#please check the notes to see a gofundme for a palestinian family

[girldraki]

[aces-and-angels]

IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM SHAHED:

Note : this post is a repost of @appsa update on Shahed's campaign with updated infos on the current amount of raised funds.

I am so grateful to everyone who shared and donated, i really do count it as a miracle that we were able to reach the goal at all, never mind that it happened within the deadline we set. Your support has felt like a blessing in a truly wretched time, especially after all those baseless accusations were made.

Unfortunately, as is the norm with these fundraisers, it seems that shahed has run into some problems with the bank while withdrawing the funds she raised from this campaign. Apart from the unexpected $3.5k cut gfm took from the total amount, it seems the american bank her campaign manager using to send the money will also take a tax of $2k.

This has left her short of $5,500 from getting the full amount she needs to evacuate her whole family.

And it seems because the amount the campaign initially raised is so large, the campaign manager cannot afford to officially increase the target on the gofundme campaign page itself without putting himself at risk of having his bank account and its funds frozen.

As you may know already, there are lots of roadblocks when it comes to transferring funds from western countries to countries of the global south but especially gaza right now. People having their accounts frozen for sending money to gaza and having to go through legal hassles for it is not anything new.

Shahed doesn't want to put the campaign manager, who is their family friend, at risk of legal troubles like that, especially given the hostile political climate towards palestinians in the USA right now.

So i want to make this clear:

Shahed is currently unable to increase the target on the fundraiser on the gofundme itself, but she still needs to raise another 5.5k to cover the tax cuts taken by both gfm and the banks.

The goal on the fundraiser may say $80,000 is the target but the new one we have to aim for is actually $85,500 now

She is currently at $81,525 / $85,500

Believe me when i say that no one is more disheartened by this development than shahed herself. The morning we had reached the goal of $80,000 she told me that she felt she was the happiest girl in the world, and had bought and distributed sweets to the kids at the camp she was at to celebrate despite how expensive it is in Gaza right now.

She had also begun plans to help boost other fundraisers of palestinians, so that no one would have to feel the hopelessness she felt during those months where her fundraiser had been stagnant and had already gotten started on that barely a day or two after she'd completed her campaign.

Shahed was very nervous to tell me about this, especially after this whole racist hate campaign that was led against her so recently. She does not want her and her family to be accused of lying about their torment a second time. Especially when the violence has begun to ramp up once again even after her recent displacement, she can't bear it. Frankly neither can i.

Please know that she would not increase amount again unless times were desperate.

Please do NOT punish her during this difficult time by ignoring this. We have seen time and time again how gfms from gazans have to increase their goals even after they have been reached because of various issues, so this is not unprecedented. I've said it before- the goalposts will always be changing because they are going through a genocide.

So i urge you to please be kind and show her your solidarity and urgency once again, because the deadline is still the same. The raffle still hasnt ended so please check out the link above, and partcipate.

PLEASE HELP HER REACH $85.5K WITHIN THIS WEEK. THIS CAN'T WAIT.

current total: $81,530 USD

[fernsnailz]

I know this isn't a great topic, but is there a way to verify if the inbox asks for support for gaza are legit and not scams? I'd hate to have money that should go to people that need it go to waste

checking to see if palestinian gofundmes are legit is very easy if you have access to the right resources. a few other people on tumblr have done an incredible job contacting palestinian families and verifying a number of these fundraisers, and i usually cross-reference any gofundme asks i get in my inbox with the resources these other bloggers have provided.

this is usually my process for determining if a fundraiser is legitimate:

check the blog of the person sending the ask. a lot of times these blogs will share who they have been vetted by, updates on their situation, etc. usually legit blogs will share a number of different photos/videos of their family, living situation, and current placement to further prove that their fundraiser is real and their situation is dire. if there's only like one post on their blog with very few photos then that's usually a red flag.

check the Vetted Gaza Evacuation Fundraiser List put together by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi. this sheet has over 200 fundraisers that have been verified as legitimate. when i receive a fundraiser ask, i usually search the name of their gofundme campaign in this sheet first to see if it's there. you can also search for their name or tumblr username (i use the Ctrl+F search function to make this easier). HOWEVER, i have found that some fundraisers these blogs have previously verified i could not find on this list. which is why step 3 is important:

search the blog's username on tumblr. if it's a scam, sometimes people will post about it to let everyone else know. if it's legitimate, usually you can find posts that @/el-shab-hussein, @/nabulsi, or @/90-ghost have shared and vetted. if i see these blogs sharing a fundraiser, i have good faith to believe it's real.

if i cannot find that a fundraiser has been shared by these blogs or added to this spreadsheet, i do not share it.

it's also important to note that currently @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi have stopped vetting fundraisers for the time being. unfortunately this means that i haven't been able to verify and share what i assume are fundraisers created after they paused their vetting process.

again, i should emphasize that this process is very easy and anyone that knows how to use the tumblr and google doc search functions can do it. please consider donating to the fundraisers these blogs have vetted and shared if you're able - i'll also recommend donating to Watermelon Relief, eSims for Gaza, and UNRWA.

