Ruth Van de Gaer Sturzenegger and Ayda Ergez

＂I want to share what I have learned from my nightmarish experience on the internet with my readers. It is more than just my story. It is a warning and a guide. In this book, I pass on the bitter lessons I learned from my harrowing journey and show how you can protect yourself from the dangers of the Internet.＂

In her biography, Ruth Van de Gaer Sturzenegger tells relentlessly and openly about how she lost almost her entire fortune of almost one million euros within a short time on a fraudulent online trading platform and how she fell into a deep crisis. Misled by false numbers, graphs, and price trends, she was deceived and manipulated. Yet, she did not give up and, with discipline and the support of her friend and co-author, she found a way to survive.

Ayda Ergez, the co-author, accompanied Ruth Van de Gaer Sturzenegger from the very beginning of this difficult time. With her empathetic nature, emotional support and belief in her friend, she helped her out of her slump. Together they put the author’s trauma into words, which ultimately formed the basis for this book.