mojca

Our Lady of Fire

If a random user you never interacted with pop ups asking and begging for money.

If this user keeps harassing you and others over and over.

It's a spam.

It's a scam.

Maybe 1 out of 100 could be legit, but most is people trying to fraud you.

The obvious bot behavior tells you everything.

Most messages are a copy paste of each others, the pics are stolen from news websites, the beneficiaries of the crowdfunding are people living in the US or in Europe. GFM doesn't work in Israel/Palestine, the transaction tooks months and most banks are currently blocking money movements to Israel and Palestine. Even if one of them is legit, what makes you think that a third party that isn't mentioned anywhere in the post and you don't know would actually give the whole lot of money to the person in need?

And also... Why the fuck choosing tumblr? A obscure indie social media that does not have the numbers, the visibility or the money flux of Tiktok or Instagram? Why they have to harass random people on tumblr and not Instagram influences or Tiktokers?

Easy peasy:

Instagram filters spammy messages

Tiktok does the same (as far I remember, I haven't used it for a while)

Twitter is full of Elon Musk and Maga bots, so it's not their target

Bluesky have a strong anti-spam policy

Instagram and Tiktok would require a bigger effort into posting images and videos, so the scammer have to search/edit/AI generate the right content every time, while tumblr doesn't require to build a consistent public imagine for their Gaza/Palestine persona.

Tumblr is infamously known for the proficiency of bots and for the ineffective staff menagement.

It's easier for a person with malicious intentions to perpetrate their schemes here.

Protect yourself.

Don't fall for this.

ATLA where everything’s the same except Aang has a crush on Zuko—

Been rewatching the show since I really REALLY want to watch the movie but I can’t yet (I’m waiting until it’s released in theaters)