I was a scam victim too before and the saddest truth coz he was my fellow citizen.. I learned from my mistakes and get rid of people I suspected.. Don't trust too much even if he ur fellows. Scammers are hungry and selfish, they want to earn money easily..
Thats not new nowadays dont trust easily even he/she is your fellow citizen because when it comes to money they wont spare anyone as long as they know they can get money out of it.
Its a must to use an escrow when doing a transaction online to make sure you wont get scam, its better to be careful rather than regretting what you've done.