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So, I was tight on cash, and I generally thought I could tell whatever situation or DM is a scam. But, because I was tight on cash, I decided to see if I could try hooking up with a sugar mommy/daddy on Twitter to see if they were real and how they worked. It started with a DM request, saying I'll receive a weekly allowance of "$500". After asking for my legal name, phone number, and email, she said I didn't have to do anything. Just respond to her when she DM's me, even though I was busy with work and she told me she was busy with her work too. I didn't know how I'd receive money from her, so she told me to watch my emails. Monday, one email with $1,000. OK, there wasn't anything recognizeable from the person I met on Twitter, but this must be the check she was talking about. I deposit it through my bank's app, and they hold on it for a few days before taking it out & returning it. Then, two days later, she sends me another check with $500. I deposit that through my bank's app again, and this time it went through. After she kept constantly messaging me if the paychecks went through, And asking for screenshots too (even though my bank app won't allow me to screenshot), I get an email from an unknown person. They were impersonating an assassin, threatening my life if I don't return the money to the sugar momma within the next 10 minutes. Including very graphic images in said emails. Despite the grammar mistakes that were pretty consistent, I took it seriously. Reached out to my sugar momma, said not to do anything But give her money to "an orphanage" she never brought up once. She told me she was busy with her job at a daycare, but it's an orphanage now?? Anyways, she asked me to send it through CashApp. Never did this before. Then, when that didn't work, she told me to send it through Zello. Before I did that, my phone gave me a warning that because it wasn't somebody I really knew. It could be a scam. And then I thought "wait, why would she be giving me money only to ask for some of it back?" And after doing some research online, I found out I was scammed. It should've been obvious, seeing how I was sent two different checks from two different banks, from two different email adresses. Didn't question it, thought she had a ton of banks from working at her busy daycare job she's managing. She wanted me to respond right away, even though I was going back to my shift as I was on the clock. In the middle of my shift. During said shift, another number texts me, impersonating a lawyer representing my "sugar momma" (never knew any of their names). Again, very consistent grammar mistakes, I realized this was one scammer using various phone numbers & email address to scam me out of money that's not even mine. Thankfully, my bank did notice it was shady I was given $1,000 out of nowhere, and are returning the money. But, at least I now know. I stopped responding to them, because I knew if I did, it would just keep going. If they keep messaging me, I'm gonna need some help.