Loss as a trend referred to as “Breadcrumbing”

Part 1

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Hi Everyone,

I hope you are all doing well. I wanted to share an update of my current situation with you through this news item about “Breadcrumbing”, this is part 1 and will only showcase two types of breadcrumbing, one in regards to Crypto trading and another one involving the abuse of public figure profiles.

My objective is to inform everyone and use this awareness to allow you to think about what it means or could mean for you so that you can take a proper standing.

“Breadcrumbing” came into my field of awareness as a “string” or  “trend” of losses. Loss of possessions, loss of connections, loss of finances, actually spreading out to loss in each and every area of my life. The magnitude of it caused me to take a closer look at it and examine what was going on.

The fact that I am coming across it in different varieties and high occurrences caused it to have a huge impact on my life. Next to that I also am picking up that it is happening to others as well.

  1. What is Breadcrumbing

“Breadcrumbing” is a manipulation technique, I found predominantly referenced in relation to relationships.

For more context please see the subsequent CNN news item, which gives a pretty detailed description of what is meant with Breadcrumbing. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/04/health/what-is-breadcrumbing-meaning-wellness/index.html

The essence of Breadcrumbing, is to manipulate and/or lead others on to keep them engaged to the party doing the breadcrumbing, keep them hanging, in need, coming back for more, all because their needs are not being fulfilled and the person doing the breadcrumbing is in the position to fulfil those needs and presents the illusion that their needs will be met while not (ever wanting to) meet up to those needs.

It resembles a form of “extortion” also referred to as “blackmailing” .


2. Breadcrumbing in my life

    Breadcrumbing can occur when the following conditions apply:

    • There is a co-dependency from the one being breadcrumbed (Breadcrumbee) to the one doing the breadcrumbing (Breadcrumber). The party being breadcrumbed is in need of something and the party doing the breadcrumbing is the only one, in that situation who can provide it.
    • The co-dependency could entail assets, things, rights etc. you or others entrusted to the other party on your behalf in some form and or way or could concern something needed from the other party.
    • Whatever was entrusted to the party doing the breadcrumbing is being withheld from you, causing you to incur loss(es) and much more consequences.
    • A fourth factor which seems to play a role in enabling this is (4.1) a group of associated people or network which is needed to create the illusions needed to manipulate the breadcrumbee and (4.2) social media seems to play a huge role in enabling the breadcrumb activities (like stalking, gaining access to personal information, assets and anything needed including harassing the breadcrumbee to apply pressure to make them comply)

    I experienced Breadcrumbing in my life in the follow area’s and the following way:

    -1- After buying Crypto currency on 2 separate occasions in July and August 2023 after trying to cash out my profit.

    How: The first time my profit was not paid out to me. I also could not sell the initial investment resulting in a loss of approx $17742 (consisting of an investment of $ 6175,95 + Profit) $ 11567,00

    -The second investment organization started “breadcrumbing” me after I requested my profit to be paid out. The way they did this was to request an “Update” on the account. Which meant they wanted me to add in this case Bitcoins to the wallet. After I supplemented the wallet my profit would not be paid out. I decided to close the account after a couple of updates. I had to pay closing fee’s but would still not be able to cash out my profit, next to that “update” requirements started to reoccur.

    Despite contacting the crypto organizations I am unable to sell the invested amounts or withdraw my profit, resulting in another loss of approx. $26000 (consisting of an investment of $500,00 + EUR 6100,82 in updates and close out fee’s and a Profit of $ 20000)

    I intentionally made the investments because my work contract was terminated and I wanted to ensure I would not run out of funds in the future incase I could not find work or would experience issues obtaining social security.

    However, this is exactly what happened.

    -3- A third form of breadcrumbing I ran into was related to using faked celebrity profiles to initiate fake fan and love interests. There are celebrities who sometimes visit fans and these visits were for instance used to approach fans and ask for money.

    How: This occurred in the community I currently reside in, different people would be chatting with me under a fake profilename of a celebrity asking for security money under all kinds of fake reasons.  How I found out people close to me were using the profile, in the first place they would use stalking as a way to keep track of you and message to ask where you are to pressurize you to buy Apple gift cards. I observed it and tested it out by saying going to buy it now and then go to the shop and observe what happend. In the second place on two seperate occassions I received two phone calls from women who were probably reading their partners WhatsApp messages and saw that they were chatting and planning to meet up someone else. On both occassions the ladies were quite angry and wanted to know what was going on because it was their boyfriend or partner. What was abused here was the the willingness to visit, I also noticed the same profiles associated with the crypto organizations claiming to want to approach me to compensate for my losses but, still trying to ask for smaller upgrades to do so.

    -Another form of Breadcrumbing which reached me was the disappearance of fixed deposits, this is a very odd one I must say.

    Consequences of this:

    *I have lost ALL my funds because of the events above.

    *I will have to let go of the house I am renting, we were to leave on the 30th of April, I managed to get an extension to give us more time.

    Fortunately we have a temporary place to stay.

    This is what can happen when you advance yourself at others expense, meaning not in mutual cooperation but at others detriment and demise. This is what that could result in!

    I get it there are people who look at life from a perspective of “lack”, I don’t have, they (seem to) have…. , so I need to take.

    I too believe we all have the right to have what is ours, but not at the expense of others, there are much better and humane ways, but we will have to stand for it if we believe in it! I believe in it and I will never do this to anybody else! It is simply INHUMANE!


    3. Considerations

      Advancing ourself at the expense of others, is based on “lack”  and is pure darkness. It leads to destruction, deprivation, loss and worst of all the degrading and de-evolution of our inter-human connections.

      We all have more than enough qualities, gifts, prosperity etc to our disposition so that we all can advance from the light in a way which advances all. I hope this item gave you enough insights to allow you to make a proper choice as to where you invest your energy. Because what you focus on and invest your energy in grows and not only potentially for others but also for yourself!

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