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tbean555 · 7 months ago

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import requests

from requests_oauthlib import OAuth1

import json

import time

from selenium import webdriver

#from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

#from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options

import pickle

from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait

from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains

import pyperclip

import re

CONSUMER_KEY1 = 'IPTeKkiLSZ2wQ1io5vo5G37AN2thcbSwXOJgqL4SjHV2wLoNce'

CONSUMER_SECRET1 = 'lE97QdUIAj7svMGDznbcxmsFubj1iIr06hHJ4cLGCaM2wedIio'

TOKEN1 = 'wovWkA5KSv6XAbMvf5gkAr2V0hGyoRpxbdgM0uoN6qsSzg5OsI'

TOKEN_SECRET1 = 'gkDd6pBbvsPbUp0Eh95AQQp2CQi5qFzKNtvJ0qPo0far60BqxD'

CONSUMER_KEY2 = 'wye8qq5zYT875se51OwUNwPaUvFjvE5ONkzYZ2nsgkoEXnUQfv'

CONSUMER_SECRET2 = 'QxLe87coDa0NFzCZRS4KR6gOCxRIEzMqLzOVrH0hc1CVsUjJ35'

TOKEN2 = 'fweQkfHHtNWgWiS8KOOFA6bzljfA47cldg44FkljdUbtaV51Uz'

TOKEN_SECRET2 = 'l9uS5eLJ2XkRb8D93avCUTeLdxp6m8zDwUTTClgpNZjDGHYMFc'

CONSUMER_KEY3 = 'ncRYD9hDIu0uV1tFk2bTxm2F3UDuZ1kM6gsTKO7TAIv9ZQ3rcW'

CONSUMER_SECRET3 = '94lTdrh6izgyqP79aSI0HpBSvLAg4PiNRzYEHZTxGWrhWsr4MJ'

TOKEN3 = 'vdPho0RVxZANZKVV02HzKKGDVbwMbMNdDckj1dy6GEqIXPvsX3'

TOKEN_SECRET3 = '4f7Wfm8oc4mZ94BEH2z9P7fcOHt1tm8AoI3LoAThfKsZ1gWFSz'

CONSUMER_KEY4 = 'DlxRlCcwuOEaJmXJC9h82KZyXeiDkMNquBgjz8lGmhFPlGSXWC'

CONSUMER_SECRET4 = 'GaCPW8HgZmMgjoYBCZq1hM4WURI4rdkMmhEG3ZUFKKkhlqUhsA'

TOKEN4 = 'Grz7XulaahriKaSsKXpz7rhiIDcHYJEKdhTDFP4K2kgffI8OYW'

TOKEN_SECRET4 = 'Z43XPCG3oO0c5yhfeolnWFIfHNecacBj2UWlNOOhH0gC7BvHR1'

CONSUMER_KEY5 = 'U9XOceuIRsZDRX4nijsq4hRF8vYkV9oV3KI4s3Hd5c3qyj3Ju5'

CONSUMER_SECRET5 = 'jhvH4rtCQaxhppqsVFHYMkKH5XmEE8DTl1OoVp92US0NocFYRp'

TOKEN5 = 'FtQ4dELUGTXbcPADFUZ4Np6hCGtssib6jaNAh0pakf9lhRyoav'

TOKEN_SECRET5 = 'QsBNONs4WBUcexCttLtiK9NfMYmMI8drn5zE9klWdV9Jpr5j6p'

CONSUMER_KEY6 = 'fqxBO8r2dzNd3B2AwJYkeeNpaPJf4jYxepk6QRsYXSUQvgQe6P'

CONSUMER_SECRET6 = 'a7ssUOJ49O1UYjFbIMgPptkNPmes02jqIaagHxI3LCXpbsbXNf'

TOKEN6 = '33lLoMHRRPKMdPF3l4OGY0DR2iMcHz2pCjU6HQ1y6eIPbb0YjF'

TOKEN_SECRET6 = 'mXdCfLsc3KnsEQwBtKzBTHd0ELbc04OVM9nNZxgXHG1yjjYMBm'

CONSUMER_KEY7 = 'myrSgr7l4eQPnJIqMWPLahkKjlwqwJX6RGe4DLlo5b1xSoDRew'

CONSUMER_SECRET7 = 'JmfaYsSsRjILkN1cxYbNvj6D1dpu2TGZ231bR1YgcbUMJzUkt0'

