#gaza scam alert

[gaza-scam-alerts]

I was sent screenshots these DM messages and the responses by someone who would like to be kept anonymous for purposes of this post:

@maramgaza9, you have been UNVETTED and outed as a SCAMMER, taking advantage of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and peoples's naïve sense of empathy about it, for your own personal gain.

You're a bad person and you should feel bad.

[sinnabum45]

SCAM ALERT!

@ougadyabudi is scamming people by stealing Haya Orouq's story! The profile picture is copied directly from Haya's Gofundme.

I spoke with Haya and she has confirmed that this is a scam!

Haya Orouq's real Gofund me is THIS LINK HERE!!

Check out this post to find her other socials!

Please share this as much as possible and do NOT give @ougadyabudi any of your money!! Stay safe out there!

[acepumpkinpatrick]

Not a scam!

I think by now most of you know about this but I am making my own post about it bc it's important.

A few days ago, a misunderstanding happened, and @malokamohamed & @mohameedibraheem got labeled as scam accounts that stole @supportgaza 's campaign.

That was NOT correct.

As I said, it was just a misunderstanding and yesterday I got in contact with @idocumentscammers @kyra45 @el-shab-hussein and gave them all needed evidence and even Mahmoud ( @/supportgaza ) himself verified that Mohammed ( @/mohameedibraheem ) is his brother & Malak ( @/malokamohamed ) is his sister-in-law. And that the 3 girls (Malek, Eleen, & Najah) are actually their daughters.

They were very quick to answer and made the necessary edits and announcement posts about it you can find here, here, and here. To which I am very grateful.

Thus, Mohammed & Malak's campaign is now verified #240 on this list by el-shab-hussein/Nabulsi/Moayesh , and I vouch for them personally.

Now I ask that you please share their story and donate if you can bc they're very low on funds!

And please notify anyone you know who still hasn't read the update!

Sorry for the tags ♡

@goodguydotmp3 @northgazaupdates2 @appsa @magnus-rhymes-with-swagness @wingedalpacacupcake @elksewer @a-shade-of-blue @tortiefrancis @mushroomjar @fromjannah @neechees @irhabiya @ibtisams @lacecap @dykesbat @socalgal @ankle-beez @mahoushojoe @transmutationisms @deepspaceboytoy @nabulsi @zionistsinfilm @beserkerjewel @babacontainsmultitudes @spacebeyonce @mauesartetc @vakarians-babe @ghostofanonpast @c-u-c-koo-4-40k @ot3 @xinakwans @komsomolka @chilewithcarnage @akamanto0 @feluka @effen-draws @pkmnbutch @ghostingarden @azalea-alter @sayruq

[autisticat23]

[fleeting-sanity]

I hope Mai gets justice and genuine help with escaping the genocide. The scammer can choke.

[scam-alerts]

WARNING FOR BLUESKY USERS:

If you see an account asking for donations that looks like this:

Look out for these red flags:

The account is new (the sun rising symbol)

The account is @ spamming the same exact same message every few seconds/minutes.

The account has posted literally no other content other than @ spamming people for donations.

Please take a minute to open their paypal link, copy their 'name', and search it on tumblr or on @kyra45's blog. She keeps a good track of reports regarding scammer PayPal names with the help of anons.

Click link, get name, use search function. Bada bing you're done.

These are the same scammers from tumblr that are now using BlueSky to advertise and try and get donations. They're probably using images from peoples gofundmes and stuff too (I swear I've seen the name Siad going around before on a gofundme??) so who knows.

Always report them on Bluesky for mention spamming.

Also maybe let your followers know about them being scammers too so they know what to look out for.

Again, these are the same scammers that Kyra's made posts about, other people have called out, and that I've made reports about on this blog and that are currently listed in the scam list.

Let's work together to make sure they get taken down. :)

Helpful guides on how to spot scams. (by @kyra45)

Current list of documented scammers: Part 1 and Part 2

[generallemarc]

If an account you've never interacted with that has a description asking for money follows you, it is a scam.

