#Beware of scammers

[wilwheaton]

Hi! I just wanted to confirm something, because roaming around the internet has taught me to be wary of any request. But I received a message request on instagram from a Sharon Grey saying she was your online manager and I just wanted to confirm if she is or not. And if not, please be aware of this person making requests on your behalf.

This person is a liar and a scumbag. I don't have an "online manager" and I 've never heard the name "Sharon Grey" before today.

I will never directly contact anyone using social media. I have no private accounts that you can have secret access to. I have no secret anything that I am using a secret account to DM you about. Those are all scumbag scammers who can die in a fire.

Please block and report this account, and any others that try to pull this scam on you.

Thanks for asking me, and giving me an opportunity to answer in public. This happens a couple times a year, and it's happening now.

[verianal]

Screencap from the psychology test vid but phil looks very scared and sad like a uhm like a burger king bag abandoned in a park :(

[honey-doggo]

@lovelyweepingtale, the "donation" account you reblogged, is part of a scam account operation. You can find more about it here: https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/742772332577308672/scammer-pretending-to-be-in-palestine-v2?source=share

Hey thank you for letting me know! I didn't know so I want to thank you for informing! I will say for anyone else reading it to look at the link the asker mentioned. I will be taking the post down and will be much more careful when getting ask like that. I will put more research to promote actual people who needs the money.

Link:

[wataksampingan]

The continuous bombardment and the ongoing genocide pose a significant threat to their well-being. What pains me even more is that due to the lack of medications in Gaza, my Mom, who is a type 2 Diabetis patiant and was scheduled for an urgent eye surgery, have had no access to insulin or any medical care for the past 3 months. Some of my family members sought refuge in the southernmost part of Gaza (Rafah) in tents. However, my parents, and sisters have no alternative place to stay, forced to remain in the Nusierat refugee camp, which is now the subject of continuous severe bombardment since christmas started.” Am on my knees requesting for your donations. Please help where possible.

Whoever you are, Samuel Obiya, I highly doubt your paypal acc in your pinned post is where donations for this Actual Real Person, Rawan AbuMahdy in her legitimate GoFundMe campaign to help her very real family whose story and photos you stole should be going.

Palestinians are in desperate straits - it is sheer evil to take advantage of their plight in this way.

[glendybluebird]

⚠️✉️PHISHING in a Sea full of ARTISTS🎨⚠️ ⚠️BE CAUTIOUS, FELLOW ARTISTS⚠️

Spanish Translation:

Cuidado con los estafadores que pretenden estar interesados ​​en contratarte. Alguien intentó estafarme recientemente. No confíes en los correos electrónicos sospechosos que se hacen pasar por PayPal. Paypal solo usa "paypal.com" y no "gmail.com". PAYPAL TIENE DOMINIO PROPIO. Por lo general, el estafador o "cliente" le enviará $300, seguido de un correo electrónico falso de "PayPal" que indica que el dinero está retenido debido a algún límite y que el remitente tendrá que enviar otros $200 para activar o actualizar su cuenta de PayPal. a una cuenta comercial para liberar el pago de estar retenido. Luego te exigirían que les devolvieras $200 de tu propio dinero. Notará que no recibirá tales notificaciones de la aplicación o el sitio web de PayPal con respecto a esto. Tampoco se reflejará en sus registros de actividad en "retener". Eso significa que lo más probable es que solo te envíen un correo electrónico falso haciéndose pasar por PayPal. Finalmente, pagar $ 200 para actualizar su cuenta de PayPal a una cuenta comercial NO es el camino a seguir. Mi mejor amiga en la vida real también es artista independiente (ya actualizó su cuenta hace mucho tiempo), y ambas estábamos en un grupo de Facebook para artistas digitales donde conoció a alguien que tuvo exactamente la misma experiencia, pero de un Instagram diferente. usuario. Si no hubiera consultado a mi mejor amigo, habría perdido mi dinero. No se deje engañar por sus tácticas de gaslighting también. Ya informé el correo electrónico falso a PayPal y se lo reenvié. Puede comunicarse con otros artistas y comunicarse con el servicio de atención al cliente de PayPal si encuentra tales problemas.

[roseverdict]

Hi i hope you’re having an amazing day! I know I might sound strange or desperate but can i ask for some help with the post I pinned for my cat, please? Just need some emergency help, mind sharing the word around by boosting/sharing it please? 🙏 pls send msg to reply, or answer the ask privately. 😿

I'd rather not interact with you privately, since bringing attention to your cat in all ways possible would be a better way to get help…if you're not scamming people. Considering that you don't want this ask to breach containment, though, I'm incredibly suspicious and really don't think you're legit.

[amazingmsme]

Hey! Wanted to give you a heads up!! That cat dono post was also sent to me and I questioned the authenticity and pointed out how the blog was made in literal minutes and they blocked my replies and blocked my account. Be careful don’t get scammed!!

