Can I talk to you? I don’t want anything from you, and I don’t want you to ignore me either. I’m a father of a family, and I’m doing what I need to do. If you give me some time to talk, you’ll understand why I’m reaching out to you.
I know you might wonder why I’m bothering to write, and you have no reason to respond, which is what many people do. I’m sending you this now out of desperation because many haven’t replied.
While I take care of my daily family responsibilities, I’m engaged in this exhausting and time-wasting endeavor where no one is responding. All that’s left for me is despair, and I have no other solutions.
This is exactly how scammers social engineer you to feel sorry for them, feel guilty for not responding to them, and then get you over a barrel.
I have googled this guy, I have seen the dozens and dozens of posts of people sharing the exact same message he supposedly sent them (not this one, another about his family) across nearly every social media platform. He might be genuine, but this message and this blog it came from? They sure as hell aren't.
The account the message came from (mohammedalanqar) has only been active since Oct 10 2024 (just over a month)
A dedicated family man doesn't want to just talk to strange woman on the internet
No decent grown man messages MINORS to talk to them, but if you google the first line of this message you'll see it on a blog that has been marked as belonging to a 16 year old as of August this year
The exact same message, word for word, is being sent to other blogs on this app and not all of them from the same account (again, just google the first line of the message)
The formatting is just weird, like it's been hastily copy and pasted from another platform- because it has.
These posts are designed to make you angry, to tug on your heartstrings and make you defensive about helping them.
If you think I'm a heartless monster for not helping this person out, then congratulations, you have just been socially engineered by a scammer.
It is not your fault. You are not stupid. You are a decent human being capable of compassion and there are criminals out there who are more than willing to use that against you.
Some tips to avoid scammers:
Do not donate or share messages from people ion your ask box asking for help, instead find a known charity, vet them as thoroughly as you need to, and then go with that.
I have donated more than once to UNRWA since this started, they are a trusted and legitimate charity in the reigon. You know who the reliable charities are; you see them every time the news talks about an earthquake, flood, or Israel trying to stop them getting into Gaza- the Red Cross, Doctors without Borders, UNICEF, Save The Children etcetc
If you are going to donate, go directly to the website yourself. Any link that you click is suspect so don't click them.
If you are harassed by an account that asks for your financial details, makes demands you can't meet or begins to try and bully you into sharing their posts or donating to them quickly- walk away and do not feel bad about it, it is a scam
Thirdly, Anyone who tells you that they have verified a scammer or vetted them is an idiot; scammers can keep people on the hook for years, milking them dry and drip feeding them more sob stories. So, unless you know the person sharing the post personally, they are a trained fraud investigator, and they have met the person they are recommending to you in person then they are not doing more than being a stooge for a criminal and their qualifications for vetting scammers are not reliable. (Don't @ me)
Gofundme verifies a fundraiser based on how much money they receive (either over a certain amount or within a certain timeframe). This verification is just a measure to ensure people who donate to a large fundraiser can get a refund and does not guarantee that a fundraiser is legitimate
If you have been a victim of a scam you need to learn as much as possible to protect yourself from future attacks. You can read about social engineering and how it works (as well as other kinds of scams and how to recognise them) here
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