Good thing, that you're sharing your experience and how you got scammed. More people need to be aware of scams in any guise. You can be careful for years and still slip that one time. I've been scammed 1x in my life too and learned the lesson. It's been so much easier to spot obvious scams after that.

This one was a full red flag since "if you're interested in...."
Don is not his real identity either, but just a new cover for the scammer.

I wish you good luck on recovering from this, man.
Upvoted (least i could do).