TOKEN7 = '3WexbXhyrMcNFp0s1sxYU8AbAz2XQxapRLLbmcMMP4JbkuQh0L'

TOKEN_SECRET7 = 'BCfnxFnSETaMLDoPXNbpB5j8LY7yqqTpTUqlryF90XPj90Mt2f'

CONSUMER_KEY8 = 'VajsqgflNq69oqMnZPZ7RUB2qWrMeMxMsbuCVf8aMvzZwrJVmN'

CONSUMER_SECRET8 = 'lb5MlJDYkc8bwWlA0vcbTb0Y4t4FDR4f9crCstYkOqoTrtfRUK'

TOKEN8 = 'bC7a0aQFtj1b13DTMLZc3C1vcSEFlKpPE6M9ZmplzA5M9lTRKg'

TOKEN_SECRET8 = 'p9lBW4lie3xvjRG7hwFx792Ph4cbiEYsSJS6p78ZADp0o5lG4Q'

CONSUMER_KEY9 = 'Bzs1HCGvT6fmf1wSxDiPTzRPSoeYfTagNLvmfqTwDzl0WgOThA'

CONSUMER_SECRET9 = '5dofzNtfuDEQ1Djopom0SM8oJJXb2UMo4QTybSgp7ozqEor5DA'

TOKEN9 = '4raMK9TpraIb8ioGotcFJ9CsA9QjI7w2nHhRePGUIGehBMmF4X'

TOKEN_SECRET9 = '2ZRtnGjX8eRH0zbq8xH7Qn0u3aPpXZyNcbwkOkFxwAtFWyAHq0'

# Tumblr API endpoints

BASE_URL = "https://api.tumblr.com/v2"

SENT_ASKS_FILE = "sent_asks.json"

#BLOG_NAME = "nabulsi"

#POST_ID = "754393532315353089"

ASK_MESSAGE = ("I know for sure that you can't help all families from Gaza that want to be evacuated from here but at least you can help those who come across your life. You have no idea how mentally and emotionally tiring this is. Asking for help is not easy. But when thinking that the price is my family's life and getting out of here safely, it just pushes me more and more to do this until i reach my goal, be able to attend my university abroad and achieve my doctoral degree dream after awarding prestigious PhD fellowship. Please donate and share to support us standing at this hard time.\n https://gofund.me/d597b8e2")

# = ""

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()

options.add_argument("--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled")

options.add_experimental_option('excludeSwitches', ['enable-automation'])

options.add_experimental_option('useAutomationExtension', False)

options.page_load_strategy = 'none' #eager

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

# driver.execute_cdp_cmd("Page.addScriptToEvaluateOnNewDocument", {

# "source": """

# Object.defineProperty(navigator, 'webdriver', {

# get: () => undefined

# })

# """

# })

driver.set_window_size(400, 400)

def extract_info(url):

pattern = r"tumblr\.com/([^/]+)/(\d+)"

match = re.search(pattern, url)

if match:

username = match.group(1)

post_id = match.group(2)

return username, post_id

else:

return None, None

def load_sent_asks():

try:

with open(SENT_ASKS_FILE, 'r') as file:

sent_asks = json.load(file)

print(f"Loaded sent asks: The current is: {len(sent_asks)}")

return sent_asks

except FileNotFoundError:

print("No sent asks file found, starting fresh.")

return []

def save_sent_asks(sent_asks):

with open(SENT_ASKS_FILE, 'w') as file:

json.dump(sent_asks, file)

def get_reblogs(after=None, auth=None, BLOG_NAME = None, POST_ID = None):

url = f"{BASE_URL}/blog/{BLOG_NAME}/notes?id={POST_ID}&mode=likes&limit=20" #reblogs

if after:

url += f"&after={after}"

print(f"Fetching reblogs from URL: {url}")

while True:

try:

response = requests.get(url, auth=auth)

response.raise_for_status()

return response.json()

except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:

print(f"Network error: Retrying in 10 seconds... {e}")

time.sleep(10)

def send_ask(account_name):

print(f"Sending ask to {account_name}")

driver.implicitly_wait(15)

while True:

try:

driver.get(f"https://www.tumblr.com/new/ask/{account_name}")

try:

field = driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#glass-container > div > div > div > div > div > div > div.Y21sU > div > div.oDBam > div:nth-child(2) > div > div:nth-child(4) > div.block-editor-writing-flow > div > div')

field.send_keys("\n")

except:

print("hmmm")

continue

actions = ActionChains(driver)

actions.key_down(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL).send_keys('v').key_up(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL).perform()

askselector = '#glass-container > div > div > div > div > div > div > div.Y21sU > div > div.Q1jRN > div > div > div > button > span'

ask = driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, askselector)