[walks-the-ages]

Posted January 2024: "I'm not a zionist! How dare this person put me on a zionist blocklist without any proof!!!!! They're just being antisemitic!!!!!"

Me, June 2024: searches their blog for 'Israel' or 'Palestine'.

Me: finds tons of heinous, racist, genocidal propaganda on their blog claiming that Palestinians raise their children to die for the cause, they use the tag "free Palestine from Hamas" all the time, they're reblogging from known Zionists like Prismatic-Bell and others, they're claiming that Palestinians regularly enslave Israelis to do housework (???), that "hundreds if not thousands of Jewish women were raped on October 7th" and "Land Back means Jewish people need to be able to reclaim ~Israel~!" Etc.

Anyways, Valcaira for your free zionist blocklist.

"Doesn't identify as a zionist" and thinks that makes a difference when their entire blog is filled with zionist propaganda and debunked talking points. And this is a full 5 months after crying about being blocked as a zionist -- search their blog further back than *three days ago as of this post* and I'm sure you'll see even more horrifying crap.

If it walks like a duck and qwuaks like a duck, it's a duck.

If someone reblogs zionist propoganda and uses zionist dogwhistles and talking points, they're a zionist. Even if they ' don't identify as one'.

Hmm, do you think zionists are going to try to co-opt trans and genderqueer language next (" I don't identify as a zionist, therefore I am not a zionist") on their ever-lasting , failing quest to make genocidal acceptable to the masses?

Screenshots below. Note the time stamps of "three days ago" reblogging a post that was only made "six days ago".

Aka, just this WEEK they're reblogging zionist crap, while complaining five MONTHS ago about how zionist is a dirty word to silence jews 🤦

After blocking this zionist and making sure you check peoples blogs from now on for the dogwhistle of "zionist is a word used to demonize jews The Left™ don't like" ,

please check out Kareem's GoFundMe, he was one of the victims of Gaia Thomas 's scam* , and he has not reached his goal yet from months ago because of the original fundraiser being closed by Gaia Thomas!

His goal is €40,000 and so far is at €18,246 !

*Gaia Thomas arranged multiple gofundmes to evacuate Palestinians, then tried to steal the $50,000+ for herself, before public backlash and potential legal ramifications made her return the funds and close the fundraisers-- which in turn, meant that the original Palestinians did not receive a single cent of the original donations, and had to find someone else to create a new fundraiser with.

[lnmei]

hi, as someone who's been getting a lot of inboxes about donating to families, I was wondering how do you go about checking whether these accounts are real or not? As much as I want to help Palestinians, i also do not want to give scammers my money. I tried going to individual blog but it's so confusing, not to mention there is at least a few people saying this *insert blog* is a scam. As soon as I shared one campaign, a bunch more just keep popping up and I'm just hoping to look for some general guidance and not encourage people incentive to give money to scumbag scammers who are making money off the backs of real victims. Trying to check whether a blog is real or not turns out to be very difficult as it's just a he said she said situation as far as I can tell?

Hello! Since you asked I’ll go into some detail.

So there’s a whole process that a number of individual bloggers or groups on and off tumblr do to vet fundraisers to ensure that the money donated to those fundraisers are towards real Palestinians in need! Blogs like @/el-shab-hussein, @/nabulsi and @/ibitsams are Palestinian users who go to great lengths to ensure that the fundraisers they share are real and trustworthy, at least in terms of who the Palestinian families and individuals are that ask for help. You can read about some examples of the vetting process here but TL;DR is that Palestinian vetters will ensure the validity of fundraisers in Gaza by communicating with askers in the Palestinian Arabic dialect, check official government issued identification documents, check with vetted people who claim to be friends or family with the person, and even have contacts on the ground in Gaza to gather this information and verify in person (one of whom has his own fundraiser that is only £806/£20k; please donate if you’ve ever made use of el-shab-hussein’s vetting (proof that this is his vetter))

Ahmed (@/90-ghost) is another user who is a Gazan and longtime tumblr user who’s campaign succeeded in raising him funds to escape Gaza and he has since been vetting campaigns himself, so fundraisers reblogged to his blog are for those whom he has already vetted and trusts. (His relatives still trapped in Gaza are also fundraising; please donate to help his brother and his cousin who’s fundraisers are still yet to meet their goal after months)

Sometimes you’ll see a fundraiser is vetted by association with other vetted fundraisers and blogs; these are friends or family of Palestinians that people recognize or other non-Palestinian Tumblr users are friends with and therefore find trustworthy.

There are a number of spreadsheets that you can check that compile vetted fundraisers, and you can look into what the compilers do to vet if you’re curious; here are a few of the well known ones:

el-shab-hussein and nabulsi’s spreadsheet

gazafunds.com

Operation Olive Branch

Gaza Vetters

Often if you check the notes of a post or search up a blog on tumblr you will see people mention if a fundraiser is vetted or not and use that to find the source.

