Help Bailey scam submission
Probable new scam: https://helpbailey.tumblr.com/post/661847742262493185/my-dog-bailey-is-diagnosed-with-erhlichiosis-and
Post linked above is the only post on OP’s blog, and is identical to this post from a deactivated blog made last month: https://twinnedpeaks.tumblr.com/post/660763543053926400/my-dog-bailey-is-diagnosed-with-erhlichiosis-and
Hey, thanks for the submission! Yep, this looks like another donation scam. After taking a look, it’s pretty apparent that the @helpbailey / @baileyshealing accounts follow the exact same pattern of behaviour that other active scammers use:
Spamming random users to share their donation post
The account being made extremely recently and having very few (or even sometimes only one) post that is solely dedicated to their fundraising efforts
Repeatedly deactivating and creating new scam accounts (baileyshealing was recently deactivated only to be recreated as @helpbailey)
Has apparently preemptively blocked a number of users who have outed active scammers
Pretty much exclusively uses Paypal (as opposed to Venmo or Cashapp), with comments in notes often mentioning that there is something wrong with the Paypal account
Language/cadence when talking about the need for fundraising is super similar to previous scammers like the Flores family and Laura Deramas (slightly skewiff grammar that suggests an ESL user + weirdly specific medical jargon)
