I Got Scammed By My Dad

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[Traveltube]

He stole the money! His son was paying him thinking he was using that money to pay the loan. He’s a straight up thief.

[Themoomabides]

My dad, when I was a teen, wanted me to use my late great grandmother’s money left to me to pay for my brother’s braces. When I choose to buy a car, he became awful toward me. Turns out the $4k was actually $10k and he spent $6k on his own debts. A bad dad is the worst.

[AliShaarawi]

Yup! That's my dad alright. tried multiple time to scam me and my brother, always said he will do this and he will do that and never does, but he tells you he loves you! I cut him out of my life and life has been beautiful!

[TheFlyingZulu]

I'd 100% never talk to that person ever again.

[johnwilburn]

I had a tenant one time who embezzled her granddaughter's college fund. And no, she sure didn't pay any rent with the money.... moved out owing thousands. The world is full of low-quality people, unfortunately.

[homelife]

"What type of guy steals $$ from his kid" 🙄😒 I know a few, sadly

[irishchocolate]

I remember I was told years ago that my grandmother had several hundred thousand dollars in Bell telephone stock. She instructed my dad to save it for my brother and myself. Unfortunately, there were was no written trust or contract. Only a verbal agreement.
And as the story goes, my dad and stepmom spent it all on houses and trips.

[JosephStransky-qwzv]

My father screwed me out of more then died people don't deserve to be called dad

[ericonca]

I'd plan my finances as if he'll never pay, but start him on a payment plan with the added interest you now have to pay. You can keep a relationship with him as Dave suggests, but you can no longer ever trust him with anything, effectively treating him like a child.

[sharonspeicher]

I don't understand why he would give his Dad money to make the payments instead of just paying it directly to the loan. It is in his name.

[Rory]

My sons father cleaned out his bank account a couple of months before his 18th birthday and now wonders why he’s been cut out of his life. Should’ve seen how upset my son was when he discovered there was only a few cents in the account 😢

[Charismafire]

I hope the dad reads Go deliver pizzas every night for a year and pay the $17, 000 back to your son or you're not even a man sir.

[vixxcottage]

I understand the pain of a parent cheating you. I purchased a farm in 1991 to be paid off in 5 years with my mother. After paid off we were to split up property. After paid off went to get my property separated to build a house my mother sold my property and cheated me out of more than $100, 000. Never again I have no relationship with her. Some people have no moral compass. We had no legal documentation so never trust anyone when it comes to money.

[shannonkennedy]

My dad wants me to take out a 20 grand loan to get involved in his business that doesnt profit. He is 150, 000 dollars in debt and thinks I'm to stupid to realize he is trying to use me to get him out of the financial shithole he created for himself.

[BarelyNoticedADD]

We cut off my in-laws for behavior that included this sort of thing. Besides the mental and emotional abuse, the only time I could believe the would follow through was after they actually did.

[alanbirkner]

My mom cleaned out my sister's bank account, then lost the money. She spent money on worthless crap. Lots of money. I straightened out her finances and she
hated me for it. Some parents are worthless. Tina, Al's wife

[kekejefferson]

This happen to me, my aunt scammed me, my siblings and several churches.

[christianjmyhre]

“It always shows up as a pattern, not a singular event”

[EsiriE]

Similar thing happened to me. This sucks and it’s soo painful

[fred]

She needs to get her husband to agree to not providing further financial support to the father in law until the debt is paid back. The debt itself is sunk cost now.