Scam Alert - Tumblr Posts
URGENT CASE 🚨🚨
my heart is aching on my sick son😭
DONATE and Reblog my pin post please 🥺
My boy needs you 🙏 yes needs your donation, you are our last hope, he is very tired and sick because of the war My son can't breathe normally, he need an urgent surgery .We barely can live 😞 Donate and save My son 🙏
My Compaign verfied by 90 ghost, North Gaza updated and butterfly project line no. 406
My compaign link
https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-life-of-an-innocent-child
Thanks 🙏🍉
Fuck you, I ain't falling for scams like that weird shit. Go die, scammer.
Hello this a long shot call, am a citizen of Palestine. I am here to request for your support to help get my insulin, I was diagnosised 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.My donation link is available on my pinned post
AH ANSWERING 4 2 SPREAD AWARENESS, PLS CHECK THE COMMENTS, THIS IS A SCAM
Please read this!
This is not silmarillion or fandom related, but I need you guys know something. I woke up today and checked my tumblr and it said I had a new follower with a name along the lines of "Dave Johnson." I've already blocked the account but it looked similar to this:
And I was like "why would this guy wanna follow me?" So I looked at his likes and following and I saw a single account related to Tolkien. Since the beginning, I was already catching on that this is a scam, but this made me certain. To reassure myself 110%, I looked up the name and around 10 accounts with the same name appeared.
THIS IS A SCAM!
If this every happens to you, make sure to report and block the user. Never give out your personal information on social media and remeber to be safe!
Here's an article I also used
Hi! I'm still having high blood pressure and fever. Being diabetic is awful .Help me get what I need so when I leave I can stay healed and get better today. #Type1Diabetes 😭. I'm a disabled mom so can't work after I had an accident. I've a spinal cord problem ..my blood sugar is high and I'm last to my pen, i need insulin to save my life and medical care for the past 2 months.
This is a life-threatening situation.share widely & donate 🙏
KNOWN SCAMMER
Hope you actually get diabetes or scystic fibrosis (like you were claiming last time) and die ❤️
Hello this a long shot call, am a citizen of Palestine. I am here to request for your support to help get my insulin, I was diagnosised 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.My donation link is available on my pinned post
Okay so like, I am well aware that only stupid, good for nothing bitches that aren't worth shit become scammers on Tumblr. But good lord you ought to be the stupidest bitch I've come across so far. You came into my blog to send me this scam ask, and didn't see that the post at the very top (currently right under this one) was me calling out this very same scam? You even have the same fucking girl as a pfp.
I'm really hoping you're a bot because otherwise you're so dumb I actually pity you. Anyway
THIS IS A SCAM
Hello, this is a longshot saving life call, I am Triza from Gaza. I am here to request for your support to help get my insulin, just an injection for today to save my life please I beg. I was diagnosed with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes and due to the 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. My donation link is attached in the pinned post, I might have sent this ask to you earlier but kindly consider donating and sharing. This is the only option I have at the moment to save my life from going into a coma.
Sadly, it's a scam, block and report.
Hi I already mention this in one of you post but please let everyone know that the person you asked for aid is actually a scammer
They have asked me a similar statement and was told from another that this person has another blog with the same format.
Thanks again for letting me know, that's unfortunate 😭 I had a feeling it wasn't real but wasn't sure how to check. Anyone else who sees this post as well spread the word.
Sadly got my first scammer, who was asking for a commission or rather a big ahh proyect. I'm a small artist so I was actually pretty hopeful about having this opportunity but just with some research I could see what was actually going on.
I knew it was a scammer because they have never interacted with any of my works, they also haven't followed me for any reasonable amount of time for it to actually make sense that they want sucha a big project from me. Asking me about where i come frome/where I am is nonsensical because it is an easy information that can be easily read in my description. Also the fact that they aren't who they say they are, their whole account is sketchy, who follows other scam accounts, who always comment "you just won an IPhone dm me for 'xxx'" type of shi.
So in conclusion this is very discouraging but through this post i just hope to bring awareness to this type of ppl and to exempt anyone of loosing their time on this type of stuff.
hello! just letting you know @/verina-g is unfortunately a scammer. the blog was created only a couple of days ago, and here’s a source.
https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/739134020077617152/current-scam-accounts-new
stay safe!
