Cryptocurrency scams have been one of the most common ways criminals lure money out of people in the past several years. In fact, security firm Certik has found that investors lost around $2.5 billion in crypto scams and hacks only in the first half of 2025.
This family fell victim to a crypto scam too, except that it was done by the golden child of the family. The parents, believing that he knew what he was doing, gave him all their life savings and retirement money to invest. After the money was gone, the siblings could only tell them, “I told you so,” but the parents still went out of their way to spare their son the embarrassment.
A crypto bro lost all his parents’ life savings by investing it in a crypto scam
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Since he was the golden child, the parents didn’t tell the other siblings to spare him from embarrassment
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The sibling was adamant about helping the parents out: “No way in hell they’re living here with me”
Some commenters warned the sibling not to give in to guilt-trips