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(lambda s : EC.element_to_be_clickable(ask))

ask.click()

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.invisibility_of_element_located(ask))

break

except Exception as e:

print(f"I think it's network error, retrying in 10 secs: {e}")

driver.refresh()

time.sleep(10)

def login():

try:

with open('cookies.pkl', 'rb') as file:

cookies = pickle.load(file)

for cookie in cookies:

driver.add_cookie(cookie)

#driver.refresh()

except FileNotFoundError:

print("No cookies, start fresh")

driver.get('https://www.tumblr.com/login')

if driver.current_url == 'https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard':

print("Redirected to dashboard")

else:

print("Log in to Tumblr...")

while True:

if driver.current_url == "https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard":

updatecookies()

return

else:

time.sleep(4)

def updatecookies():

cookies = driver.get_cookies()

with open('cookies.pkl', 'wb') as file:

pickle.dump(cookies, file)

# def print_cookie_expiry(cookies):

# for cookie in cookies:

# name = cookie.get('name')

# expiry = cookie.get('expiry')

# if expiry:

# expiry_time = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', time.localtime(expiry))

# print(f"Cookie: {name}, Expires at: {expiry_time}")

# else:

# print(f"Cookie: {name}, No expiry date")

def main():

print("Starting script...")

sent_asks = load_sent_asks()

previousSave = len(sent_asks)

after = None

i = int(input("Write the app number: "))

if i == 1:

auth = OAuth1(CONSUMER_KEY1, CONSUMER_SECRET1, TOKEN1, TOKEN_SECRET1)

elif i == 2:

auth = OAuth1(CONSUMER_KEY2, CONSUMER_SECRET2, TOKEN2, TOKEN_SECRET2)

elif i == 3:

auth = OAuth1(CONSUMER_KEY3, CONSUMER_SECRET3, TOKEN3, TOKEN_SECRET3)

elif i == 4:

auth = OAuth1(CONSUMER_KEY4, CONSUMER_SECRET4, TOKEN4, TOKEN_SECRET4)

elif i == 5:

auth = OAuth1(CONSUMER_KEY5, CONSUMER_SECRET5, TOKEN5, TOKEN_SECRET5)

elif i == 6:

auth = OAuth1(CONSUMER_KEY6, CONSUMER_SECRET6, TOKEN6, TOKEN_SECRET6)

elif i == 7:

auth = OAuth1(CONSUMER_KEY7, CONSUMER_SECRET7, TOKEN7, TOKEN_SECRET7)

elif i == 8:

auth = OAuth1(CONSUMER_KEY8, CONSUMER_SECRET8, TOKEN8, TOKEN_SECRET8)

else:

auth = OAuth1(CONSUMER_KEY9, CONSUMER_SECRET9, TOKEN9, TOKEN_SECRET9)

url = input("Write the Post Link: ")

blogName, postID = extract_info(url)

driver.get('https://www.tumblr.com')

while True:

pyperclip.copy(ASK_MESSAGE)

data = get_reblogs(after=after, auth=auth, BLOG_NAME=blogName, POST_ID=postID)

reblogs = data.get('response', {}).get('notes', [])

if not reblogs:

break

for reblog in reblogs:

account_name = reblog['blog_name']

if account_name in sent_asks:

print(f"Already sent ask to {account_name}, skipping.")

continue

while True:

try:

url = f"https://api.tumblr.com/v2/blog/{account_name}/info"

response = requests.get(url, auth=auth)

if response.status_code == 200:

blog_info = response.json().get('response', {}).get('blog', {}).get('ask', False)

if blog_info:

send_ask(account_name)

sent_asks.append(account_name)

save_sent_asks(sent_asks)

else:

print(f"{account_name} doesn't accept asks")

else:

print(f"Request to {account_name} not available")

break

except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:

print(f"Network error: {e}. Retrying in 10 seconds...")

