#fake check

[galerymod]

Breaking New

Meta is moving away from fact-checking in favour of a community-driven system similar to the one used by Elon Musk's X-Files.

Mark Zuckerberg is an opportunist. He is not interested in society or the existence of liberal American democracy. He is only interested in maximising profits, regardless of the cost, as long as Meta's profits and influence are maintained and increased.

mod

All tech giants caved in to Trump and support him in advance obedience with money and their products, tools for spreading the perceived facts, untruth in the service of destroying liberal democracy.

It is only fair that every lie be spread, but far from it. The tool algorithm will ensure that only their false truth is spread.

Trump false statements = distribution all

Trump's government lies = distribution all

Elon Musk false beliefs = distribution all

Real facts that come from the false users = minimal distribution

And so on... AI and algorithms are designed to spread the interests of the few.

Elon, Mark, Jeff and Peter only have tools that have power only when they are used. They get our data, which they cannot protect, as the past has shown. They use their tools to make us dependent on them in order to make money from us, without restrictions and without wanting to take responsibility.

They call their consumers users, just as every drug dealer calls their drug-addicted customers.

And if we stop taking their drugs?

We can take responsibility by using tools that lead the common good and the business model in the context of open liberal democracies and their freedom, as well as the best discus based on facts, to the prosperity of all.

mod

We have the choice between a better world of responsibility or the adaptable business models of tech billionaires without ethical principles.

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Just say no to untruth, division and hatred

mod

Real social media, not anti-social media, which are the instruments of the most powerful to manipulate, spread lies and propaganda.

[call-me-cosmic]

Just had someone try to pull the Fake Check scam on me on Insta, and I almost fell for it. Be careful! I blocked this person now.

[mrrusser]

So lately I've been frequently contacted by various different scammers (I sign up for stuff that attracts scammers purposely ) they call they text they email and even use f.b messenger. The two main scams lately have been old news already like getting a text saying they won the lotto and they are giving fucking 90,000 dollars away to a bunch of chosen people but in order to recieve your money you have to pay 400 bucks for shipping. And the other is them sending a text asking if your interested in wrapping your car for monster energy drinks for 500 dollars a week . Like maybe 20 scammers with that old ass scam this past week. I love accepting and messing with these assholes . When they send me checks I use different smart ass names just to see if they will catch it and block me . No not yet but my post office is sick of it . The last check fake check was 2855.00 dollars and made out to john fukkuscamfag jr. Lol . Even better when they called me trying to pronounce that name all pissed wanting to know if I deposited the check....I asked witch one I have a pile of them oh yours must be the one that's ligit right . I do this also mainly because these lying asshole zipperheads are out to rob me . So every fraudulent check sent over night to me costs around 8 bucks out of the scammers pocket and keeping them busy via texting playing dumb coming off with all kinds of excuses why you didnt deposit the bad check can go on for days ...which is good because that way maybe one two or three other goulable people wont get contacted and scammed ..this is our country and these motherfuckers are robbing our people left and right and theres no consequences because they are doing it from a different country and their fucked up government allows it . They have actual 8 hour a day full time jobs in a cubicle with a computer and dont seem to think they are robbing us. That's how they support their family's, their 9 to 5 you could say. One of the big issues is goulable fucking people in this country . Many people believe and pay into the scam and lose out big time only to fall again and again and to me that's insane and clearly let's me know what the problem is and clearly keeps scammers picking on the u.s . As long as they are making the bucks here it wont stop . The fbi cant touch it cause its foreign.. Ok so heres one big red flag that most of these scammers will say and it's only one word they put in their scam directions to you . It's the word "KINDLY" Yes if you see that word like if they are telling you to do somthing .. " KINDLY DEPOSIT CHECK IN YOU ACOUNT .......just for example ok. That is without a doubt a scammer . Ok God forbid they actually make a job offer or whatever that isnt outlandish like instead of 1000$ a week to clean an apartment that has no address and the check is suddenly at your door way over the amount and still no address to go start actually earning instead instruction on depositing the check and request for the amount it was over to pay the painter still no address ....duh how fucking stupid ...if they contacted me with hi this is such and such cleaning company wanting to speak to you about a position opening up this fall if your interested please contact us to request an application or an interview if you are in our area .the job is full time starting wage is $ 9.00 /hr you must submit a 5 panel urine analysis clean as drugs will not be tolerant at out work facility and any illegal activity will lead to immediate termination. Blablabla...right ide be in deep trouble If scammers gave it to me at that angle . Maybe ...I've never ever fell for any scam except once I bought a bad ass drone for insanely cheap and I didnt get that drone actually I had to constantly bother them for 6 months before they sent me a picture of that drone and a plastic fake little helicopter I later found the same one in a 25cent toy machine ...live and learn to not fall for the same burn turn after turn.

[tabitha1917]

[anthonychristopherart]

wednesday

I received a fake check for some of my artwork last night. So I did a self portrait with my cat on it. I was pretty bummed out. But I didn’t send out any artwork.

71917

[galerymod]

Tell me the truth

Do you remember what that is?

that's what the world used to strive for.

The truth everyone knows what the truth is no matter how long they've lived without it.

Nobody forgets the truth People only get better at lying.

Satan more or less

We are not talking about feelings, truths that are reinforced by the confirmation of one bubble of perception.

[cathscreations]

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[grandmatapati]

Fake check plus rental scam used on my grandson

Grandson 1 was victimized by a scammer who combined a rental scam with a fake check scam. He was waiting for his refund after giving security plus first and then being told that the owner wouldn't waive last month as had been suggested. He'd signed a lease already. All the paperwork looked legit.

He got a check in the mail, no note or explanation, nineteen thousand bucks. Way more than the 3500 he's owed. Then the "realtor" contacted him and said there was a problem that had arisen that made it so they couldn't refund him electronically. But they had a client in Alabama that owed them money and sent a check. Grandson 1 was supposed to take his cut of that check and send on the rest to them. His bank confirmed that the check was fake. He's contacting the police today.

All of that leaves him scrambling to raise more money for an apartment with the rains coming soon, staying in our garage that floods when it rains. It's an El Nino year so who knows how much rain we'll be getting. IDK if they need to do a gofundme now or what. It's so depressing. I wish so much that we had the money to cover it and he could pay us back. We just don't. Nor do we have room to spare in our small home. It's heart-breaking.

In retrospect I wish I'd investigated the so-called realtor as he told me he was trying to rent the place. Maybe I could have headed him off at the pass. I did say it was unusual for anyone to try so hard to work with a young renter and waive last month's rent. I should have listened to my own intuition.

I'll follow up on this as we learn more. I just want young people to know there are heartless people out there that will do this--even though they learn that their "mark" had lost his mother this year.