ASMR Storytime: I Was Scammed $4,000 On A Rental Apartment 😳 

Just a reminder that the call session tomorrow will be free, but there are also 1on1 paid call options which will be going to charity. Sign up fast for both because there’s limited spots! link in description xx Note: if you can’t make it tomorrow i will tell the rest of the story on her another time!

These people prey on your excitement knowing you're not going to notice the flags; don't beat yourself up, that is what they count on. Thank you for sharing to help others and I hope you can find your own place that is great in the future!

Think of all the scammers who might be foiled just because you shared your experience. Thank you for making your loss a lesson for so many,

You aren’t dumb. You put your trust in someone, and they used the fact that you were young and excited to move in. Ocean I’m sorry this happened

Its shameful someone could have done that to such a sweet, kindhearted person like you. You are so beautiful, keep your head held high hun.

watching all the ads and clicking on them to help her get those 4,000$ right back!!

Poor thing! I’m so sorry you had to experience this, I hope nothing like this ever happens to you again 💜

OCEAN! I WAS SCAMMED BY THE SAME PERSON IN KINGSTON!!!!! I go to Queen's as well. The exact same story, it was a basement apartment in a house on a major street in downtown Kingston, with his son living in Ottawa, he said he lived in Nova Scotia or Newfoundland though, and was an engineer. Same thing with the first, last, and second month deal. I signed a lease as well, said he needed the rent sent to his lawyer because he was going through a divorce blah blah. I sent him money, but for some reason he rejected the e-transfer and said to send it to a different email and that's when I stopped and started asking questions. He was SO convincing and his license was terrifying, saying he was 6'8" or something. I am so sorry that happened to you. It is the worst for some one to scam your hard earned money xx

i actually love the asmr story times! they also help bring awareness to scams like this. i DEFINITELY wouldn’t mind a story time about your last roommates and landlord!!! 💗 i’m so sorry this happened but that you for educated us on scams like this.

poor ocean dude i feel like ur always having shit happen to you that u don’t deserve

I hope this person and the old landlord and the bad friends all have the days they deserve. You are a wonderful person. So sorry this happened!

I’m so sorry that happened Ocean! Hopefully they’ll get sued. It’s sucks for you! Hope you feel better soon love and take care over the weekend 💞💕

Makes me so mad that scammers get away with this! Sorry this happened to you Ocean 💔

i’m so so so sorry that happened Ocean! You don’t deserve that! i hope you are feeling better now!😔💖🌊

$4000 on a rental apartment good lord! Absolutely not too expensive lol but I’m sorry that happened to you ocean! Hope for better days ahead ❤️

Another RU-vidr I follow was scammed out of their $20,000+ down payment on their house last year 😥 It’s just infuriating there are people out there like that.

It’s okay, you aren’t dumb at all. I was scammed recently out of 2k and i know how terrible it feels.

This almost happened to my family, but my mum had the idea to call the owners to ask a question about the house and they were really confused and we found out it was a scam and reported the person and messed with them a little before we even sent money thank goodness. I hope no one else falls for this.

I'm so sorry this happened to you...you do seem like such a nice, caring, and trusting person which more people need to be like!! I remember when you had the debacle with the earbud company and free earbuds...it makes me sad people would try to take advantage of good people like you. I hope you don't get jaded and continue to be a shining light!!!

i’m so sorry for what happened, you don’t deserve this. sending you good vibes❤️

you should do a "hypothetical" roommate gossip video. I have had my fair share of roommate horror stories too.

