<prompt> Human: Okay, so Im going to try this again because the first post I made about this was under the influence and I didnt offer any details. Sorry about thatAnyways, this is very serious and I would like to know if there is anything I can do to get my money back. Heres a bit of backstory if it helps.My dad had recently became a part of my life again which was great at first. I moved to Dallas with him about an 8hr drive from my hometown and besides all the bad talk my mother gave him and rumors of a con man he was, I learned to forget about it and take the leap. It was a bigger and better future, what could go wrong right?During this time I was living there for a year depositing money into his savings account because we were gonna move to a new apartment at the end of the lease. I was suspicious at first but he made himself very credible. Towards the end I put about 7-10k into the account. Eventually before our lease ended I decided I was going to move back to my hometown because of my girlfriend. We were gonna get a place. I ended up asking for my money back because I was no longer going to move into the new apartment. Despite the numerous times of asking he constantly made excuses saying the account is locked etc. Got to the point where he completely stopped replying to me in general. Havent heard from him since. Been about half a year now.The only person that is a witness to this was my cousin who started living with us in the middle of all this and my girlfriend who new about the deposits. Dont know if any of this helps, but any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you.Edit: Thank you all for your feedback, just going to move on and take it how it is.  <response>: I would take it as an expensive lesson. Just make sure you actually have learned what the lesson is and what you should learn from it, or you can be sure that you will repeat it with him and with others too. 