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So, someone tell me what to do here, I'm at a loss. I could use y'all's thoughts, ideas, opinions, etc.

There is a person here on Tumblr, @gateway-2000 (idk why tumblr won't tag them here. See their post in screenshot #1 below), who has been pretty consistently posting about/reblogging a post they wrote where they are requesting mutual/financial aid to pay their bills that are about $135. They are still reblogging that exact post (last reblog was about 2 hours ago, see screenshot #3 below) & they have been showing that they have received zero donations, as their post states "$0/$135" or however much the exact amount was (see screenshot #2 below).

The thing is, on March 30th, 2025 I sent $135 to their Venmo at Equinoxian Art (see screenshot #4 below). I follow them & keep seeing them reblog their original post with their donations counter still sitting at "$0/$135."

I reblogged that post by them a few days after I sent them money, saying that I sent them a donation and asked them if they received it. And then yesterday around 1AM I sent them a direct message (DM) on here explaining that I sent them money on Venmo, sent them a screenshot of my Venmo transaction with their username, the amount I sent, the date and time, and the transaction ID (see screenshot #4 below) and told them I just wanted to be sure that they got it. Tumblr says they've been active for the last 3 hours and I just saw them reblog their mutual aid request where, yet again, they are showing they have received $0.00 in donations.

So like..... what do I do? I'm thinking I'm just going to cancel the transaction on Venmo because, like...I need the money if it's not going to be going to a good cause. I'm feeling very uncomfortable about this, I don't want to deny someone the almost certainly desperately needed funds to pay their bills, but I am also uncomfortable seeing that my money has gone just out into the ether, like did I send it to the wrong person???? Is @gateway-2000 a scammer?? Where did my money go?!

Any ideas? What would you do???

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