What advice do you have for my friend?

[Joeboy]

You friend is even holding up pretty well as compared to other folks in a quite similar situation...At the very least, he is very open about his thoughts, which is very much better than completely keeping it all to himself... And he isn't even having any sort of suicidal thoughts, that is definitely a relief... Frustration is what is making him sound that way though, and that is very much why the best approach is for him to just take a step away from Crypto space for a while if necessary...Doing so will make him avoid taking decisions out of anger that he may eventually end up regretting....He could focus on getting maybe a job or anything whatsoever that could keep his mind of that frustrating incident..And while he is channelling his attention elsewhere for that duration he planned his abstinence, he should also believe that his time will come.. Infact when that his time comes, it will reward his guys sleepless nights and days of frustration..

[Leahized]

If your friend decides to start scamming people what else? Use that money to start a family or start buying properties? Like what my country people are doing? They so believe that stealing money and using the money right means you escaped karma or judgement.

When a fraudster researches karma sufficiently, they will never have the audacity to seize someone else wealth. But in the present time, there are very few individuals with this kind of mentality. Since we all think worldly thoughts and consider how to live luxuriously. Accordingly, when a person suffers financial loss, they become quite despondent and there is a risk of engaging in wrongdoing out of that regret. @OP, friend has faced exactly this kind of situation.

In my opinion, regardless of the circumstances, one should work hard with honesty and integrity. Because money and wealth can be regained. It is certain that one cannot truly be happy by deceiving others wealth.

[r_victory]

While I understand the frustration, I don't think becoming a scammer will be more advantageous. For someone without character, it might not make any difference, as that person doesn't care about the suffering of others, but what about someone who isn't like that? Will the money earned be worth the loss of dignity and the weight on their conscience? I believe not.

Gain the world, but don't lose your soul...

[suzanne5223]

I hope this isn’t a made-up story.

Sounds like one, but I'll just listen to the catch.

Op's friend might have been drowning in a lot fo thought on his to either get revenge or male quick money like those scammers does. You know that's how it normally starts, first the thoughts comes in then you begin to have options.

Scammers will not have a good end, the laws of karma are real. You might get away today but tomorrow it all comes back knocking. They don't always have a good ending like in the fairy tales we all know.

Those people whom they steak from, will always lay curses on them and it will for sure affect them in the future.

Totally agree with you.
Those that know the reality of the laws of karma and how doing something bad due to previous experience always result in will choose to follow the good person path instead of choosing to scam innocent people. Besides, making such decision don't differentiate the person from those that scam him/her because they also start their scam journey due to some thought as you said, and if everyone is going through this path we're actually giving the people that hate crypto or say negative things about it the right to have something more negative to say.

[Taricoins]

It's a pitiful thing for your friend, I don't think I would survive it if someone stole 10BTC but one thing he should know is all human luck is not the same, people might scam and thief from other people and get away with him but he decides to start scamming, his luck might be the reverse. We saw the news of those scammers that were incarcerated after that there scam.

[Grace333]

Well, it is quite understandable that you friend feels disappointed that crypto did not work out and also hurt that he got scammed years back but that is not an excuse to get involved in scam as well. Fraud doesn't pay in the long run, it just gives you temporary results that doesn't last and anyone that has a structure in life would not stoop so low to get involved in such things. Advice your friend to learn skill, that's more sustainable In the long run, a digital skill to be more precise. A lot of focus more on things like crypto trading or investment when we don't have a solid foundation financially, it is important to build first and then gradually develop before getting into crypto investments.

[Y3shot]

I understand where all this coming from, too much pain and frustration will eventually lead you to take some wrong decisions in life that could also make you regret in the future. Scamming other people will never be the solution. Your friend knows already the feeling of getting scammed, and I don't think he can bear the frustration of his future victims if he's decided already to be one of those fuck scammers.

This is the reason why you're there as a friend too, to direct his negative mindset into something that he'll be thankful in the future.

There is always a consequence for every scammer. A scammer can get a lot of valuable assets from people, but a day will definitely come that the scammer will pay and regret all their deeds. I don't think trying to take revenge is a reasonable idea; if anyone thinks of going into scams just because they were scammed, it means they already liked the idea of scamming before they became a victim.

 It is very painful to lose to a scammer, but in every terrible experience that results in loss, there are enough lessons to learn from. Going into revenge is even the worst decision for one to make.

[Issa56]

Friend, I think we all got it wrong, in crypto space it pays to become a scammer than trying so hard to be an investor and still fail, gullible people are everywhere they will fall for one or two scams easily, he said.

I believe this is coming from his side of frustration, he lost his long time holding in February 2026, I guess he hasn't gotten over it yet obviously, mind you I talked him out of scamming others like a revenge thing.

Your friend is trying to act base on frustration, just ask him to be calm before making any decision, he shouldn’t make decision when he is frustrated. Also ask him how will he feel after scamming someone, how will he feel when he is spending the money that doesn’t belong to him? How will he feel when he knows that he has to hurt someone just to make himself happy? When he was lost his investment, he felt bad, so he should just imagine it that he is the one that’s going to make other people feel bad. He should have critical thinking about what he wants to do, and he will realize he is trying to do the wrong thing.

