#scam busting

[vampirepiss]

Hi yall I'm a survivor of childhood sex trafficking from ages7 -16. I have chronic pain and a compromised immune system, I am in the streets fighting homelessness, humiliation. I am heartbroken going through very dark times, making daily life a struggle. Help me secure a safe and stable life. Now I'm looking for my own RV I try to raise $3800 but anything is appreciated🙏🙏

you've already tried this scam on me once. can you please stop? i dunno about you but i find that lying about being trafficked is disgusting.

for more information, visit @/kyra45 and look em up. this isn't the first time they've pulled this shtick. they've also scammed under the aliases: Edina Lazaro and Sara Homingo.

[lovinglapislazuli]

Hello! I hope you’re doing well. Unfortunately, one of the posts you reblogged, @/janeursural is a scammer. You can search up their name in the search bar, and it should load some posts exposing them. (But you can look here , here , and here ,for reference.) They are actually stealing the text from another fundraiser, with some minor changes.

You should make sure to check if the fundraiser is verified. Some scams will say they are verified, but they don’t say by who, which is one of the warning signs of a scammer. (Another tactic they use is that they say they're vetted by made up usernames. Always check the account in case they mention a name.) Paypal is commonly used by scammers, and scammers will always use a private account instead of a public donation pool where you can see the raised funds. (example of a donation pool) There are so many common signs of scams, so I just recommend reading this guide.

I recommend to follow kyra45 or anonthescambuster, they document scams.

Hopefully you can take your reblog down as to not mislead people.

If you want to share verified fundraisers, then please look at el-shab-hussein’s list. Or this post if you want specific fundraisers. Those are all vetted.

Hello, I already removed the reblog and while I already knew some of these tactics to bust scammers I will be even more careful now. Thank you for all these resourceful links.

[derzaungast]

Wie man auf Facebook bzw. im Fcebook-Messenger die Zeit vertreiben kann

Leider ist mir wieder ein schönes Geschäft durch die Lappen gegangen. Es ist schon ein Kreuz mit der Wohltätigkeit: man wird sein Geld einfach nicht los! Seltsam auch, das so viele Menschen (gerade auch Facebook-Kontakte!) dasselbe Problem zu haben scheinen. Dabei hätte ich Gré Stocker-Boon so gerne geholfen!

Noch seltsamer, dass die sympathische alte Dame nach meiner letzten Nachricht überhaupt nichts mehr von sich hören ließ…

[dakogutin]

beware of scammers posing as artists offering commissions

this user left a comment on my fic and followed up with this

their first comment (which i didnt include) already sounded bot-like (they talked only about the first scene and didn't leave comments on the other chapters despite saying my fic had 'great potential')

so i let them reach out to me on tumblr only to find an empty profile

so i browsed through their likes and found random posts from different fandoms. no themes or ships or anything.

very much bot behavior

then i found this warning under a post endorsing this person.

naturally i reached out. and they said this.

it's so disheartening that this exists in fandom spaces. i hope this would help caution others out there as i doubt it was a coincidence they reached out thru my ongoing fic that's fairly new and therefore has only a few hits and kudos-- making my profile vulnerable ig. i hope shtbags like them burn in hell:D

rb to spread the word

[sonicphobia0601]

Yo, @billiebustupofficial I hate being a pain in the butt but this website is fishy because... Well, I will let the screenshots talk for themselves.

This seems fishy. My mom bought one of these and I'm not exactly trusting it. My gut feeling is saying "Don't trust!"

Reasons why:

1. Let's start with the big red flag. The description here matches the description for the Makeship campaign (that I missed/got screwed over both times because first one I was too late and second one my then boyfriend made a promise and never fulfilled it) to a T.

2. The fact that "official" is in the name.

3. A suspected typo on the "join".

4. A suspicious lack of reviews.

5. The feeling that it was cobbled together.

6. The GITD Barnaby plush is completely absent (makes it suspicious. The campaign ended in what? January 2024?).

Yeah. It definitely looks suspicious.

