#this specific format of ask has also just been previously proven to be a scam tactic | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

babsaros · 2 years ago

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hey, regular reminder that if you get someone in your inbox (that you have never interacted with before/has never been following you) asking you to reblog a post on their blog (sob story asking for donations, usually about a pet to make it extra guilt-trippy) and they specifically ask you to answer this ask privately (for a vague and weak reason, why wouldn't they want more eyes on this post?) and then you go to their blog and their account is days old at most (and they're even claiming they have an old account that got shadowbanned ((?? being "shadowbanned" on tumblr does not mean you can't still post from that account?)) but never mention the url of that old blog) and all their reblogs are straight from the op and not from anyone they might be following who reblogged the post first (indicating they just quickly searched a semi-popular fandom tag to reblog some innocuous fanart to make the blog seem lived in)-

this is probably a scam :/ keep your eye out for odd details, inconsistency, and a glaring lack of credibility. stay safe out there everypony.

#ugh #yucky #bad taste in my mouth #this specific format of ask has also just been previously proven to be a scam tactic #so anybody trying to use it legitimately to fundraise is begging not to be taken seriously srry #they've clearly been in other peoples' inboxes with the same guilt-trippy copypasta #bc the ~200 notes they got are filled with ppl saying they cant donate rn but will signal boost it #ughhh #i'm rereading the exact wording of this post and getting so mad it doesn't make any sense #one of the pictures included is a vet invoice but they say they haven't gone to the vet yet but also the cat is pictured in a cone already #it does not make sense #said vet is also “the only one in the area that will take donations over the phone” but “needs to be paid upfront”#so. you cant have taken the cat to the vet yet. bc you dont have the money. which you are asking to be donated directly to ur paypal #thats not over the phone. thats. what?#MAYBE they mean an online payment but like.#then why do u have an invoice and the cat is clearly bandaged and in a cone already!!#then they also say the cat is already on antibiotics and only has days left if they dont get further treatment #and then a paragraph later claim the cat needs antibiotics!#im SO tempted to email this vet #i wont #im gonna put this to bed now

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