time.sleep(10)

updatecookies()

after = data.get('response', {}).get('_links', {}).get('next', {}).get('href')

if not after:

break

# url = f"https://api.tumblr.com/v2/blog/impossiblebool/info"

# response = requests.get(url, auth=auth)

# if response.status_code == 200:

# blog_info = response.json().get('response', {}).get('blog', {}).get('ask', False)

# send_ask("impossiblebool")

# else:

# return print(f"impossiblebool doesn't accept asks>>>>")

print(f"Script finished, new sent asks number: {len(sent_asks) - previousSave}")

input("Click Enter to quit")

if __name__ == "__main__":

main()

Uhhhhhhhh if anyone wants to figure out what this code is go nuts ig

#palestine #fake Palestine #scam blog #coding

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comparatist · 9 months ago

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Hello this a long shot call, am a citizen of Palestine. I am here to request for your support to help get my insulin (Humalog), just an injection for today to save my life please I beg.I was diagnosized with type 1 diabetes and due to current situation in Gaza I'm unable to get my insulin injection as a result I'm here begging for little financial support to help me purchase insulin for this week. Am sorry if am sending you again this request, kindly donate any amount please. My donation link is in my pinned post🇵🇸

and your donation link leads to a paypal account? not to a gofundme link? wow scammer! have some shame! people here are dying in palestine! your last post on the blog is literally 4hrs ago and your pinned post is just 4hrs ago. coincidence much? also, the last post is also the pinned one so guess that mass reblogging palestinian content didn’t help much! people who are struggling to take every breath, who are resisting in the face of a fucking genocide, you should be ashamed that you're using their name to scam people for money!

#scam #scammers #scam alert #donation scam #how to spot a scam blog #scam blog #do not donate money here #free palestine

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pendragyn · 1 year ago

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will you please help me with my fight against cancer? I had stage 4 Laryngeal Cancer, voicebox removed. Now I’m fighting the Lung Cancer. They found 4 cancer spots on my brain, I really need your help with fighting this Cancer in my brain, If you spare $1,2,3,4 or even $5 will help save a life. I appreciate anything

9 hour old scam blog sending me the same ask as the one I got last week from a different scam blog

#scams #scammers #phishing #scam blog #cancer

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spaghetti-and-ratsauce · 1 year ago

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Sooo

If someone with the Url @killjosblog dms you asking if you want a commission it is 100% a scam. The sample of "their" art they send you was actually done by @killjo-q and is of no relation to the real artist. I'd hate to see people getting scammed and paying for art that they would never receive. Stay safe friendos

#commission #scam commissions #scam blog

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dazedasian · 3 months ago

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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.

This is a scam. Don’t donate to her PayPal. Her whole platform is reblogs of other posts and her only link for donations is a PayPal with no information.

#scam awareness #scam blog #tumblr scam

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ladydanger420 · 3 months ago

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Hi, I hope you are doing well.🌹

Can you help by sharing my story, reblog, and donating if you can, to keep hope alive for me, I'm type 1 diabetes. I am calling on your humanity and kindness to help me donate to reach the goal of $340.

This amount will enable the approval of an insulin pump that will help me better control my diabetes. Although I am happy that I have been approved the hardest part is the money to pay for the pump and equipment, please your contribution is important. Thank you ��️❤️❤️

Different blog, exact same photos, blog posts only date to October 16.

I went back and checked the previous blog and at some point the amount raised on their pinned post dropped suddenly which is even more suspicious. Exact same story, exact same ask, but the names on the fundraisers are different. The previous blog still exists, if this was legitimate why would there be a different fundraiser and a different blog?

#asks #scam blog #scam alert

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luna-drinker · 6 months ago

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I am Wijdan, 43 years old, married, and my husband has been dead for nearly 8 years. I have 3 children: Hamza, 16 years old, Zakaria, 18 years old, and Israa, 24 years old. We were displaced about 12 times from one place to another and from one school to another, and in the end we are now in the tent in Mawasi Khan Yunis from Gaza Saadu. My family is able to obtain food, drink, food, clothing, transportation, and displacement from one place to another. Please, we need you. Help my children, they need you.

Can you donate please?

Link in bio

Too bad for you I know GoFundMe isn't supported in Gaza you scamming sonofabitch! Go get a job!

