#ask scams

[christian-zelda]

This is so stupid, and I don’t even know how this is possible.

I have already blocked this blog, but they still sent me an ask somehow!

This is just further proof that these “gaza” blogs are freaking scams!

@staff freaking ban @mosabsdr already! All they’re doing is spamming people, even when we’ve already blocked them!

[vexwerewolf]

Endless Penis Curse upon people who leave scams or money requests in my asks

[speedygal]

it has now come to my attention that the people sending Gaza pleas for help are now taking the anonymous route and adding their username at the very bottom of the message even after they are blocked.

if this continues then I will have no fucking choice but to disable anonymous messaging and I do not want to do that.

using the anon messaging is sleazy.

asshole move!

Stop it!

side note: this happened to me.

[prof-grace-aspen]

If you come into my inbox begging for money for any reason I’m reporting you for spam and blocking you. No, I do not believe you are a 20-something archivist with stage 2 cervical cancer. I bet you’re a 40 year old cis guy named Frank.

But I WILL say it’s a breath of fresh air to see an original-style scam Ask.

[lalphos]

reminder this stuff is spam bots trying to take advantage of ppl’s kindness. report and delete them.

if you want to support victims, here is a list of vetted charities!

[auroranights-universe]

Hello, I'm from Gaza City because of the war,my house was destroyed. We lost everything,my family and I did not have anything left. We left our homes in search of a safe place and we were displaced three times to different places to survive, but unfortunately there's no safe place in Gaza. My mother is very sick and she's a kidney failure patient in need of treatment outside. She suffers from LS. Help me and my family to survive. Please, your small donation can make a huge difference. A friend outside Gaza has come in to help me run the donation program so that my mother can be evacuated.

This is another scam blog. The real person behind this story has a legitimate Gofundme that can be found here if you would like to donate or share it:

Donate to URGENT HELP help my family to evacuate Gaza, organized by Haya Orouq

Hello, I'm Haya Orouq from Gaza City because of the war, my house and my univer… Haya Orouq needs your support for URGENT HELP help my famil

Again, do not share or donate to these scam blogs, just report them.

[thebreadthatcausedlesmis]

What the hell is up with the increase in scam asks/messages on Tumblr. I swear I've got more Scam asks in the past few weeks than the rest of my time here on Tumblr since 2013.

[nick-nonya]

ASKS LIKE THESE ARE SCAMS! DO NOT FALL FOR THEM

Remember to check:

1. Does the username look autogenerated?

Random strings of words, usually in groups of three;

2. How old is the account?

As far as I'm aware tumblr doesn't publicize the account date but it can be inferred by going back through the account's posts, the one in the screenshot only went back some 5 days for example;

3. Have they interacted with you?

Usually people reblog some stuff before following you, if the account has followed and immediately sent you an ask like this it might be a scam, see step 1 and 2.

They come in waves so when there's one there are probably more to come. Call out the scam, report and block the accounts.

@s for people who reblogged the post:

@thecoffeelorian @firaqua @barbthebuilder @floxu @earthshaker1217 @slu-tea-ftm @blueyallgrownup @elizalooboo @anileesstupidlilblog @beggingforfootnotes @fluffylesbianponies