh
26 Oct 12
Swindler knows how to manage a sweet person to rob of her or his money. Yet even I cant ignore being motivated by the sweet words of a sycopantic cheat. He or she treat with me as if he or she is my big wellwisher or intimate friend. But we must be refrain from such scophantic swinder friends lest we shall lose all we have in our purse.
@jmchan1230 (35)
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26 Oct 12
yes so true... even if we are wise and says that we know how to choose our friends swindler can blind you.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
26 Oct 12
We should be really careful in choosing who to befriend with. Remember that there are wolves in sheep's clothing, just waiting for the right time to engulf you.
So sad you have to be in this situation. I guess you need to file a report to the police so that her swindling days will be numbered. She needs to learn a lesson from all the things she has done.
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
26 Oct 12
Yes friend jenny I agree with you really we should aware while choosing friend but I think dont make close friend because now most of the friends are selfish some time jealous from our family or money. I also want to suggest this she need to learn the lesson and she will not do in future the same thing.
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
28 Oct 12
It is a very hard lesson, but I would report her to the police. She needs to be stopped from doing this to others also. You have to figure out what you need to do to get some money coming in again, so you can get back on your feet. Do not let her pull you totally under.
@myfb2009 (8296)
• Malaysia
29 Oct 12
Jm, indeed your that new found friend seems very expert in cheating money. No wonder you can't sense that she is a cheater. Lucky that you not get cheated more deeper by her. It is indeed we should be very careful in choosing whom we want to be friend. We will need time and patience to be able to see the true worth of our new found friend. So, always be careful when you going to find another new friend to trust in future.
@megamatt (14291)
• United States
29 Oct 12
It is really the sad truth out there about many people. You don't really know who to trust any more in this day and age. And there are just many people out there who are swimming with deceit. They are going to take advantage of many people out there, the kind-hearted type of people who are going to exhibit a great deal of trust.
It is really a sad state of affairs when you have to deal with people with one eye open. Yet, scams are a dime of dozen these days, and it really does sting deeply when it comes from someone who we might consider to be a friend more often than not. Sometimes that revelation can really cut through us like a knife through butter. It just proves our friends may not be who we think them to be.
@bonsia120 (76)
• Philippines
28 Oct 12
That's true, we should be careful to choose our own friends because they can be good or bad influence through your life. In this time, you can hear that their are a lot of people becoming "plastic". True friends should not ask for money or anything for exchange, if they are true people, they will always help you in times of trouble, they don't care if your rich or not, they don't put you on danger, has the courage to tell you what is wrong and he/she can keep each others promises and secrets.
@GemmaR (8517)
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26 Oct 12
You're right when you say that you should be careful when you're choosing your friends, because at the end of the day you never know whether somebody is going to keep their word to you or not. I had an experience a little bit like this a few years ago, when a friend of mine asked whether they could borrow some money off me or not. I said yes because we had been friends for a long time and I thought that I could trust him. It turns out that he was acting like this to many people, and then he moved to another country with our money. Because we had nothing in writing about our pact with him, this meant that we had no legal right to the money because we had legally given it to him.
@soony3591 (4)
• China
26 Oct 12
Yes, you r right, we should be careful when we choose friends. In the current society, t's very hard to make a best friend, too many people are selfish,money worship. The kind people like you also changing more careful,It's hard to establish the trust between the people. anyway, Good luck to you!
@prashu228 (37524)
• India
26 Oct 12
hi , we have t be very choosy in making/selecting friends, i suffered few times because of such friends , from then i am acting wise and taking proper steps hope you get her and get back all your money
@toxic_lifestyle (1213)
• Philippines
27 Oct 12
You're right! People should really be careful in choosing friends. They should have friends who are trustworthy all the time! :)
@Bhebelen14 (5194)
• Philippines
27 Oct 12
That swindling act is so rampant nowadays,online and offline scammers. That's why I make it a point that I know them better to the point of digging their real identity. Ask of other's help to know his or her whereabouts and connections. I understand where you're coming from. Just push through to any legal case against here. I hope the authorities are now after her. I really feel angry about people taking advantage on other people goodness and innocence. I hope everything will be fine.
@littlejamie (11)
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26 Oct 12
Maybe people have to have a lesson for how to make friend.How to be a friendly person.
@montevilla (550)
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26 Oct 12
Some people taking advantage of a friendship while they know they can easily take a chance to cheat and to make fun of the friendship.
I think everyone should be careful in choosing our friends because sometimes they are making friends for something.
Take care!
@gary23 (425)
• India
26 Oct 12
O my God! This is a very shocking experience. Thanks for sharing this. I never trusted any friend with my money because I feel when it comes to money , people change. But once I worked for a person online but just after a week I discovered that I am not getting any payment. So I refused to work further and ultimately blocked him from my list
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
26 Oct 12
Hi jm! I was also a victim of similar kind of so-called friend so I know how you feel. That is also the reason why I did not have much friends this time because of what happened.
Although I can be friendly but I always make sure to be careful at all times. There are really persons who would do anything in order to get what they want. They will pretend to be kind, sweet and helpful but we should learn how to see their real motives. Since I don't have any special skill to be able to see if the motive is good or not, when money matters come in, I would already avoid the person.
Have a nice day!
@subhojit10 (7375)
• India
26 Oct 12
Thanks a ton for posting this discussion. Well i can understand what u are trying to say and i completely support u on this and i believe that we should take rather more time while choosing our friends as friendship is that kind of relationship where a lot of things is at stake, a wrong move and everything will be shattered. We need to choose our friends in a better way and not depending on their bank balance or their chocolaty looks.
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