There are unfortunately opportunists out there! But more often than not these opportunists are scamming and stealing funds from Palestinians they claim to be fundraising for. I have read accounts of thousands being transfered out of funds by an organizer just for the Palestinians waiting for the money to never hear from the organizer again. Due to the nature of gofundme’s policies in Palestine and the complicated process of moving money into Gaza, Palestinians must rely on organizers in other countries and we cannot always know if those organizers are doing the right thing.

Ultimately you must use your own judgement but these systems have been running tirelessly for months to make it easier to know you are helping real people, you just have to trust in the community that’s been doing the work.

Hope this helps!

[raedas]

I reach out to you with a heart heavy with grief and fear. In the chaos of Gaza, my family faces an unspeakable tragedy after the loss of my father and my elder brother. Each day feels more treacherous than the last, and we are desperate to escape the looming danger. Your compassionate assistance is our only hope to evacuate my mother and siblings to safety. Your kindness, no matter its size, carries the promise of a lifeline in our darkest hour. Please, may your heart guide you to help us in our time of need

it is fucking SICKENING to see people use the ongoing genocide (!) in gaza for their own benefit to run scams like this one

i know it’s been said before, but it bears repeating: asks like this one are scams. every single ask i have gotten asking for donations in the past has been a scam (and there have been many, i just usually ignore and delete them)

if you want to double check whether or not an ask you received is a scam, a very easy way is to scroll through the senders blog. some are super transparent like this one, where their scam is the only post on the blog, but others often reblog a handful of posts before they post. if you scroll enough, though, you’ll see the blog isn’t any older than a week

please direct your love and support to actual palestinians: i’ll link a handful of posts with gofundmes below

[terraos]

🇵🇸 Palestinian Fundraiser Masterpost 🇵🇸

(Terraos version)

Last updated: Nov 21st, 2024 Please check the OP for updates!

PART 1 (you are here) | PART 2 | PART 3

(I am no longer adding new campaigns to these masterposts, but I will continue to update the ones still here!)

Islamgzacc4 || Islam lost many of his loved ones in this war. With little access to food, water, and healthcare, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for him and his family to take care of themselves, especially his grandfather, who previously lost an arm in Israeli bombings. Islam has had to remake his account four times now! He has been verified on his older accounts by: 90-ghost here, northgazaupdates here, and recently, he’s been added to gaza-evacuation-funds’s spreadsheet at #332! His family’s campaign is here. €3,445 / €30,000 +€10 since last week! Only two donations in the past week!

Holydreamlandchaos (formerly burningnightgiver) & Ahmed79ss || Sahar and Ahmed’s child Walaa needs urgent medical care! Sahar has been vetted by 90-Ghost, however since her accounts were removed from Tumblr, the link to the post no longer works. This is a post explaining this and showing proof, and also features her husband’s account in the OP. Sahar’s account has been hacked and she does not have access to it, her husband Ahmed’s account (ahmed79ss) is the most recently active one. Her and her family’s campaign is here. $13,675 CAD / $50,000 CAD +$20 CAD since last week!

Exactlysweatystudent (formerly springbutterfly37) || Shadowyenthusiastdream’s cousin, Nahla, and her family are living in Gaza under horrific conditions due to the war, but luckily, one of her siblings, Mahmoud, lives in the USA and is able to organize this campaign for her! They need urgent help to be able to get all of them to safety! Her gfm campaign was featured in the gaza-evacuation-funds blog. She is vetted by association. Her family’s campaign is here. $4,305 / $45,000 +$213 since last week!

Jomana-ha & Mohmoud-j || Jumana reached out to me about her husband Mahmoud’s campaign for their family. Mahmoud’s family needs urgent help escaping from Gaza! His father unfortunately fell very ill, and was diagnosed with cancer. Since he was unable to leave the Gaza Strip for surgery, he died. A few days after that, the rest of the family was badly injured in a bombing of their home, Jumana’s brother-in-law required double amputation! They are raising money for all 16 members of the family to escape. They are vetted by association as said by a-shade-of-blue here. Their campaign is here. $24,374 / $60,000 +$276 since last week!

Najouha-family || Ahmed has been without his wife and child for almost a year now after they were separated in north Gaza. Ahmed’s campaign has been shared by the gaza-evacuation-funds blog, but now he is closing the GoFundMe and raising funds through paypal instead! His family’s campaign is here. €256 / €10,000 +€144 since last week!