Your friend lost his investment, he should look for ways to start again, and learn from his mistake, he shouldn’t just give up like that, it doesn’t make sense. We are suppose to always learn from our mistake, we are not suppose to give up.

[ZAINmalik75]

Friend, I think we all got it wrong, in crypto space it pays to become a scammer than trying so hard to be an investor and still fail, gullible people are everywhere they will fall for one or two scams easily, he said.

Some people think it is easy to scam others, but it's actually not, and even though it may seem to us that scammers don't really do much and earn free money, but they actually put in a lot of effort to trap us, and it requires a lot of knowledge and experience to execute a plan successfully. So your friend will most probably get tired of trying and getting nothing even if he tries scamming others a well, lol.

I believe this is coming from his side of frustration, he lost his long time holding in February 2026, I guess he hasn't gotten over it yet obviously, mind you I talked him out of scamming others like a revenge thing.

The first question that should be raised here is, how did he lose his holdings? Because as far as I know, you don't lose money as an investor until you sell your assets at a loss yourself, and if you do that, it's your fault for not being patient enough, and you can't blame the market for it because the market will obviously not always be favourable to you, it is just that you have to stay patient, and wait for favourable times.

[abhiseshakana]

Totally agree with you.
Those that know the reality of the laws of karma and how doing something bad due to previous experience always result in will choose to follow the good person path instead of choosing to scam innocent people. Besides, making such decision don't differentiate the person from those that scam him/her because they also start their scam journey due to some thought as you said, and if everyone is going through this path we're actually giving the people that hate crypto or say negative things about it the right to have something more negative to say.

Repeating news about crypto scam and hearing more and more story about crypto fraud will reinforce the negative stigma which often equate all cryptocurrency assets with fraud schemes or digital gambling. The general public tends to overgeneralize they hard to distinguish between the individual perpetrators and the underlying asset technology. Crypto fraud especially with million dollar lost case is immediately equated with investment scams disguised as trading robots or binary optionsleading , then they snap conclusion that anything related to crypto inevitably ends in a scam.

In my country there are alleged crypto investment fraud case done by crypto influencers who have expensive membership and course charges around usd 1100/year. His scheme from pump and dumb, unrealistic promised return up to 500% , as well as the promotion of digital assets which don't have official authorization, this case caused loss trust which immediately spread accross entire crypto ecosystem in my country.

[Ever-young]

I understand that how he might have felt. And for some reasons, I will not blame him for giving up on bitcoin because he tried and due to unforeseen circumstances he was unlucky.
Now this individual in question has been in such situation and have known how it really felt because he’s been a victim, and now he chose that path and even want more people to join him.

I don’t think you can talk conscience into this individual because to solve a problem you have to provide an alternative means i.e if I leave this what next? The moment you cannot provide an alter then you’re not ready to help. Now you cannot take him back to he he lost it all.
Personally, i cannot help your friend because i dont have any quick routes to make legal money. But one thing i know is that he will not do that till he gets old so he’ll definitely change but it may probably be the hard way.

This requires them to loose certain level of humanity, to it’ll take soo much to convince them. So who we can still help at this point is you!!! Don’t be deceived by steady cashout. If you can’t change him let him be else he change you.

[Davidvictorson]

After many years in crypto space he seems to have failed and tired 😩😫

He came to my place yesterday and what he said shocked me as I wasn't expecting such..

Friend, I think we all got it wrong, in crypto space it pays to become a scammer than trying so hard to be an investor and still fail, gullible people are everywhere they will fall for one or two scams easily, he said.

I believe this is coming from his side of frustration, he lost his long time holding in February 2026, I guess he hasn't gotten over it yet obviously, mind you I talked him out of scamming others like a revenge thing.

After he went back home I thought about it very well, scammers are really making a killing in this space, and they are doing it for free, getting away with it, but hurting a human like myself is what I can't do, imagine stealing 10 BTC that belongs to a father who have saving it for years, planning to leave it behind for his family if possible.

Do you have better advice? Genuinely? For my friend.

Scammers and hackers are also getting caught. They do not live in peace but in constant fear and a loss of peace.
Your friend can pick up the pieces of his life back. There is always a lesson to learn with every situation...what lesson has he learnt and how can he use that to propel his life back to some order.
It is not the end of the world. He should look up the others who have even lost more than he did yet they fought through the pain and regret and are back on their feet.

[SUPERSAIAN]

I hope this isn’t a made-up story. 10 BTC, when converted to fiat, is a huge amount and could place someone among those who have already achieved financial freedom.

I recommend that friends who are just starting out be extra vigilant about wallet security. Cybercrime will never end, and the number of victims continues to rise.
People often put off addressing wallet security and storage. Being careless in public can create an opening for criminals to carry out their schemes.

It might be a made-up story, but it could also be real. After all, there are plenty of people trying to steal wallets and succeeding, too. There are so many sad stories like this, whether we’ve heard them or not. For many, 10 BTC represents something close to financial freedom losing that is a blow most people couldn't handle. Simply saying "you can just do it again" doesn't feel very sincere.

Yet, if this has happened to you, you have to find a way to cope and get back on your feet.