#they only have one post on their blog #scam blog #palestine scam #gaza scam

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phoenixofthestars · 11 months ago

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there will forever be two ghost asks because I neglected to answer them before the scam blog that sent them got deleted 🫠

#scam blog #scam blogs #scam alert #donation scam #my posts

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rhysofcourse · 1 year ago

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another scam blog

(oldest post is 1 day old)

#tumblr scam #donation scam #fundraiser scam #scam blog #all too easy

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unashamedly-enthusiastic · 1 year ago

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Tried to tip a tumblr blog at 1am and it was such a suspicious transaction it immediately put a full fraud freeze on my account

Fortunately, banks no longer just ask 'did you make that transaction' they want to make sure you weren't scammed into making that transaction and 5mins after their call will give away all your money anyway.

This is an honest to goodness life saving movement and I cannot be happier banks are adopting it

Unfortunately, it meant I had to have the most embarrassing financial call of my life

Me: Ah yeah I was just trying to tip a tumblr blog

Cash: right and were you directed there by a Facebook link? An Instagram advert?

Me: no I was just on tumblr...on purpose

Caah: and this person asked you for money?

Me: oh no they just had a funny story, which happened to be about money and I thought, "wouldn't it be funny if I tipped them"

Me: * covering a reblog by reblog update on the adventures my mutual was having *

Cash: okay I don't think that can actually happen though..

Me: It might not have, but i was happy to tip them just because it was funny

Cash: and how well do you think you know this person?

Me: *considers explaining how much I know about a beloved mutual without ever knowing their name or face* ... I have no idea who this person is

I think in the end Cash decided there was no saving me from myself

#Chase unblocked my card #But I did not come off well #But this is a good thing!#Be fraud aware!#Tipping a blog should be like handing money to someone in the street #Only do it if you can afford it and WANT TO and do not care what it goes on #It COULD be a scam #You've got to be alright with that #YOU DO NOT KNOW THESE PEOPLE #THE VET BILL ASKS ARE A SCAM #scams

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shadowfoxsilver · 10 months ago

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Some quick tips to spotting accounts that are pretending to be a Palestinian needing mutual aid. Please keep in mind that not all of them are scam accounts, and that some may legitimate blogs who just aren’t too knowledgeable on how tumblr works. This guide is based around what I go by when checking certain blogs and usually it’s a quick giveaway the blog is a scam.

Please read this post too from my other blog before you tell people don’t donate to gfms:

1. You was sent the ask as someone who regularly shares Palestine related content such as regular news updates of posts by other Palestinians who are regularly giving updates. You may also get these asks from sharing a popular post that is from the Palestine tag. If you post often about Palestine, you will always start getting these asks. These askers don’t care if you state don’t send the asks. They will anyway. Unfortunately minors also get sent asks.

2. The ask has odd formatting such as having odd quotation marks in it or unusual formatting that may indicate it’s been edited and copied from somewhere else. Often the ask is the same thing as the post itself minus a link to a donation site. These asks rarely change so searching it should pull up if it’s been sent to other bloggers and sometimes the asks are edited only to add new phrases to them in time.

3. The account is almost always a few days old or a week old or long depending on how often they have sent asks. Usually some may even be an hour old and reusing a familiar pfp/ask.

4. The blog has a few Palestine related posts or posts from random tags reblogged to pad out length and then no more. They will have no original posts besides the pinned post while occasionally answering asks that they may have received but otherwise nothing else and no further updates given either.

5. They may have a Linktree link that is called “GoFundMe” as if indicating they have a GoFundMe there. However, they don’t. When clicked on, the Linktree actually goes to a PayPal account whose name may not even match the one their supposed name is. They’ll say it’s a friend, but it’s just the same person not someone else. You’ll see this same name across multiple accounts after a while usually giving away it’s not legitimate even under a different theme.

6. The text used by the blogs are often real stories stolen from legitimate fundraisers and searching parts of it in your preferred search engine should pull up the sources. These sources make no mention of a tumblr account either or don’t have the PayPal account associated with them in the info. Scammers often impersonate a real person in need and will ignore you if you show them the source they copied from.

7. Legitimate Palestinians often link to their own GoFundMe posts that their friends have set up or post links to other social platforms they are found on. They will regularly post updates when possible, post sources to support them when necessary, and also generally have some method of verifying their legitimacy. They may often share links to support others as well or give links to charities that have been shown as reliable. They will have more original posts than just a single pinned one and regularly speak to other tumblr accounts beyond just an ask. Please don’t bother them with asks about possible scam accounts. There are many guides out there that can do that for you if you search. You may find verified fundraisers too.

