Half of BTC users are dishonest hackers anyway, your 'friend' isnt going to get any sympathy from these assholes.
I disagree, I think that the majority are decent and well intentioned people, unfortunately there are also a number of scumbags who cheat, lie and steal and its pretty much impossible to tell them apart from the honest folk.
I couldn't delete the thread for some reason, so I've just edited the original post. Just one more lesson to the whole community about how careful you have to be in protecting your money.