Her Friend Was Flown to Los Angeles. She Suspects That She Was Trafficked by a Man Her Friend Met on Instagram
Trafficking can happen online, starting with a simple message.
Being abducted or held captive by a man can be a woman’s worst nightmare. Human trafficking can start with a message—a promise of career opportunities and even love—only for predators to show their true colors when their victim is completely ensnared. Singer Suburban AMZ (@suburbanamz) believes that her estranged friend was trafficked from Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and she told her story on TikTok.
“I want to tell the story to spread awareness about how easy it is to get trafficked, and how it happened to her,” the singer said. She said that she hasn’t heard from her friend for over two years, except for when the friend allegedly asks her for money.
Suburban AMZ said that the friend was her mother’s assistant at a fashion company. She described her as a “smart” and “bright” woman who was also a clothing sketch designer. One day, her friend supposedly told Suburban AMZ that she met a man through Instagram. The man wanted to fly her friend to Los Angeles, California.
“Initially, I was suspicious,” she claimed, but didn’t stop her friend from getting on the plane. Her friend went to Los Angeles, and the man set up her accommodation at The Dream Hotel. The location set even more suspicions for Suburban AMZ.
“I have a lot of friends that work in show business in LA. And they’re like, The Dream Hotel is notorious for trafficking, allegedly,” Suburban AMZ stated. At first, the singer said her friend seemed like she was living the Julia Roberts Pretty Woman fantasy.
She Saw Signs That Her Friend Was Allegedly Trafficked
“Eventually, she says to us, ‘I’m not moving in LA right away. He wants to take me to Vegas,'” the singer alleged. From this point on, she said that things started to go downhill. Her friend allegedly started using illicit substances. Moreover, she noticed that her friend’s skin started peeling, and her teeth began falling out.
“And then the next thing we know, she moves to Los Angeles, and communication goes completely silent,” Suburban AMZ alleged. Two months went by, and then her friend made contact with her again through FaceTime. After seeing her again, the singer said her friend had lost 45 lbs.
“Her apartment was full of, allegedly, stolen goods that she was helping move—handbags, jewelry, clothing—completely scary,” the singer recalled. She told her friend that she didn’t want to be involved with the suspicious activity because it scared her.
“We would be on FaceTime, and these men would break into her apartment and take backpacks full of [censored], and completely just vanish,” she stated. Suburban AMZ said her friend started becoming even more distant until months later. She received another FaceTime call from her friend, and she was allegedly with seven other women in a car.
“Get off the [expletive] FaceTime! No one can know where you are,” She said she heard an unfamiliar man’s voice shout. The singer claimed that the man, whom her friend met through Instagram, allegedly put her to work, where she had to “stand in a corner.” Her friend supposedly was barely able to pay rent or utility bills. The last she heard was when her friend lost her mother, and she was asking for donations.
Suburban AMZ claimed she was willing to offer her a job if she sent her resume but wouldn’t be giving her friend money directly.
She Had No Way Out
Suburban AMZ claimed she was willing to offer her a job if she sent her resume, but wouldn’t be giving her friend money directly. The singer alleged that the man has taken her friend’s credit cards and passport, leaving her friend in a supposedly hostile situation. Suburban AMZ added that she didn’t feel safe in the situation because, after seeing the man on FaceTime, somebody allegedly tried breaking into her home.
“They’re looking to sweep you up and put you into a life you can’t leave,” the singer said. Her friend’s situation is yet to be resolved. However, Suburban AMZ advised young women to be wary on apps. Someone posing as a recruiter might promise modeling or music opportunities but could be a trafficker in disguise. After all, there are suspicious characters on the internet looking for gain. One independent journalist flagged that even Tinder isn’t safe from potential love scams.
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