#<- I don’t think op is necessarily a scammer. I want to make that clear. I just wanna post my scam safety policy.

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hi! could you reblog my pinned post please?? sorry for asking, it would help a ton! sorry i promise i’m not a bot 😓 i’m just desperate because i am running out of time and still dont have all my meds and i don’t feel good

Hi I’m sorry you’re going through a hard time, I just personally don’t post donation asks because of the high risk for scams. Doubly so for people who aren’t mutuals AND I don’t know them in real life. It’s nothing personal, I’ve just done a lot of work in the nonprofit/election sector in the US which increases scam calls and texts as well as hacking on platforms like Twitter or Zuck’s Metaverse. It also means that I make poverty wages and have very little left to donate monetarily. Usually when I’m donating, I’m giving my time.

Looks like your ask is going to be the exception that proves the rule, my friend. I’m willing to share your ask for aid alongside my general policy for a number of reasons. First, because I do appreciate how hard it is to ask for help. You don’t get what you don’t ask for. Second, you’re the first fundraising ask I’ve had that didn’t put the link to the fundraiser right in the ask. That can be risky to post to my page because even if I don’t click and donate, it means someone else might if I post it and might get scammed. This has been the case for all the Gaza fundraising asks I’ve received, and I don’t have time to donate to regularly vet fundraisers. You ask me only to click to your Tumblr page! Which leads me to my final reason. You’re not a bot. I cannot possibly vouch that this is not an elaborate PayPal scam or something because I do not know you, but I can tell you’re at least human. The least I can do is use your ask as a way to share my position, giving your blog a platform with which my small Tumblr audience can come to their own conclusions about how to support asks like these. I do hope you’re able to feel better and get your meds @pompomdemiel, but your donation ask is the first and last I’ll post.

Be safe out there.