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On October 1st, 2025, I got a message from a hacked Tumblr account saying they had accidentally reported my account for phishing and financial scams and that I had 24 hours to dispute it or I could get IP-banned and possibly face legal action. I reached out to someone claiming to be Jarell Perry, a verified Tumblr dispute support person on Discord, and they ended up locking me out of my account by getting me to change my email. Then they claimed they had to restore my account after they looked through it to make sure there were no scams happening, and that it would cost around 300 dollars to do so. I gave them $209.83, through Pangea Money Transfer, because that was all I had in my bank account, and they said they could accept that and I would get the account back, but then they said they needed more money and that the restoration couldn't be completed until then. I told them to just give me my money back, and I would make a new account, but they refused to do so. This was a debit withdrawal, and the transfer had already gone through on Pangea, so I couldn't get a refund that way. I also reached out to my bank, and they were unable to help me as the payment had already gone through. The hacker also got my debit card information, so I had to order a new one.