You’ve been working so hard, posting quite frequently which is ssooo appreciated 👏👏 scammers are smooth and can be tricky to spot

Hello Ocean, I also got scammed the same way in France ! Went to the police and waiting for justice Ugh who are those people !

i've also been scammed before but it was for a job. i was told that i got a job that i didn't even apply for but i was pretty excited because i needed a job. then the "manager" said that i needed to pay an amount for uniform and i didn't hesitate to pay. i was even offered transport to work and i gave my address. long story short i found out that it was a scam when the lady wasn't taking my calls and the transport didn't pitch on the day i had to work. again all the red flags were there, i just didn't see them because i was excited to work. anyways i'm sorry you had to go through all of this ocean🥺

So sorry this happened. Unfortunately those scammers are good at what they do, so they can get most anyone in a situation like this. Especially younger people that are just excited to get into a place. Thank you for your story and again I’m so sorry this has happened

Oh my goodness I’m so sorry this happened to you Ocean 😩 sending love

you handled this really well ocean, i'm so sorry this happened to you.

Ocean! I was scammed on my very first day of work out of $2400!! I totally and completely understand how stressful it is, there’s so much going on and these awful people take advantage of our anxieties in hopes we’ll ignore the signs of the scam. :( I’m so sorry this happened to you. ❤️

I have been watching your awesomeness for a year now! I’m so happy that you have gotten sooo far!!! Love you Ocean

I am so sorry this happened this has happened to you. I really do hope you get all your money back soon! Please please put part 2 of the story on here as well! P.s I really do love your all videos ❤️

Hi Ocean, I’m so sorry this happened to you. Please don’t be too hard on yourself - this wasn’t your fault. The ONLY person whose fault this was is the person who scammed you. Regardless of red flags etc, THEY are the ones responsible for this. Please don’t blame yourself 💜

i’m so sorry about that! 😣 I hope you feel better soon xx

I’m so sorry about the scam I hope everything goes well for you ocean, wish we could help!

i absolutely love story time videos, it’s like your bestf spilling tea xD also, i’m so sorry this happened to you, praying that something like this never happens to you ever again!

Wow that’s awful it’s ridiculous that people do things like that! This really reminds me of the pll book I read where spencer got scammed exactly like this! I didn’t think things like that happen in real life to:( sending out positive vibes to you

PLEASE DO MORE STORYTIMES I LOVED THIS!!!!

I’m sorry this happened to you! You definitely don’t deserve this! There will be better things that will happen in the future💖🌊

I luv story times and especially ASMR! I’m so sorry for you ocean :( I hope your ok!

She loses $4k and still donates all the funds she’s making tomorrow

Im so sorry that this happened to you! Just remember us seashells are here for you! ☆ シ︎

Things like this could happen to anyone. Don't be hard on yourself. In the end whose at fault is that horrible person. Not you. Sending good thoughts your way Ocean. 💗

I'm sorry Ocean! Those things happen sometimes. I hope you feel better! We love you

✨POSITIVE ENERGY YOUR WAY QUEEN✨

I am so sorry you have to go through this! I hope everything gets sorted out. ❤️😊🤟🏼

My husband and I ran into the same issue here in the states. It’s happening a lot more and they try to make it seem like things are legitimate until you start asking for money back. It’s sad but we took the life lesson and are more cautious

Im so sorry that this happened to you

OCEAN FIRST THE MESSED UP SAMPLES NOW THIS? you have some bad luck girl sending good vibes ur way 😭

Pls do a roommate horror story or landlord horror story. I will be LIVING for the tea Ocean❤️

