#gfm scam

[vavuska]

Go Fund Mes are insane, but GiveSendGo is the real crazy shit.

[bitchy-peachy]

Yes, tagging hundreds of random strangers to your ebeg scam posts is annoying and we ain't obligated to see it or spread your obnoxious bullshit.

[vavuska]

That vast majority of Go Fund Mes, regardless of the country of origin, range from "Sus" to "are you goddamn kidding."

[shani-shani]

Hey 💌 I’m Saja — a mother trying to hold onto hope through days that feel impossibly heavy.

I know you probably see a lot online, but if you could take just a moment… I’d be so grateful.

💫 A reblog of my pinned post could help our story reach someone who cares.

🌿 And if you’re in a place to give, even a small donation could bring comfort to my daughter and help us feel safe again.

@sajagz, thank you for listening.

Even gentle support creates strength.

From one heart to another — thank you 🤍

another "heavy" one huh? heavy heart, heavy days, heavy.

this is a scam & anyone doing this shit should be deeply fucking ashamed of themselves.

you're "vetted" by another complete bs account.

im disabled, unemployed, and currently trying to escape a horrific situation, no I am not exaggerating, a genuinely horrific situation.

people in gaza are not using the LITTLE DATA THEY HAVE to seek out individual accounts with no more than 30 followers to ask for donations

shame on you

edit: holy shit you've already scammed EIGHTY THREE people out of their money

[downbadforbowser]

Before donating to some random person's GFM please ask yourself this: 1) Who is vetting these? do you know this person? 2) What is their vetting process? Are they transparent about this process? 3) What is the process to get these funds to the person in need? If you can't answer any of these questions, save your money or send it to a recognized charity. The messages I receive in my inbox (daily) are about sick or injured kids who need immediate medical care. GFM is not giving you the money immediately. So we have a strike one on the transparency here, and a deliberate omission. And since GFM is blocked in the country affected, these GFM's are organized by someone in the US, Canada, or Europe. Were these people vetted? Because now you have a situation with a third party who, by the way, is never mentioned in these posts. Another suspicious omission. The supposed "vetters" are not relaying this information to you either. Why? Here's something important to remember: Anyone can steal or stage photos of sick adults or children. This happens more often than you think. Scammers rely on your lack of knowledge regarding things like medical issues, how GFM works, or what is currently happening on the ground. Anyone can change their voice using modulators, play sounds or change video to seem believable. A reverse Google image search is not going to cut it for "vetting" people. A lot of these scams use AI. some even use it on their account headers. Some of these scams follow the same process as a pig butchering scam. That's why a lot of people who are victims of these scams, will vouch for the scammer and share their GFM link. It doesn't help that voicing concern over these, will get people accusing you of being supportive of some of the worst things humanity is capable of. My point in making this post is to get money to the right resources for people in need...not random people who spam emojis in everyone's inbox. Unfortunately, the damage is already done. Every sheltered soft-hearted person on this site has shared every link that ends up in their inbox.

Please just give your money to a charity. These are organizations with the resources to directly help people.