My friend got scammed this weekend by someone who responded to her ad looking for a place to rent. Yes she was wrong on her end but with life struggles and financial issues and a moment of weakness, it happened. She is aware now that it was not a good choice and had learned a lot from this. He offered her rent free and allowance to spoil her and for her to be his companion/friend. The subject of sex came up during their text conversation and in the end she agreed to the arrangement. Not knowing the laws or anything really about things like this, she didn't think it was a huge deal at the time. He agreed to send her money and got her to use Shakepay. None of her financial information was given to him. Unfamiliar with Shakepay and Bitcoin, he walked her through the steps to except his money. She was replying to emails that she thought was Shakepay but in the end was really him. The sign up for Shakepay was legit and the emails she got after the sign up were similar to the ones Shakepay sent when she signed up to confirm account, but were really from him. He basically got her to put money on Shakepay as a deposit to accept his money and without her realizing what he was getting her to do, he got her to transfer it to his Bitcoin code. Again she thought she was dealing with Shakepay in emails. So in the end she was out $1500 (more to the story and events as to why it was this much, but too long to share) and never got the money he supposedly sent her originally because he canceled it. She wants to report it to the police so he doesn't do it to anyone else. She has already notified Shakepay and they have put a hold on his Shakepay account to investigate. But she is worried that if she files a report to the police, that she will get in trouble for discussing sex and it will look like he was paying her for sex when originally it was for free rent and allowance for friendship. Yes so basically her sugar daddy, to put it into proper terms. Will she get in trouble if she reports it to the police? She has tried researching on Google but is overwhelmed. This took place in Alberta.
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