THE BOOK
CryptoQueen: You Are a Mark
Written by patrycja under the artistic pseudonym Pati Tierney part memoir, part warning; a therapist’s first-hand account and a clinical examination of how sophisticated financial deception works, what it does to the people it touches, and what it reveals about how manipulation works on all of us.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The Story
CryptoQueen: You Are a Mark follows the anatomy of a modern scam, the promise, the relationship, the slow narrowing of options, and holds it up against what we know about trauma and human need. It is part personal account, part clinical explanation, and it refuses the easy conclusion that victims were simply careless.
The result is a book that reads as a story but functions as a warning: honest about the damage, and clear about how ordinary the path into it can be.
MOTIVATION
Why This Book Exists
In her clinical work, Patrycja kept meeting people carrying an unbearable double burden: the financial loss, and the belief that they should have known better. Very few of them ever told anyone. She wrote this book to break that silence, to give people language for what happened, and to give the professionals and families around them a better way to respond.
TAKEAWAYS
What You'll Learn
PRESS
In the Media
Patrycja has discussed the book and the psychology of scam harm on SBS Polish Radio, and has delivered CPD-accredited training for the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) on the impact of scamming on mental health.
"Vulnerability to manipulation isn't about intelligence. It's about being human."
Patrycja Toczek
Testimonials
What Readers Have Shared
“A gripping tale of trust and deception in the digital age, thought-provoking, eye-opening, and impossible to put down.”
— Luke, Amazon review
“A page-turner memoir of the impact of a large-scale online scam. I highly recommend this book.”
— Rachel, Amazon review
“Captivating story, easy to read, kept me on the edge of my seat. The first book I’ve read cover to cover in two days.”
— Marzena Ciszak, Amazon review
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Available in paperback and digital editions through major retailers.
Therapist. Author. Advocate for trauma-informed healing.
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