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Despite the brisk 6:54 a.m. temperature, Lee's thoughts drifted to her financial situation. The previous day, she found herself overdrawn at $-1212. This revelation spurred a check of her bank account balance, and she discovered a slight uptick to $37, thanks to a recently charged credit card. It was a meager amount, but it represented a small step toward recovery. Lee shared her struggles with transferring funds from a platform called "Buy Me a Coffee," where she'd received a total of $188—a transaction that had not yet cleared despite having initiated the transfer days earlier.