Omg thank you so much for the heads up! I looked at the blog & I think you’re right, there’s only a few posts reblogged to make it seem legit, but the fact they’re going around asking bigger blogs for money makes me skeptical. I was a little iffy when I first saw it, but I always want to see the best in people. I deleted the reblogged just in case. If it really is legit then I’m sorry, but I know there’s a lot of scammers out there & they try to play on the sympathy of others, especially when it concerns animals. Again, thank you so much for the heads up, thanks for looking out for me & others!

[thebluemage]

Hey there! The holdmelovemebethefirstwhoeverdid user is a scammer and has been spamming the ask box of several users! Their blog is reusing pics from another scammer.

Oh, gosh!! Okay, thank you so much for informing me about it!! 👌

[my-name-is-bunnyfoxy]

I think people claiming to be from Gaza directly I n ppls inboxes is scams/bots, but there are lists of verified campaigns going around in posts

Hi, I really want to apologize about my last post. I had no idea and I quickly took it down when I saw this.

Please check out @kyra45 's posts about these scammers. @lirulin sent me a link to their blog.

Again I apologize for not knowing and even promoting this. I had no idea and yeah. I'm gonna try and keep a close eye on any possible scammers.

[antennas-to-heaven]

note that if you get a message like this in your inbox, **delete it!** it's a scam that uses an excerpt from an actual palestinian's gofundme campaign. if you can, donate to the real campaign instead: https://www.gofundme.com/f/house-a-gazan-homelessm-family-in-egypt

[sister-helena]

Scammers wtf

What’s with all these scammers recently?? I literally make a GAY post and men have the audacity to beg for me to be their sugar baby under it, like ??? What part of lesbian do you not understand? Also who falls for this at all in 2023? Do these ppl think I’m dumb just bcuz I have a pretty face on my pfp, which is filtered btw with AI to the level of being a totally fake beauty?? I am so tempted to troll them but I can waste my time in more productive ways, like thirsting for women or browsing tumblr, thx

[wyomingweasel]

Posting this here too because fuck ‘em and they advertise everywhere: do not buy from or support @strikegentlyco . They’ve been caught using generative ai for a handful of their blanket designs. “By independent artists” my ass. They’ve since removed the ‘in collaboration with Dalle’ from the capybara blanket btw, this is 100% intentional.

[embersign]

The amount of "Hyper-Realistic" Commissions popping up in the FFXIV community that are v clearly AI paintovers is actually awful rn. Seeing a lot of it in rando discord servers and stuff. Research your commissoners before getting art done. Don't pay for AI. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Don't trust sketch processes that look too similar to the final product/look traced over. -Demand to see many WIPs that show the process between rendering, not just flat colors then sudden renders. -Be wary of varying style changes & ability between sketch and final product.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Be careful out there! Don't pay for scammers!

[evenceflux18]

Gee thanks for the help dude, This is my online income and you took that advantage...I'm no longer filtering your excuses at this point, you clearly such an opportunist

[phantomram-b00]

So, I got yet another donation scammer on my ama…thanks—

Here proof that this is a scammer:

Also with the fact that this account was made literally today. Seems that the cat scam isn’t working and now going to this tactic. Disgusting. Like absolutely.

So ghost pals mutuals or people who are gonna come across this blog please be very aware and don’t give these scammer any of your hard earn money. Best advice I can give you like I’ve mention before is copy and paste their ask in search bar to see if they copy or if there a pattern.

[blazingemeraldau]

Hello, I am from Gaza, due to the shortage of medicine in Gaza, my mother who is a type 1 diabetic and was supposed to undergo urgent eye surgery, has not been able to get insulin or any medical care for the past three months. . Some members of my family fled to the southernmost part of Gaza (Rafah) in tents. But my parents and sisters have nowhere else to stay. They are forced to stay in the Nuseirat refugee camp, which has been bombed since the beginning of Christmas. "I am on my knees asking for your donations. Please help me. where you can.

Goal: $700

SCAMMER ALERT

Okay, first off, you can join the other scammer in Hell, and join my fight to the death pit scenario that I wrote in my satire essay to handle overpopulation. Because let's be honest, the world will be better with scammers running around, pretending they are in a FUCKING GENOCIDE to get money.

Also if your mother "has not been able to get insulin or medical for three months" your mother is now a zombie or you're just hanging around her corpse.

Because I KNOW MY SHIT. Type 1 diabetics without insulin for just THREE DAYS will get diabetic ketoacidosis and would die if left untreated. I should know because MY MOM GOT THAT. (She survived, don't worry.)

But that was in just 3 days. If your mom didn't get insulin for 3 months and had NO medical care, kiss your mom goodbye.

But of course scammers don't do their research because that would actually take effort to do so. So they just shit out the most sob story and waltz into people's inboxes begging for money they don't need.

Also buddy, your blog is like 2 days old and you reblog the most random shit to make it seem like it's active.

Anyways for those who actually NEED insulin or want to support Palenstine without accidently supporting scammers, or have no money, I have just the thing.