Ezzaldeens-blog || Ezz has been active on social media (instagram) since 2021. I don’t have instagram so I’m unable to see if his instagram is still active, but it should be ezz.al.20.din there. A-shade-of-blue has posted links vetting him by association here. The link to his family’s campaign is here. €4,745 / €20,000 Unfortunately his blog has been deleted and his campaign is currently CLOSED to new donations! No news this week :(

Hosamhammad || Hosam has a fundraiser for his family, especially his little brother Ibrahim, who has down syndrome. They are very close to their 125,000 goal! I don’t believe they’ve been vetted on Tumblr, but they post on TikTok a lot according to notes on their posts. Their campaign is here. €147,645 / €150,000 +€104 since last week!

More below 👇

Khalid-sisters (blog terminated) || Najwa, Jana, Farah, and Maryam are the sisters of Khalid Ash-Shawwah who was martyred on July 31st. A-shade-of-blue posts here about their vetting. 90-Ghost has reblogged their post here. Their campaign is here. $6,515 / $15,000 +$65 since last week!

Alamoudi-ghazi || Ghazi is on the Gazavetters vetted fundraiser list at #89. He is also a friend of another vetted palestinian (savepalestineinfamily19) which you can see proof here. His campaign is here. €3,046 / €10,000 +€226 since last week!

Samarsh11 & Hashemsamar || Samar and her husband Hashem have both had to remake their accounts because of losing access or them being deleted. They have a child born during the war as well, and need assistance to keep themselves safe. They have been vetted and 90-Ghost reblogged their post here. Their campaign is here. €17,471 / €45,000 +€824 since last week!

Odayfamily (formerly Oday-alanqar1) || Oday has had a really bad time with GoFundMe, and all of the money he raised got accidentally refunded! He’s #261 on el-shab-hussein and nabulsi’s vetted fundraiser list. His campaign is here. €19,885 / €50,000 +€4,034 since last week! Nice!!

Asmaamajed2 || Asmaa is a college student majoring in computer sciences and she’s been fundraising since JUNE without meeting even half of her goal. Her campaign has been reblogged by 90-Ghost and promoted on banyulepalestineactiongroup on instagram. Her campaign is here. $11,263 / $50,000 +$66 since last week!

Familygazaamal1 || Amal’s family is raising money for her newborn nephew’s medical treatment. This account was remade, I got an ask from the previous blog but that one has been suspended and the one linked is the current one. She is a relative of asmaamajed2 which you can read here, and the campaign is also #55 on gazavetter’s fundraiser list. You can find her campaign here. $7,810 / $30,000 +$210 since last week!

Moomensblog || Moomen has remade his account after being deleted. Moomen has been verified! Gaza-evacuation-funds has posted their daily vetted fundraisers here, featuring Moomen’s campaign! If you’re comfortable donating, you can find his campaign here. €1,621 / €30,000 +€35 since last week!

Nevinalser || Nevin is trying to help her family, including her baby born during the war, escape from Gaza. She is number #314 on el-shab-hussein and nabulsi’s fundraiser list and her campaign has been posted by the gaza-evacuation-funds blog. You can find her campaign here. €3,093 / €50,000 +€137 since last week!

Omar06hamaad || Omar and his family are trying desperately to leave Gaza after their house was destroyed. They can hardly afford food and water. The campaign has been reblogged by 90-Ghost but as far as I know is not on any spreadsheets. His campaign is here. €13,713 / €25,000 +€4,330 since last week! Huge!!!

Nona0 || Alaa is a single mother of 3 who lives with her elderly mother and her siblings, including their children as well. Her campaign is vetted by association as she is a relative of save-amal-family who I have reblogged before, and has been reblogged by 90-ghost and is on the Butterfly Effect Project’s verified fundraiser list at #475. The link to the campaign is here. €430 / €20,000 +€10 since last week! Her campaign is stagnating!!

Selinps1 || Seline’s family managed to escape Gaza into Egypt, but have no money nor a safe place to live. Seline’s campaign hasn’t been officially vetted as far as I’m aware, but her campaign is donation protected and the reverse-image search (RIS) for her pictures came back clean. The campaign is here. $9,137 / $70,000 +$260 since last week! I will check back periodically if this becomes vetted by anyone!

Rabah1monis & Monis-family || Monis is Rabah’s father, trying to help his family escape Gaza and pursue cancer treatment. They need a lot of help. Rabah’s campaign was reblogged by 90-Ghost and verified. His campaign is here. $15,834 / $41,300 +$3,507 since last week!

Abdallahblog0 || Abdallah was a university student before the war, but now he is trying to raise funds to help his family escape from death. He has been vetted by 90-Ghost who reblogged a post from a previous blog of his, and #315 on el-shab-hussein and nabulsi’s vetted fundraiser list. His GoFundMe can be found here, though he has other methods of donating on his page. GFM: $3,200 / $30,000 +$105 since last week!

Almoghaniosama || Osama’s campaign is a little different than most. He’s an activist working with a team of people on the ground to provide aid, “A Sign Of Hope”. He’s been vetted by Gazavetters, and is #209 on their spreadsheet (I ran out of links to use :( you can see it on some other campaigns here). Here is the campaign link. €344 / €90,000 +€8 since last week!