I don't care how many photos whose source you have no way of verifying it posts. I don't care how many videos with no way of verifying their location, time of recording, or any other context they try to shove in your face. These are scams; all of them. In fact, there's a good chance that any money they get will be used to actively increase the amount of suffering caused by war, given how many scam operations these days are run out of Russia and supported by the Russian government. These are not people-these are bots. If you wouldn't give money to a blog claiming to be a hot single lady who just wants to get to know you after choosing to follow you and you specifically on tumblr.com, don't give money to a blog claiming to be a Gazan in need of help who has chosen to seek this help by following you specifically on tumblr.com, the most irrelevant social media platform this side of Threads that was sold at a billion-dollar loss because that's how few people are on here.

[slenbee]

magicalmilkshakecrown

Scammer alert - magicalmilkshakecrown

Current PayPal name: Irine Temoi

Past usernames: reallyuniquedaze, herunknownwolf22, slowlydeliciouscrusade, futuristicglittermilkshake, slowlywisesong, darkkoalalight, mortallypurplebread, foggyblazekitten, beautifulsheepblaze, atomicfoxdaze, scentedfarttree, severetyrantllama, joyfulpostnight, zealoussublimefart, massivepersonagardener, and countless others.

Previous PayPal names linked by these tumblr blogs: Kipkosgei Cheruiyot, Jeff Owino, Titus Muhitsi, Iyvon Wabuyele, and Hezron Onyango

Here's a post by @kyra45 where they used this same copy/paste story 7 months ago:

Current list of documented scammers: Part 3

Helpful guides on how to spot scams. (by @kyra45)

Here's a post on some tips and tricks on spotting scam blogs.

[yanci-indigo]

beatriceegiveer/Mwanasiti Heri/taheera mohamed is a documented scammer profiting off of the genocide. they are not diabetic and they are not palestinian. search the other names they go by on here: leila rajab, remmy cheptau, tasneem r'm, leila mohammed rajab, tasneem remmy rajaab, valentine rajaab, wafula valentine, salima abdallah, tasneem abdalah, Tasneem Majuma, Magandalina Auma, Dorine nanjala, dorine rajaab, Jastus Kimanzi, daisy akinyi, daisy rahaab, Mutsui Martin Mohamed, merrine sussy rahah, merrine atieno, merrine rahah, Marystella Majuma, emmily kimesis, nakhumicha Ruth, Sussy Wamela, Beatrice Akoth Oduor, taheera abdallah

https://www.tumblr.com/mangocheesecakes/751109520094281728/chiefarcadedreammer-giftedheartgiver

https://www.tumblr.com/mangocheesecakes/750229006118420480/here-is-a-convenient-post-you-can-show-to-convince

would you mind deleting their scam from your blog, or clearly labeling it as a scam so it doesn't spread to others? in the future, please remember to search the username/paypal account name/text used by the people asking for money in your inbox in the tumblr search bar

please familiarize yourself with the posts of some current scammers while they are still under these usernames: zanyloverpaper, agneskebwariii, beatriceegiveer, v-700n, beautifullandmiracle, crookedtimetraveldreamer, rasher-9, krispyfacepolice, chieffurygiver, bluemilkshakepersona, tacofriends

i really recommend looking at their pinned posts in order to better recognize scams, not just using this list as a blocklist, because once they are terminated they each will immediately remake their scams under a new username

WAIT WHAT IT'S A SCAM?????

These cruel people taking advantage of the situation just so they can earn money. That's insane. I even responded one of them WTF!!

Thank you for the information, it really helps people who are about to encounter these donation scams.

PLEASE NEVER INTERACT WITH THESE ACCOUNTS MENTIONED ABOVE!!!!

[average-transfem-robotgirl]

My family is still staying in half of the church that wasn’t affected by the bombing because there is nowhere else to stay other than tents. They are limited to one small meal a day and one shower a week. They are sleeping on the floors, but no one can sleep since there is bombing everywhere around them. Even when there is no bombing, they can still hear the loud buzzing sound of the military planes above them, which would keep anyone who hears it awake. Along with everything, My grandma has diabetes and osteoporosis, so she can’t walk. She has to take her insulin medication along with many others; however, she has run out of many of her medications.” Am on my knees requesting for donation. Target $950

1: Another person with a randomly generated three word name.

2: Another scam prompt VERY similar to others I’ve seen.

3: You follow some accounts that haven’t even posted anything, making me think you’re definitely using an algorithm for picking out people.

