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New York Story: Big Trouble In Little Manhattan

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TRIGGER WARNING: Potential Kidnapping During quarantine I had the bright idea that I was going to sell everything I owned. It was a desperate time for me as I was paying $2500 a month in rent after my roommates moved out because of COVID. I had great experiences selling furniture and other big ticket items, and met really lovely people.  One day as I was cleaning out my room I found my old iPhone 6 and decided to try to sell it. I received multiple offers within the first couple minutes of posting it. I set up a meeting time with one of the first people interested and made sure to chose a place far enough from home so they couldn't know where I live.  I chose a place between a very populated grocery store and a post office. It was about 10 blocks and 2 avenues over from my apartment and I thought I was super smart to choose such a busy place to meet the person.  As I was walking over to the meeting spot the guy started sending weird messages. It started with "wow you're re