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Met a guy on an online forum, he disappeared with my crypto from a fake platform. What now from Australia?

I'm feeling so stupid right now, you guys. Met this guy, named 'Michael', on a gardening forum, of all places. We started chatting, moved to WhatsApp, and honestly, we talked for months. He was so supportive, seemed genuinely interested in my life. Then he started talking about crypto, like it was this amazing opportunity. He convinced me to put money into this platform he called 'WealthFlowPro'. It looked legit enough – charts, transactions, everything. I put in about AUD $5,000 to start, then another $10,000 when he said there was a 'special event'. I even saw it growing! But when I tried to withdraw, the site just stopped responding. And 'Michael'? Ghosted. His WhatsApp is gone. The website is gone. I'm in Canberra and feel totally lost. I've reported it to the AFP, but is there *anything* else I should be doing? I keep thinking back to all our conversations, the plans we made. It feels like my heart was broken and my bank account was emptied all at once. Any advice on what steps to take next would be really helpful.