4: Your profile picture is from this Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/uk8x8q-help-my-family-leave-gaza

(By the way, please go support this Go Fund Me.)

5: You’re using the same banner, title, page layout, and description as all of the other scam bots I’ve seen.

6: 950$ is not NEARLY enough to successfully evacuate a family. You’re just expecting enough people to fall for this that you’ll earn a quick buck.

Fuck this, fuck you, free Palestine. 🇵🇸

[bayonettas-tits]

Hello sorry for an ask. I am very sick, my asthma is at its maximum level, my nose freezes, I have no medicine or food. I am in bad shape financially, I am a black disabled, who uses multiple medications, I pay for my food and lodging

Unfortunately I do not have all the resources to keep me safe, that is why I need your help, whatever you can contribute to me will be of great help.

When I search your Paypal name, I find a million other accounts pulling the same bullshit, so I doubt it.

0/10 shake it up at least a little bit.

[sinnabum45]

‼Another scammer‼

@crookedtimetraveldreamer is scamming people by pretending to be a Palestinian woman in Gaza. They are using stolen images to convince people to give them money!

This is the DM they are spreading around! Please be careful if you've seen their message and do NOT donate to them!

Here are screenshots of their pinned post:

Here are the photos that came up when I reversed searched these images:

Be careful and stay safe out there!

[beanutputterandjelly]

Scams on Tumblr, what to watch out for.

Just a PSA. If you have someone going in your inbox asking for money, it's 99.9% a scam (yes I mean the ones claiming to be families in Gaza needing funds to escape). Do NOT answer those asks or give them money, don't expose them to more people who'd fall for it as well, don't do a THING with it.

Paypal does NOT provide service to Palestinians, there's been a campaign for it to be provided for Palestinians since OCTOBER. If someone in your inbox is asking you for money at all much less linking to a PAYPAL. It's a scam. Don't give it the time of day. I've gotten asks upon ASKS of nothing but people giving these stories and linking donation sites, a LOT of it being the same exact message like 5 times.

Examples of what to look out for :

Not every Palestinian is scamming when they ask for help. But a lot of stupid people will use your empathy for their personal profit and there's a good chance the things they're using aren't their own photos or stories, please do not fall for this. If you'd like to help please check verified accounts and donation sites, I really suggest checking the ones listed here. These people are quite literally stealing the IDENTITIES of actual Palestinian families to swindle money out of you.

I'm so tired of the scummy people on here using such a horrific and insane situation for their own monetary gain, it is the SICKEST thing someone can do. This needs to be called out more.

And I know some people will go limb for limb defending these bots and I understand since the circumstances are heartbreaking. But this is quite literally extortion. You are being extorted if you fall for this without verifying if it's real. And it's.. more often than not, not real.

[lore-gore]

ATTENTION!!!! SCAM!!!!

helpgazachildren and all other numerical variants that lead to this chuffed are lying!

Here's the evidence:

I had gotten this message from helpgazachildren2

Okay, that last message sounded guilt trippy and off.

So I go to their account, and find one reblogged post from helpgazachildren, with a link to what is presumably @gazavetters list

I look at their fundraiser

and I go to @gazavetters ACCOUNT

Oh, but number 511 is Mohammed Saleh Hassouna?

And when you click on the fundraiser link, this is what it looks like

so what about the link helpgazachildren provided? well it leads to a list nearly identical to @gazavetters

except at 511, Mohamed Ismail is listed instead

And it leads to the chuffed fundraiser

Go to the person who they say verified them and check the list if they have one.

Edit: quite a few things are different on their list. keep an eye out, there might be others using this false list.

[hast8686]

Beware of scams

Im a STUPID guy, I politely replied to a DM from the Gaza Strip that I dont even know is true. Listen, DO NOT BELIEVE THEM

They're bullshit making money off people's suffering. If you're going to give money to people like that, you might as well just eat pizza🍕

If you want to help the people in Gaza who are really in trouble, there must be more reliable and trustworthy support organizations. Its important, so I'll say it again, DO NOT BELIEVE THEM.

THEY ARE SCAMMERS >:(

[lunamigos]

about gaza bots :/

I just found out now that most of the asks and messages from Palestine are scams and are fake, I just want to help others but I believe that sharing these things is harmful, If anything in any of these people's profiles seems strange to me, I won't respond, I'm sorry.