Mohamednaser1995 || Mohammed’s entire family was killed during the war, and now he desperately needs help to escape Gaza. His post was reblogged by 90-Ghost. Here is his campaign. $2,293 / $10,000 +$397 since last week!

Mohammednasser || A very similar name to the above but a completely different person. Mohammed is a 17 year old trying to escape Gaza with his family, including his 7 siblings. He is not verified, but his reverse-image search only had matches to what appears to be an old blog of his (mohammednaser-blog). His campaign is donation protected as well. You can find it here. €7,733 / €38,000 +€60 since last week! I will check back periodically if this becomes vetted by anyone!

Nuha369murad || Nuha is a mother of three whose family has been stubbornly persevering through several wars since the year 2000! This has been the most difficult one though, and they need assistance. Nuha’s campaign is now vetted!! She is #157 on the Gazavetters spreadsheet! You can find the campaign here. $1,110 / $55,000 +$92 since last week!

Ahed-family2 / Marah2002 || Ahed is raising money for his family to finally escape the war in Gaza and cross to Egypt where his uncle Mahmoud is residing. Ahed’s family’s campaign was verified and reblogged by 90-Ghost. You can find the campaign here. $5,472 / $40,000 +$80 since last week!

Yazanfamilly / Yazanfamily2 || Mohammed and Basma are trying to get to safety with their two young children. Since the war, they’ve relocated 5 times, but faced increased danger each time. Unfortunately two of the links verifying the campaign lead to communistchilchuck’s deleted (?) blog, and no longer works. But northgazaupdates shared it, which you can see here. The campaign is here. €18,128 / €50,000 +€170 since last week!

A-t-m-r-salama / Ameersalama2020 || Mohammad, Rana, and their two young children, Amir and Taim, were heavily injured by the bombings and war in Gaza. They need money for medical assistance, food, basic necesseties, and to escape to Egypt! They’ve been vetted by association to dodooomar (which a-shade-of-blue shows here). The link to the campaign is here. kr35,859 SEK / kr200,000 SEK +kr756 SEK since last week!

(Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)

[shotgunrider428]

Urgent Humanitarian Relief for Evacuation from Gaza

Dear friends, supporters of humanitarian causes,

I am Mohammed Emad, and I write to you with a heavy heart and a plea for urgent assistance during this time of unprecedented crisis for my family.

For the past nine months, we have been caught in the relentless crossfire of conflict in Gaza. Our once peaceful home in Khanyounis has been reduced to rubble, and we now find ourselves displaced in mawasi khanywns, living in dire conditions in a makeshift tent on the streets. The war has not only robbed us of our physical shelter but has also destroyed our dreams to live normally. The daily struggle for survival is compounded by the scarcity of basic necessities such as clean water, adequate sanitation, and essential medical supplies.

Our primary objective now is to ensure the safety and well-being of my loved ones through their urgent evacuation from Gaza. This campaign is our lifeline, aimed at raising critical funds to cover immediate expenses. These include exorbitant border crossing fees, transportation arrangements to a place of safety, and essential provisions to sustain us during the precarious journey ahead.

Your compassionate support, regardless of the amount, will make an immediate and tangible impact on our lives. By contributing to this campaign, you are not only providing financial assistance but also offering hope for a future free from fear and uncertainty. Your generosity will empower us to rebuild our lives with dignity and security, beyond the devastation we have endured.

I humbly ask for your solidarity and compassion in our cause. Please consider donating to our campaign and sharing our story within your network. Your voice has the power to amplify our plea and reach individuals who may be able to assist during this critical time of need،We have been in danger for a long time and have not reached our goal. My family and I are in danger. I ask for your support, even if it is just a little

Thank you deeply for your kindness and generosity. Your support is a lifeline we desperately need, and we will forever be grateful for your empathy during this challenging chapter of our lives.

With heartfelt appreciation and hope, Mohammed and family

Of course! I'll support however I can, starting with this. To everyone seeing this, here's the link to Mohammed's GoFundMe:

Please donate and support if possible! If you're unable to at this time, then at least reblog to help spread awareness!

I made sure to check if it was vetted and it seems like it is. According to peoples notes on Mohammed's blog, @90-ghost confirmed the campaign as legitimate, just when it was under a now terminated account. I wasn't able to find anything else on it myself, but there aren't any red flags either, so I'm trusting peoples' word on it!

I wish the best for you and your family, and that you're able to meet your goal!

[artemis-pendragon]

SPOTTING SCAMS VS LEGIT FUNDRAISERS

Hi everyone! So I think a lot of us have noticed donations to Palestine campaigns dropping off over the past couple months, and aside from compassion fatigue and the biggest donators running low on funds, I think this is due to the prevelance of scams using the Palestinian genocide for profit. People (including me) have become warier of donation posts, and vetting takes time that some people might not have.