Story time about the old landlord 👀👀

Hi Ocean, I don't know if you would see this, but I am a fan of you for two years now and I love all your videos. Your videos have always helped me sleep and I have watched some of them repeatedly many times. I rarely leave comments, but this time I just want to say I am so sorry for what happened to you. I could not imagine how you feel. I just want to tell you that you should NEVER blame yourself for what happened, because you are the victim here, and you are definitely right, some of those scams have become super elaborate and I just hate these scammers so much. I also once rented an apartment without seeing it beforehand, and the landlord was also working somewhere else. The whole year I only texted and called the landlord and only zoomed once before signing the lease, but luckily it was not a scam. I am only mentioning this so you know that you should not blame yourself for being scammed. I hope you find a new and nice apartment, and I hope the drama with your old landlord would be far away from you as soon as possible! We will always be here to support you and your channel! I also want to tell you a story of my friend who was scammed recently, just to let you know that none of this is your fault, and how elaborate some of those scams could get. My friend is a college student looking for an internship on Handshake. She got an interview with this company and after she went through the interview(the other side did not turn on their camera the whole time), she got an offer for this internship. The scammers asked her to transfer around $3500 for purchases of computer and other equipments required for the internship and she did. It turned out that the whole thing was fake and she never got the money back because the scammer asked her to do a Zelle transfer. She also filed a police report and did everything but there was nothing the police could do. She also blamed herself for all the red flags she missed during the process because she was just so eager to get an internship. She said she was depressed for weeks and was just thinking about the money all the time. Even when she was at the grocery store buying $2 bread she was thinking that the money she lost could have bought so much bread, maybe enough to feed everyone in her program, etc. :(

I am so sorry you were scammed! I actually had a very similar experience last year and it was not fun at all. I was able to sign up for a one on one call with you tomorrow and I am so excited to meet you! Thank you for doing this!

Something similar happened to me, my roommate and I were desperate to move out of our old place, we found a listing online that we liked, we scheduled a viewing with the landlord and on the day of and he told us that he was out of town but the door was unlocked so we could just view it ourselves and if everything was okay we could sign the lease and wire the deposit over right after. When we got there we noticed that there were cars outside and the place just felt lived in so we decided to knock on the door and a family was living there and they had no idea that their apartment was listed for rent online by a scammer. The scammer even went so far as to use the name of the person that was still living there. We knew they weren’t the same person because we had spoken to the scammer over the phone and they sounded completely different and the person that answered the door was super confused about why 2 young women showed up to his house. It was super awkward and extremely stressful. I’m glad you didn’t show up to the new place with all your stuff to find someone else living there. 😅

I’m so sorry this happened to you, I hope it all turns out ok x Random comment, but you tell stories really well, I was properly engaged and watched all the way through

First of all - you are not dumb and this is not your fault at all!! This is outrageous and could have happened to any one at anytime ! I am praying you have peace of mind and are blessed with double or triple that amount before the end of this year! You are such a sweet pure soul and you are truly loved! 💕

omg im so so sorry you were dealing with so much and then the scam, if i was in ur situation i def would've not seen the hints to that being a scam, better days soon love you and it can't get any worse from here lol

A little late but oh my gosh Ocean I’m so sorry that that happened to you! First the whole PayPal thing and now that, I can never understand why people would do that to others, very sorry these things have happened to you but wishing you all the best in finding a new place without drama. Btw I feel like there’s always some sort of drama involved with landlords that happened to me too, I don’t know why but it seems to be a thing and I’m from Germany so it must be like that everywhere. Also loved the whispers in this, super crisp! 💗

I’m so sorry that this happened to you babe my heart is with you. Saw your Instagram post about the meet and greet can’t wait to hear more

Nope. They did not just scam my girl!! I’m ab to find them and personally get the 4,000 back🙄💗

Awwww dang.. I’m so sorry ocean. But your story times are ✨elite✨💞💞

I love your ASMR voice it’s really soothing to fall asleep to. I just came across your channel so you have a new sub! 🥰❤️

Awww ocean I’m so sorry this is so unfair you totally didn’t deserve this. I wish you all the best ❤️

I’m sorry Ocean Praying for u! Also u r not alone :).

I am so sorry that is no good! Luv you ocean keep up the great work😊💜

Be careful with this (not really known) scam: A number from the same area called me. I answer... nobody talks, or just inaudible words. It hang up. Then i IMMEDIATLY received a text saying "sorry wrong number". And right after "Hey btw, you have a nice voice. I answer "haha, thanks". Then i received a "So what's your name?" At first, i really tought it was some wierd flirting technique. But i research the number... and found the owner of the number, and it juste didn't fit. Then, i wrote about it on social media and few friends reveived the same call and texts. Guess it works really well to collect information about someone. I dit report to the anti-fraud center.