If it's a knock off, then I know exactly what I'm calling it. No spoilers!

[naivety]

not to be an ass but if you're giving so much to fundraisers spread around on tumblr dot com that you're out of money that is a you problem. most are asking for single digit donations or a share for other people to decide of they want to do the same. if they are a scam, make sure you lose money you can stand to lose, and if not, 100 people who can afford to donate $5 each will add up real quick for someone who needs it and will absolutely not be a waste to anybody anywhere. if you have time and energy to research multiple fundraisers yourself, awesome, and if you don't, $1 or $5 or $10 is not going to kill you, unless it is, in which case, you can simply not donate! nobody has a gun to your head. ultimately it is your decision and your judgement call if that's something you can afford to spend, scam or otherwise, vetted yourself or otherwise, as a grown ass adult with functioning free will. it is not that complicated, next question.

[neechees]

Also that scammer is pretending to be a Black, diabetic Palestinian while claiming that "insulin reading" photo is theirs (& they often steal photos from darker skinned Black people) but the hand in the photo is fucking white

[theygender]

Hello there, am sorry for stepping in your inbox without your permission. Am having a request concerning my family. My family is still living in the Gaza Strip, and like so many other families, their lives are hell right now. My family includes my father and mother, my sisters Nisreen and Yasmine and my brother Anwar. My dad is 77 years old and my mother, who I call the soul of my soul and the balm of my life, is 75 years old and confined to a wheelchair because of a war injury when she was young. My brother Anwar and my sister Yasmine suffer from diabetes mellitus type 1… They need insulin urgently and regularly. Any lack of insulin puts their lives in danger, as what happened with my older sister Ibtisam, who lost her life 10 years ago due to a lack of insulin.” Kindly donate any amount and reblog.

Just give it up already man. Don't you feel tired of trying to profit off of the back of a genocide? Or any of the other scams you've made countless blogs for?

Over 30,000 people have died in Gaza, nearly half of them children. Just a few days ago Israel started bombing the last safe city that they told everyone to evacuate to, so the number is likely even higher now. The bodies of the dead aren't even buried yet and people are still dying every moment, yet your only concern is trying to steal money from people who would otherwise be using it to help the remaining families escape from death. Do you truly care so little about your fellow humans?

Can you sleep well at night knowing that the piles of money you've stolen over the months (years?) could have been the difference between life and death for the people you impersonated? Can you live with yourself knowing that your actions have very likely led to the deaths of other human beings? Will you continue your scams even knowing that your actions have a body count? Do you have the decency to feel guilt for what you've done? Can anyone—whether a higher power or the people you harmed—ever forgive you in a way that matters?

[lastoneout]

New fun scam just dropped, remember guys don’t click on links people send you unless you really know what you’re doing, and absolutely do not log in to whatever site the link sends you to.

[dhampir-dyke]

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[notfa-mousyet]

I don't even think I have a PayPal anymore, I prefer Venmo. Scams are getting interesting, I almost want that to show up.

[objectbiologist]

Just saw a local advert advertising a specialist object breeder- like how theres cat and dog breeders-

should i be concerned? Is that a actual thing??

NO IT IS NOT OH MY GOD

[angelicdevil]

This is a longshot, would you be willing to help me get my insulin? I'm down to my last pen and its pretty much close to being empty.Nt asking for much only need $370 rn to save my bloodsugar. please help me with a small donation or share any help can save my life.Please help & Blessings ❤Thanks.

You scammers are insanely persistent. Ko-Fi link be upon you, thief

[neverendingford]

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[neechees]

can we talk? you terribly damage my post for my family and that is so inhuman

I affected a whole 2 notes

Also I already have an Arab mutual who suspects you as well & is familiar with the area you're allegedly from & thinks you're likely lying too, so no.