So! Here's what I've learned about spotting scams vs legit fundraisers! Hope this is helpful to some of y'all ❤️

GoFundMe based. I have been through the GoFundMe vetting process with three different families now and GFM is insanely thorough, requiring legal documentation for all beneficiaries. They do not fuck around.

Blog has been in use for a while and has consistent content that is not stolen from another fundraiser. Doing a reverse image or text search to make sure the donation link matches up with the post's story is an easy way to verify this!

Check the notes to see if anyone else has flagged it as a scam, but do your own vetting even so. Legitimate fundraisers are being skipped over because people assume that every message in their inbox is a scam.

If you can, and especially if you're planning to donate a lot of money to a single fundraiser, get in direct contact with the poster. Scammers either won't engage or will eventually slip up and expose themselves once you start a conversation with them. When in doubt, go straight to the source!

If anyone has more tips for spotting scams vs legit fundraisers, please add them on! It sucks that we have to deal with these horrible people taking advantage of a literal genocide, but we can't let it discourage us from supporting those truly in need. It's just one more hoop to jump through, but we as a community and as individuals can do this. Love you all and thank you for caring 💗🇵🇸

Btw here's the MASTERLIST OF VETTED CAMPAIGNS

And the SCAM-TRACKER LIST

[mitskistevens]

ATTENTION PEOPLE OF TUMBLR! If you support Palestine and want to help its people escape Gaza, read this post.

I've recently been trying to get more involved with Operation Olive Branch, an organization that amplifies the voices of Palestinian families trying to leave the country and gives people resources to go help them. I'm now going to start a series where every Saturday, I post information on a new family on the list, and I can give you all the resources you might need to help.

This is installment #1. I used a random number generator to find the family I could cover first, and it landed on line #315.

In this line, you are helping to evacuate 4 people: Samah, 34; her husband, Ramez, 36; her daughter, Lara, 13; and her son, Yamen, 9.

This is the page I was brought to. I'll paste the link to this at the end of this post. Here is the description of the GoFundMe:

This family needs €30,000 to escape. Unfortunately, they've only raised €565, which is only 1.8% of their goal!

The family needs way more money than they've been getting to leave Gaza and start anew. We need to bost this up! To do so, you should do one of these three jobs (or two or three, you decide)

1. Amplify

Reblogs, comments, likes to spread this post around

Reads the full post to give the original poster a moment of their time

Tries to get more people involved

Spreads the message everywhere

2. Post

Makes their own video on the subject

Makes sure the message spreads like wildfire

Uses everything they can to make sure people see the post

3. Fund

Sends money to the family

Checks the spreadsheet and sends money to more families in need, not just the ones that are showcased in the original post

Also donates to other charities, like stuff going to Congo and Sudan

Makes sure that the family has enough funding to get out of their situation

While amplifying is the easiest job to take, if you are able to donate, please donate, even if it's $5. Everything matters. You can donate the bare minimum or the bare maximum. It will all go a long way.

The person running this campaign is Samah's sister, Eman. If you want more updates on the situation, please follow her on Instagram. The link is:

Here is a link to the GoFundMe:

And here's a link to the Operation Olive Branch spreadsheet, where you can find Samah's story and the stories of many other Palestinian families.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vtMLLOzuc6GpkFySyVtKQOY2j-Vvg0UsChMCFst_WLA/htmlview

If you are able to, please get involved in Operation Olive Branch. While it may seem successful, there seems to be only a few people that are really involved. Do your share and help save Palestinian lives!

To end this on a somewhat high note, here are some images of Yamen and Lara, the children you will be saving with your donation. These images and more can be found in the GoFundMe.

Thank you for your time, see you on Saturday. Free Palestine! 🇵🇸

[girldraki]

[aquittaristicenigma]

Here’s my fourth post on Palestinians that have reached out to me and their posts/GoFundMes!

If you want to see the third post(which also has the first and second post), Click here!

@save-ahmed-family1, along with their post and GoFundMe €777 raised of €20,000 goal

@aladdin97, along with his post and GoFundMe €14,846 raised of €40,000 goal He also draws art on his tumblr blog, so please take a moment to look at them and support his art as well!

@mones1998gaza, along with their post and GoFundMe $175 raised of $20,000 goal Note: Their post or GoFundMe hasn’t been verified yet, but the GoFundMe is Donation Protected. With that being said, please be careful when spreading this around and/or donating!

@ahmedhelllis, along with their GoFundMe €9,124 raised of €80,000 goal (They’ve already been mentioned in my thread and had the same post linked back to their original account, so I just put up the GoFundMe only.)

@osama-family, along with their post and GoFundMe £646 raised of £50,000 goal Note: This hasn’t been verified yet, but the comments are pointing out that this looks legit and that the images are original, so please do check the comments out to see for yourself.

@musababed, along with their GoFundMe £4,361 raised of £8,000 goal This is also a Palestinian from another post, so I’ve decided to spread their GoFundMe only, since they have the same post as last time.