Wow it’s so upsetting that this happened I hate when people get scammed out of their hard earned money and the fact people take their excitement for weakness and prey on people that are inexperienced in that type of situation. Hope that this never happens to u or anyone else ever again

Hey Ocean, can you upload the finished story from the call?

goodness i’m sorry ocean! but we do love these story times✨🕺🏼💃🏽

Hey Ocean, I am so sorry this happened to you! I went through the same thing when I first moved to Geneva (Switzerland), so I totally understand how frustrating it is. I also payed in advance, without having seen the place first, they sent me passports that were stolen... and when I went to report it, police told me that this was very common and that normally they were mafias who stole passports from European citizens and used them to scam students...... So don't worry, you are not dumb at all and this is unfortunately something that happens to a lot of people.... Thank you for sharing!

Oh My god ! Your dad flew out to help you ! How sweet

I missed the call 😞 just getting to this video now, everyone has been super sick in my house. Any way to still find out the rest of the story?

Where’s the next sequel xxxx❤️❤️

There are so many fucking scams right now..it's disgusting...I was scammed in the summer.....Now we are currently looking for a rental....fun times

more storytime asmrs pls these are nice

Will the rest of us get a part 2 about what happened?

WTF? A cliffhanger??? 😫😫😫 So sorry this happened to you. Don’t let it taint your beautiful spirit.

i will be waiting for pt. 2 !!! feels like a scary movie😂😂, im sorry this happened Ocean!!

I’m sorry that happened Ocean 💔 The apartment I lived in before my current one I signed for sight unseen so I totally understand why the circumstances made it seem more reasonable. And with things like rent, insurances, etc. it’s common to have deals like that, like I pay all my auto insurance up front for a discount so I get that seeming reasonable to you too. This is 100% that scumbag’s fault and you don’t have any reason to feel like you should’ve been the one to do things differently.

Omg I am so sorry this happened! We love u!

I’m so sorry!!!

I’m so sorry ocean, don’t blame urself, ily

You are young this is a life lesson trust me we all have made a similar mistake.

Im so sorry for what happened to you ocean BUT DAMN THAT CLIFFHANGER😭 i really wanted to see what the person on the other end said smfh😭

Can you please do a video telling us the rest of the story? I am dying to know who called you! Pretty Plssssss🥺

love you ocean i'm so sorry this happened

Ooooohhh I've been waiting for this one, turn it up! -lizzo (but in this case it actually applies perfectly)

I'm sorry! Sending you hugs! 🤗

it will have to rain 🌧 for the rainbow to come🌈💖🌊

Cool charity idea at the end and I am very sorry that this happened to you...

He probably kept texting you because deep down, the human element of him felt guilty, but he didn’t feel guilty enough to give you your money back. He didn’t feel guilty enough not to scam you in the first place! He knew he was never going to give it back to you so he ghosted. So sorry this happened to you, hope you’re better now ❤️

Ugh never never never sign a lease or pay without seeing the unit - they should ALWAYS show it to you, mask on or whatever. So sorry this happened to you. 💜

So so so sorry ocean sending love from your seashell

You are an amazing storyteller! but damn ocean , I'm sorry. to hear this! hope you can it back soon!

will the rest of the story be on here too or just avybe? if not, please put it on youtube too. so sorry that you were scammed!

So sorry ocean I hope u are doing well.... love your seashell ❤

i’m going through roommate drama too, i know what it’s like🥺

i’m so sorry ocean :((

Please post part 2! I’m hanging so bad lol

I do badly want to hear the rest of the story😭

oh no😭i just laid down to take a nap but clearly it’s gonna have to wait😭

Been waiting for this…..But Bless your heart! X