No matter the reason, never answer someone DM'ing you.

No matter if you have been talking with that person for days, months or years through common group chats/channels, no matter if he or his/her mother is dying, NO MATTER WHAT. NEVER EVER ANSWER DMS ON TELEGRAM OR DISCORD.

I got tricked and bought into an illiquid project that someone who I thought was a friend advised me to invest in. I lost all my life savings and my Phantom wallet got drained afterwards.

Never again.