@safaa18mero, along with their GoFundMe $9,424 raised of $75,000 goal

Please help these people out! It would mean the world to them!

[staticespace]

[ID: Several screen captures showing Tumblr users talking about the Palestinian inbox messages and the feedback they have gotten for calling them all scams.

Image 1: A message by Tumblr user javert, made on August 2, 2024, at 9:28 PM:

"@ triviallytrue @ yaoist i'm very sorry that you both been caught in the crossfire of everybody's beef with me {blank face ascii}"

Image 2: A post by Tumblr user yaoist, made on August 2, 2024, at 10:56 AM:

"hi guuuys it's me, Ahmed Gazan, I have five small children and seven grandparents and fifteen cats who are all {caps} literally {end caps} going to be liquidated on the sand unless you give me $50 {caps} right now {end caps} to go to egypt. donate to me at paypal.eu/getscammed {caps} Ignore if you are a monster repost to fight imperialism {end caps}

"!!! this post was vetted by real american patriots!!!"

A reply by goopiespoops was made to the post above, saying

"literally my entire askbox"

End ID]

It's really disappointing to see their names lit up in green.

Safe for presumably white trans people but not for POC facing an apartheid regime.

...Anyway.

To make a positive on this post, here's some actual red flags to look for:

The person says they are vetted, but they do not say who vetted them (biggest red flag).

The person says they are vetted, but the person they say vetted them did not reblog any of their aid posts or make a post featuring them. You can check this by clicking the four circles in the notes section and seeing the web of reblogs. The spots in the center are where many reblogs come from. One of the spots should generally be the person who vetted them. If there's only one web, you have reason to suspect it may be a scam.

They link to a PayPal, which doesn't show how much they've gotten donated to them and doesn't have as much donation protection, instead of a GoFundMe, which does show how much has been donated to them and has refund protections in case of any scams and/or fundraising issues (it literally says it on the front page of the GoFundMe, it's not that hard).

You reverse search their profile picture, and if it shows up on various blogs, the name they use *in their aid posts* is different.

They use guilt tactics (you will be killing my family if you don't help) versus attempts to appeal to your sympathy/empathy/compassion (please consider donating to help my family escape, here's who they are and what they look like).

They try to use rushing tactics (donate now or I will die) instead of calls to action (please donate if you can or spread my message). However, considering the severity of the issue, I cannot say all genuine messages would not utilize some rushing tactics, hence its lower place on the list.

They say they only need a few hundred dollars instead of thousands (not always a red flag, but I find that legitimate fundraisers need thousands, not, like $300).

There are people attempting to use the tragedy in Palestine to grift you.

However, do not let them eliminate your kindness or your attention to detail. Be kind and take no shit.

in case anyone was wondering if maybe we're being a little too mean to these people

[hypermuffy]

Dear Supporter,

I hope this message finds you and your family in good health. My name is Eman Zaqout from Gaza. I am reaching you out to seek your urgent help in spreading the word about our fundraiser. I lost both my home and my job due to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and we are facing catastrophic living conditions. 💔

I kindly ask you to visit my campaign. Your support, whether through donating or sharing, will help us reach more people who can make a difference. Thank you for your continued support for the Palestinian cause. Your dedication brings us closer to freedom. 🙏🕊

Note: Verified by several people as 90-ghost and aces-and-angels. ☑

Hey guys!!! Again, here’s a family that’s reaching out for help!

https://gofund.me/0fbc16a

More info under the cut!

As you can see, the blog above reached out to ask for help. Please check out Eman out by checking out her account or the link I posted

She’s getting closer and closer to her goal!

A user or TikTok Yuval (@/yuvaltheterrible) uses a concept where if you have $1000+ in ur bank account, you can check if you can donate at least $5, and less, check if you can donate at least $1.

please consider helping out this family!

[risoria]

PSA about some scam fundraisers I saw today:

This is simply to inform people of my findings, as the rabbit hole just got deeper and deeper. Note that this is the FIRST time I have noticed fundraisers that might be scams in all of these months, I absolutely don't want anyone to use this as a convenient excuse for not sharing or donating legitimate fundraisers. I know it's not easy, but it's important to double check everything yourself and use your logic. Most often its obvious - copied images, copied text, odd details etc. HOWEVER, and this is very important, just because a text reads as a bit odd or is the same general intro/ending as another text, or says its verified on here but its not, doesnt necessarily mean it is a scam!!! Please remember that not all Palestinians speak english, some people are also elderly or very young - so it's understandable that they will use bits of text sometimes that they've seen in another fundraiser or post, etc.

Personally, I would rather err on the side of... accidentally giving a scammer a small bit of my money, instead of being too afraid to be scammed and not donating at all to the legitimate fundraisers of people in grave need.

I just want to share what I found and hopefully people will find this post helpful! Sorry it's so long.

