#this is from a bbc article btw so i feel like its actually true

[cadillacjohnf1]

Guys I'm crying at this drivers' dinner drama pls:

[shoresoftheshadowlands]

This is a scam btw, they have no way to use gofundme. This is not a real vetted donation post, but at this point I feel like I'm pissing in the wind trying to let people know that any of these ask scam bots are scanning the notes for names so they can spam more inboxes with fake donation campaigns. There are real people in Gaza who need real help but this thread IS a scam. The original asker is a bot. I've recorded hundreds of similar ones in my ask inbox. The text is AI generated, and made to make people feel bad enough to post or go to the bots blog to reblog whatever post they say to. I have a note on my blog that says don't send me asks for donations because I'll report them as a bot and it has not even slightly slowed down how many I get. They SPAM my inbox relentlessly all day. I'm begging you people to pay attention to clear and obvious fakes.

I know people probably think I'm a monster and a horrible asshole to point this out but I'm, like others, am getting so sick of this.

This is FRAUD.

(Linked post above copied text below) if i see another gofundme using pictures of dead syrians to steal money from both living and dead palestinians i am going to like actually kill all of you i don't understand how to say this in a way that gets through people's heads: GOFUNDME DOES NOT FUNCTION IN GAZA. Gofundmes on behalf of Gazans can be run, certainly, but there is a rule in the gfm terms of service that the fundraiser has to state multiple times who is running said gfm on BEHALF OF the person in the country with no gfm access and none of these campaigns ever say that. They all say in the text that they're a person currently in Gaza who needs an astronomical sum right now and then at the bottom it says "This GFM is run by [name] from Winter Park, Florida" or from a shitty little town in east Germany or from someplace in Serbia. Unless a gofundme is upfront in saying "I am in Maryland right now and I am running this campaign on behalf of my cousins in Rafah and I am going to transfer any withdrawn monies to them via WorldRemit," it is a scam. "but they linked an instagram/twitter" and then the instagram is either filled with AI art or hasn't been used in months meaning they either bought it or the person linking to it isn't connected to it, is just using a dead account for clicks. you can buy instagram and facebook accounts for $20, that is not a large investment to make when these scam campaigns are bringing in tens of thousands of dollars that is besides the fact that all of these posts are formatted in the exact same way and use the exact same syntax and that, again, many of them use pictures of dead Syrians. I have found at least three pictures from BBC articles on the Syrian Civil War in gofundmes that are claimed to be pictures of the gfm runner's children Please for the love of god instead donate to places that are vetted charities that can actually operate in Gaza. Nonexhaustive list: wck unicef anera

This is part of why I have been practically yelling from the rooftops that all those asks in our inboxes are 100% scams. They are bots, and often use ai text to fill out the text body. Worse? They scan the notes of other posts talking about any disasters but primarily the war in Gaza. I know this is true now beyond all doubt because so much as interacting with one of those posts regardless of context (Such as letting people know it is a scam in the notes) will garner dozens and dozens of these asks in a period of anywhere from SECONDS (Literally!) to minutes, they come in droves! I had over 18 in two hours last week following 1 single reblog of a real vetted post.

I've also been saving screenshots of every single one of those asks, and they cycle through avatars and names. Sometimes you catch them early before they change their names and its just three word randomizer names that suddenly change to NAME-Family-NUMBER, in which the number signifies which generation of bot this is. I get flooded with so many I've seen them go from -Family-(no number) to 7, with the same front name and avatar.

I have archived probably over a hundred of them by now and it is really interesting how many of the names of fake people are the same. I don't know how common some of these names are in Gaza or the region in general, but it feels to me that they pick the most common name someone might reasonably believe.

They will trick you. They will say they are vetted, even vetted by legitimate sources and have ID's you could check, and sometimes they appear there, but that's because they copied those entries and are false, or else, managed to trick the vetting process.

The first thing I did when I started getting flooded by these Ask Scams is add a line to my blog header message that I block and report all asks for donations, and to not send them. Didn't even cause a pause in how many I got every day! Not one message acknowledged the note at all like a real person might. Flag, report, and block these asks without fear friends, they are not real, you are not turning away real people, only liars and scummy bots run by the worst shitstains around, who would steal using the face of the dead and suffering.

Please stop ✋🚨 you're the only hope to save a child🥺

My name is Esraa mones, and I am a mother of two young children. One of them, under the age of five, urgently needs milk, while the other requires treatment for skin diseases.

Please donate and/or replog 🥺🙏🇵🇸

I live in a tent on muddy ground, surrounded by many insects😭.

Please donate and/or replog 🥺🙏🇵🇸

Please consider donating. If you can't, a simple reblog of my page's content can make a difference.

I ASK ALL OF YOU TO HELP MY FAMILY AND DONATE IN THE LINK PLEASE🍉

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