8. Scammers don’t know anything about Palestine and will often have trouble once you ask them anything beyond the mutual aid post. They don’t know the languages decently and you can tell it pretty easily if you’re one who uses it regularly. Whatever the scammers use is often just copied off the site they got the post from. Sometimes the text is just reused from past scams such as asking for insulin that doesn’t last long.

9. These scammers can and will use names stolen off real Palestinians to look more legitimate and trustworthy. They change names constantly once one of their PayPal accounts is shut down.

10. If you do see a GoFundMe link on a blog, don’t immediately assume it’s a scam just because it’s a relatively new account. Check the post notes to see if anyone’s verified the account yet or wait a bit as it takes time. You likely can search around to see if anyone’s posted anything where the blog has been vetted by others. You may also see if the GoFundMe is referred to on other socials or on lists that compile verified and vetted fundraisers.

Please don’t let these scams deter you from sending support where it needs to go. Even if you can’t donate personally, there are other ways to help. If you are sending money, please make sure that it’s going to where it’s needed and the place it’s sent has been verified accordingly. If you find a blog is a scammer, and have been able to prove it, please make sure to alert anyone sharing the post and report the account.

#how to spot a scam blog #scam #Palestine #psa #important info #long post is long

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pendragyn · 1 year ago

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hi! I am desperately in need for help. I need my insulin to bring my blood sugar back down. It’s $300 That’s all I need. I’m not asking for a windfall, just a little help, please.

Be blessed 💓🙏🙏💓

DONATE AND SHARE.

2 day old scam blog doing digital black face for better phishing results, yet again.

@kyra45 @support

#scam blog #report and block #angrydreamfireyug #scammer #scams #scammers #phishing

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kyra45 · 11 months ago

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How to spot a scam blog

A very simple guide to figuring out if the blog messaging you is a scam:

Was you sent an ask within some time of sharing a specific type of post such as a trending topic or subject? - Usually scam accounts target particular posts and will spam asks to everyone who shared it. The ask may relate to certain events going on or more. These asks are always sent to many users all at once so it’s suggested to tumblr search part of the ask and see if its been sent by other accounts labeled as a scam or accounts with similar style.

Is the account relatively new? - More often than not, the accounts sending the asks are about a week old or even newer. They haven’t been made too long ago and often send asks within hours of being made. If you have timestamps turned on, you’ll be able to see the date something was posted. A fresher account is usually not going to be one who’s finding you unless they are searching tags and saw your blog.

How many posts are on the account? - Scam accounts rarely have many posts on their blogs beyond the initial pinned post. All their posts, being very few are very little, are most often just posts from a trending topic they looked up or a popular tag they decided to look through. They will share only a few and then make no further posts. This is to pad out their blog to make it look used but it’s easy to see how new the blog is if you scroll to the end.

Are the shared posts fitting a theme? - Scam accounts try to share posts based on the scam they’re trying to run. This means they’ll share posts related to the topic of their choosing and then stop once they’ve shared a few. Most of these posts come from the OP themselves and not from someone the blog is following though in rare cases they’ll find a person to reblog from so they don’t look suspicious.

Are the reblog dates accurate? - If you use timestamps, find a post the blog shared and check ‘Other notes’ and see if the reblog date matches the date that is listed on the blog itself. Often, scammers will backdate posts to make them look much older then they really are in an attempt to deceive people into thinking they’ve used tumblr for months or years.

Is the url auto-generated? - Not always seen from a scam account, but scammers often just use auto-generated usernames because it’s quick and easy to do. But real accounts may have these too. It’s just a thing to keep in mind.

Is the url familiar or similar to one you’ve seen before? - Scammers often try to copy their older accounts by using usernames based around previous scam attempts. It becomes obvious after about a while and usually makes it easy to figure out the scammer is back again. This isn’t always from scam accounts as regular accounts may do this for reasons.

How often do you get asks? - If you barely get asks and suddenly keep getting mutual aid asks it’s very likely you’re just a scammers latest target and they’ll keep spamming asks. This means you’ll consistently get the same style of asks from a brand new account that shouldn’t know you unless they found you in tags. You will keep getting these asks on a daily basis. You will eventually always get these asks.

Did they request you to message them directly? - On rare occasions a scam account will want you to send them a direct message and then they’ll just ask you for thousands of dollars on the spot.

Does your bio say no mutual aid asks? - Scammers don’t read/don’t care they will ignore that and send you asks anyway that won’t stop them.

Short version: More often than not the blog asking you for money is a scam if you don’t usually get asks for money from brand new accounts.

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