Hey Pandas, If You Were Ever Scammed On The Internet Or In Real Life, How Did It Go Down?

So, I was dumb enough to give someone my banana car in Adopt me, for a house car, i gave them the item, followed them for the house car, then they left the game... mind you i spent 1,200$ for the giant present... so i lost that much money. there wasnt the trade update, so i've lost it forever