Quoted from crwjumper:I’ve held out this long because I’m an honorable man who believes in doing the right thing. Let’s give him one more chance.
Scammers capitalize on this sentiment.
Get this through your head: SCAMMERS ARE NOT HONORABLE!!!
You’re being presented with a variation of The Prisoner’s Dilemma. If YOU cooperate with the scammer YOU might come out ahead. The scammer will scam someone else if they repay you.
Better to cooperate with L/E and other victims to make the scammer pay for his crimes.