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Another scam

Scammers gonna scam

How disgusting it is,

to see you exploit the real suffering of people in Gaza,only to scam strangers online.

You thought you could play hero while filling your pockets with lies.You are not saviors.

You are vultures, circling over real pain.Your greed rots louder than any scream from the ruins you dare to use for your selfish games.Shame on you. May your deceit turn to dust in your own hands.

This is 4th time I'm receiving these

If you truly needed help, the last thing you'd be doing is messaging accounts like mine.

Please reblog this, spread this information as far as you can

Don't Fall for this scam.

Transgender community, please please please do NOT use this product! It will kill you if used, please do not use it whatsoever.

Please reblog and spread the word

Fell for a fucking discord scam.

Scammer usernames: tenacious_dragon_52369, clairesupportconly07, angelachienofficial0

They hacked my friend's account and made me think that xey had accidentally reported me and had me talk with angelchienofficial0 who attempted to get me to give them my banking info

I'm fucking pissed off at this point.

I'm tired.

HRT feels so fucking far away and the whole conversation with the scammers made me fucking remember the stupid fucking laws of Nebraska since they threatened to report me to the police for the crime of fraud.

If I'm going to go in jail for big girl crimes, LET ME FUCKING START HRT AND ALLOW MYSELF TO BE COMFORTABLE IN A BIG GIRL BODY

Pissed and tired, signing off.

Edit: my bank account details weren't given so hopefully I don't lose money in my account unless they somehow can fucking guess this shit like a pro geoguesser with a blank screen

❗HOW TO SPOT A GOFUNDME SCAM❗

1. Typos in their own name

Etaf (E'taf? Ettaf?)'s campaign is filled with typos, including their own name.

2. Organizer claims to be in a country where GFM campaigns cannot be made

In Hazem's campaign, they claim to be in Gaza with the goal to go to Egypt. You CANNOT create a GoFundMe campaign in Gaza OR Egypt. You can check the list of countries supported on GFM here.

3. Organizer's location doesn't match with the story (or omitted)

Etaf claims to be in Egypt in the story. They're in Spain. When it comes to Hazem's campaign, the location of the organizer is omitted, yet they ask for Euros.

4. Beneficiary isn't mentioned in the story

Etaf's beneficiary isn't mentioned in the story. The family members are Youssef, Moataz, Moatasem, Maria, Adam and Amira.

5. Makes multiple accounts and then deactivates them

Notice how these accounts always have "Name+numbers"

6. Uses AI generated images

The mandible (i.e. lower jawbone) isn't part of the rest of the skull, but rather affixed by cartilage, muscles and ligaments, so would not just be there attached to a dry skeleton. Look at the ribcage and how it goes all the way down to the pelvis... Also the skeleton would NOT be this clean. Notice the lack of clothes as well.

Those images are used to tug at your heartstrings.

Source of the AI image

7. Incorrect information

As seen in Elham's campaign:

Wikipedia:

❗Remember, just because they have been "vetted" by @/gazavetters, doesn't make them legit!! The vetters have fallen for fake GFM before.❗

Here's a link to OFFICIAL organizations! Donate there instead!

How do I know if this tumblr fundraiser is a scam?

Look at the date the blog was created

Look at their reblogs, most will have happened within one day (usually the day they post their fundraiser), and then never again.

Search their name on tumblr, they would likely have spammed multiple blogs and some blogs tag usernames.

Usually it’s a pet or transgender related surgery fundraiser (or whatever is “trendy at the time” i.e. someone supposedly from Ukraine, someone who was brutalised by cops etc.).

Now this is not to say that these fundraisers aren’t legit, but likely they either aren’t or are taken from legit fundraising sites and reposted without the original person’s knowledge.

They ask for PayPal donations, it’s quick, simple, all it needs is a bank account linked to an email address, and there is no way to check if it’s legit or to see how much has been donated.

These scams have been going on for many years and they raise funds, delete their blog, open a new one, raise funds, and the cycle goes on.

PLEASE DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE REBLOGGING ONE OF THESE SCAM POSTS!

When you keep creating new accounts to get free shit. But instead of harmless free trials you milk people’s bleeding hearts for money.

I noticed these scam accounts are now resorting to tagging random people in the comments.

(Notice here how they are two different accounts with different names and yet have the same profile picture...)

You can prevent that by changing your settings!

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I think I just got scammed [Well almost I guess]

scammer alert!

friends and artists alike, please be wary of user @ natalycooper!

they will message you and say they're trying to commission you, and say they'll pay you $200 to draw a picture of their dog for their son - after going through the process, I was lucky to catch the phishing link they sent to my email; it is a scam!

The official Paypal email is from service@paypal.com, the one they send through is servicepaypal0.co.u@gmail.com

When they send this email, it'll claim your account to be flagged as a non-business account and ask you to sign in, which is how they get your information! DO NOT CLICK THE LINK!

Please make sure y'all are being careful out there! It's a pretty subtle looking scam so better to be safe than sorry!

BEWARE OF THIS SCAMMER!!!!!

this person asked me is i was available for a comission and i said yes (i admit i was oblivious since i have little to no experience with commissions) and i made a sketch of what they wanted and asked for a payment (i gave them my paypal email and received some suspisious emails...i learned from my mistake)they tried to get me to make a refund of a money that i dont have, they were insistent. Aparently they have a modus operandi since i contacted another artist and they told me that they almost got scammed by this person. I feel stupid, used and i lost my time and dignity, but i won´t fall for that anymore, please share this so more artist can protect themselfs from this scammer (all they want is free art, so they don´t value our effort and skills)

SCAMMER ALERT

SCAMMER ALERT

ATTENTION!!

I almost got scammed out of $100 by somebody on here known as @/cathrinematinz

Be careful yalls.

Also have the commission art I did for them.

Nobody else is gonna use it anyways.

Read more for the full thing:

I copy and pasted this story from a dm between me and a friend so it's a bit silly

But it takes place after I sent the art

so basically it was my first using paypal and I got a scam email being like "btw, you kinda need to receive $100 to be able to receive shit as a business user" (I didn't think much at first)

And so then they "sent me" $100 and then I got another email saying "hey btw you gotta pay them back that $100 WITH YOUR OWN MONEY lmao gottem"

and I was panicking and I was like "yknow what, I'll js give you the $20 you gave me" to my client.

then I realize the emails were scams and I was like "oh hey, you mightve gotten scammed"

and then they were like "NUH UH. IF YOU DONT PAY ME BACK ILL TAKE YPU TO HIGH COURT"

and then my friends and family were like "nah fam, they the scammer frfr"

and I was like "I have come to the conclusion, that you are a scammer."

and they went "ok. Just wait until you get a call then."

then I played Metal Gear Solid 1