This all started with this fundraiser by a man named Walid, he currently has €1,339 raised of €50,000 target. It is unvetted, this is what I've found: Images are original and i've searched the entire donation text to the best of my ability, it is largely original but some parts are also used in another fundraiser, see below. Furthermore Walid has an instagram with posts that go back to long before october 2023, and you can see his old selfies of the same person as in the gofundme. Link to the instagram, LINK TO WALID'S FUNDRAISER, and link to his tumblr post.

Ok so, for the text. This is Walid's text compared to this fundraiser by a man named Muhammad. (The two images in Muhammed's fundraiser are original.)

You can see how the texts are mostly different except for the very general text, that is highlighted. The ending text is also similar - but again, this is simply general text.

You can see how the rest of the texts are specific for each fundraiser with regards to the names etc. I don't necessarily believe one of these fundraisers has to be a scam - again, remember that not everyone is fluent in English!

Ok, here is the rest of the rabbit hole, which all came from this one picture:

Image searching the picture of the fireplace in Walid's tumblr post leads to the first probable scam: link, has 0 money raised thank god, the profile picture looks like a white man (i'm not certain but tbh, I don't think it makes much difference). Some obvious red flags: a man named Dean Trevor James has a Palestinian brother, that the text is the exact copy of another scam I will post below, that the pictures come from other fundraisers etc

I searched the first picture of the child and it led me to another fundraiser by a woman named Susan, also... with a Palestinian brother... link. Flags: same text and same pictures as in Dean's fundraiser, the very last line mentions an instagram acct (of who I assume is the mother in this scenario), it doesnt exist, though, there is one with a similar handle that's private.

The little child in the pink clothes that's in both of these fundraiser is from an instagram account of a Palestinian family that looks very legitimate, with two children actually named Alma and Hamood! This is likely one of the sources the scam has used. This is their instagram, it seems they havent been active in a little while and I can't find a link to their fundraiser, unfortunately. :( Let's pray they are alright.

EDIT: ok i started this but just found more and more fundraisers with the same text slightly altered, and now I feel like I am losing my mind as it just continues so I will try to summarize everything here:

Searched the beginning of the texts, and found at least two more actual gofundmes with the same text but slightly altered with different names. I will show them below:

This fundraiser by a man named Khaled. It is very hard to know if it's legitimate - all pictures are original, with no RIS results. This is the only text, it ends there. link.

This other fundraiser by a man named Fadi. link. The pictures are all original, save for one. The text continues and is longer.

However, it is the same as this other text, from another fundraiser by someone named Doaa: link. I do NOT know exactly which of these fundraisers are legitimate, most of them have original pictures but the same texts, I assume there has to be one that is a legitimate source of course but I honestly can't really tell which one. Doaa is on tumblr though and has posted videos, that much google tells me: link to her tumblr.

So, I have searched different parts of texts from all these different fundraisers and they overlap. I originally thought some were all original but it turns out thats not the case:

Doaa's:

Fadi's:

I also searched another bit of text further down and it led me to another fundraiser by a name named Ibrahim, link. It is basically the same as in the Dean/Susan ones, but slightly different. This is expected of course. However, as you can see Ibrahim's text is the same as Doaa's, only slightly altered. I will post comparisons below.

Dean + Susan:

Ibrahims (l) and Doaa’s (r):

The pictures in Ibrahim's fundraiser are all original. However another bit of text is also the same as another unrelated fundraiser, by a man named Ahmed. This gofundme has a long text which is original as far as i can see... for now..., and it has only one picture, which is original.

Ahmed's text: (link)

And Ibrahim's text:

I don't really know how to make heads or tails of any of these gofundmes, but that was it I think.

Tagging just for reach, hope it is alright! @c-u-c-koo-4-40k

[tousakamis]

Hello my friends,

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸❤🤍💚🖤

I am Mohammed Ayyad from Gaza Al-Shuja'iyya

,

I have sought refuge with you because of the devastating war that caused me to lose my home and my mother and we were displaced from one place to another and lost my children's future and there is a severe shortage of basic materials,

I have sought refuge with you so that I can provide a decent and safe life for me and my family consisting of my wife and my children Yasser, Omar, Maryam, Jana and Sarah, each of them has dreams but unfortunately they have lost hope and despair is controlling them,

I hope that you will stand by us either by donating if possible or sharing widely,

Thank you very much

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸❤🤍💚🖤

noting that my son Omar has a Tumblr account under the name @m430235341 and it was checked and I had an account under the name @mohammadayyad and it was also checked but I was surprised today that it was banned so today I created a new account under the name @mohammadyaser1980, please check it and thank you 5, @mohammadayyad’s fundraiser. As of posting they’ve been able to raise €12,143 of their €35,000 goal.This fundraiser has been vetted by @/inthefaceofada

https://gofund.me/e7c7528a

hello mohammed, i will share this now. to any who see this, this is a verified gofundme from a palestinian who has already has his accounts taken down.

Donation Campaign (13,000 of 35,000 as of posting): https://gofund.me/e7c7528a