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**Title:** Sharing a Personal Scam Story to Help Others
**Summary:**
* The author shares their personal story of being scammed by a group of individuals in Dubai while renting a supercar, resulting in a significant financial loss.
* They discuss the emotional aftermath and the mental process of admitting to being scammed.
* To help others who may have experienced similar situations, the author shares stories of four friends who were also victims of scams or robberies.
* The author's message is one of resilience and positivity:
+ Acknowledge that scams can happen to anyone.
+ Don't be too hard on yourself.
+ Karma will catch up with the scammers.
+ Continue being a good, trusting person.
* The author also shares a personal act of redemption: donating an equivalent amount of money to a foundation, which brought them a sense of positivity and purpose.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, each with a number and kept as short sentences:
1. **Location of Incident**: The incident occurred while the speaker was in Dubai.
2. **Incident Type**: The speaker rented a supercar in Dubai.
3. **Incident Details**: The speaker gave the supercar a light crash.
4. **Consequence**: The speaker was charged a large amount of money for the crash.
5. **Speaker's Realization**: The speaker later believed the charge was a scam.
6. **Scammer's Actions**: The scammers, identified as Arab people, had the speaker's passport and used it to threaten them.
7. **Threat Details**: The speaker was threatened with not being allowed to leave the country and with a police case if they returned.
8. **Payment Attempt**: The speaker tried to make another payment, but the transfer bounced due to suspicious activity.
9. **Outcome for Speaker**: The speaker believes they were robbed, but not for the full amount initially demanded.
10. **Discovery of Similar Cases**: The speaker found out that four friends had similar experiences with scams and robberies.
11. **Friend 1's Experience**: A close friend was scammed out of $5,000 by an ex-partner who disappeared.
12. **Friend 2's Experience**: Another friend was charged over $10,000 on their credit card after a night out, with services they did not fully agree to.
13. **Friend 3's Experience**: A friend was robbed of $5,000 in a Chinese market using a credit card terminal.
14. **Friend 4's Experience**: A friend, a building guard, was wrongly blamed and had to pay for damages to a resident's car, which the speaker considers a scam.
15. **Speaker's Response**: The speaker donated the same amount they lost to a foundation, purchasing respirators, face masks, cleaning supplies, and wheelchairs.
16. **Speaker's Reflection**: The speaker feels positive about the donation and wants to continue doing good deeds.