Oh gosh, I appreciate the heads up! Thanks!
to the beautiful writers that might see this, ao3 is currently being scrapped by an AI company called RIVD. this isn't your usual AI text scrapping, they are specifically targeting ao3 to feed their own AI / "tech-oriented" fanfiction site
their "takedown form" demands that you give them your full legal name and address. they do not say what they're doing with your personal details. there's no proof that this form works
until ao3 comes out with a proper statement or manages to block their scrapper, just lock your fics for registered users
EDIT FOR THOSE THAT DO CLICK THE POST :
the website is down :3c 🎉
however, these people seem really vicious and really weird. so i really suggest looking around, keeping your fics locked if you feel comfortable with doing so, and waiting until we know more about it
Hello this a long shot call, am Taheera Abdallah a citizen of Palestine. I am here to request for your support to help get my insulin, I was diagnosised 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
My donation link is available on my pinned post
Just a warning, this is a scam
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 $450
Scammers seem to quite like this inbox of mine
if you are curious, this is in fact a stolen story, you can, however donate to a real fundraiser here. Thank you for your time
Hello, this is a longshot saving life call, I am Imonje from Gaza. I am here to request for your support to help get my insulin, just an injection for today to save my life please I beg. I was diagnosed with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes and due to the 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. My donation link is attached in the pinned post, I might have sent this ask to you earlier but kindly consider donating and sharing. This is the only option I have at the moment to save my life from going into a coma.
have you sent this from 5 different accounts? Sorry but your scam is obvious and I’ve gotten the same story in my inbox multiple times. Profiting from peoples sympathy and kindness is a horrible, horrible thing to do
I'm Mary from Gaza. Am sorry for sending you this request without your permission. My house was destroyed in the war, and my family lost everything. We've been displaced multiple times, but there's no safe place here. I'm battling Type 1 Diabetes and can't afford insulin, and my mother needs treatment for kidney failure outside Gaza. Any donation, no matter how small, can help us survive and get my mother the care she needs. A friend outside Gaza is helping with the donation program. Please reach out if you need more details.
This is a fairly new account but I’m pretty sure you can’t use PayPal in Gaza. I’m gonna say this is a scam.
(looked it up. You can’t use PayPal in Gaza)
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.
Do NOT take my support for granted. Just because you see me support REAL and VERIFIED blogs DOES NOT mean I’m going to support your scam. Or have you not seen the amount of scam asks I’ve gotten already? Scammer scammer scammer. Very fed up with these.
I think it’s important to bait scammers enough to where they give you their account names. I’ve reported them. Watch out for this person and please reblog!
ask is closed until further notice.
In response to the recent influx of spams, I will no longer be accepting any ask messages until the situation calms down. I'm aware of a certain war that is still happening elsewhere; however, it's clearly abnormal to receive so many pleas for donation every single day. Also, while all these messages were sent from different accounts, on closer look they were pretty much copy-pastas.
DM remains open, but restricted to mutuals only. I'll follow back more FFXIV folks so that you guys can still contact me via this method. Apologies for the inconvenience, but this is the best way to keep spam accounts out of my safe space, for the time being.
On the same note, I strongly urge everyone to stay vigilant, and be wary of online scams. Be reminded that this is the internet we're talking about here, regardless of claims about vetted donation drives. In truth, it's very difficult to verify the authenticity of these private war efforts.
Do also be mindful about spreading misinformation. While digging around for vetting validations, I've seen some posts where both ask senders and receivers were openly slandering each other. Always remember that taking caution against anyone asking you for money, regardless of reasons, is the right thing you should be doing in the first place.
When in doubt, only trust official and established charity organizations (e.g. Red Cross) if you wish to make any monetary contributions.
An urgent warning for all my queer homies: there are malicious, false ads circulating on social media for HRT supplements designed to gather a list of trans people and their addresses.
Along with just being useless sugar pill supplements. Fun all around, right?
A good reminder to be vigilant about where you seek out gender affirming care, especially if you live in a suppressive state like I do. Source your supplies and care from reputable queer support groups and always do your research before doing business with an unfamiliar supplier.
It sucks ass that anyone has to be this vigilant, but this is where we are unfortunately. Be aware, not scared. That’s always been my policy, and I will do my part to keep the community informed when something dangerous arises. Stay safe, y’all.
Names of scam accounts
A post compiling assorted names from scammers running medical,vet bills,and insulin scams, and more. All names listed here have been recorded from confirmed scam accounts, often hidden in multicolored text. These names are likely stolen off real people who are now being impersonated. Please make sure you haven’t sent money to these names from accounts that are relatively new. Other names are on another post where I’m tracking other scams.
This update is a WIP so it will regularly update.
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Lucymkira | Steve mwit | AGNES KEBWARO |
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 $450
‼️‼️ Scam account ‼️‼️ ( Palestinians can't use paypal)