WHY AM I A FISH?!

If you want to donate, donate directly to the organization you do know. Anything you see on tumblr is 99% scam. If anybody comes directly to your inbox asking you for your money, they are scammers.

No, you’re not heartless by reporting them. They’re the scums by taking advantage of people’s lives and kindness. (Notice how all of their messages are always the same copy paste type. And if one stops, all of them stop. If one starts, all of them start. They’re a scam ring preying on people’s kindness)

1. Anybody can say that. “I have been vetted by this organization” there, I said it. Does this suddenly mean my family and I are actually trying to survive and in need of your money? No

2. People who are actual victims and are struggling to survive don’t spend this much time on Tumblr, of all sites, going directly to your inbox begging for your money 50 times a day.

3. The organization that vetted these scam bots are also a part of the scam ring.

They’re getting away this long because anybody who questions their authenticity gets called a genocide supporter. Sorry but you are helping these scammers scam money from people by using people’s kindness, and the lives of real victims who are in need of help, for their own personal gain

If anyone on the internet asks you for your money, especially if they ask you directly through your DMs or inbox, always assume they are scammers.

TW: Human trafficking, SA, torture, discussion of scam farms

I see a whole bunch of people arguing that they would rather risk giving to a scammer than ignore someone's gofundme. I also see people saying things like "I can't believe some sick people are profiteering off genocide" and like, me neither, but I feel like you guys really don't understand who actually runs these kinds of scams and what they are.

Scams of noticeable scale-- like scam asks being sent from hundreds of accounts to every user on Tumblr!-- are typically related to organised crime in poor countries, not Susan from Milwaukee who wants a new coat and has no scruples. People get trafficked by gangs to scam farms in Asia and Africa where they're worked to the bone and tortured trying to get idiots in wealthy countries to part with their money. Genocide profiteering is pretty much the least evil thing these people do.

Here's a UN article on it. Obvious warnings for content related to human trafficking and SA.

When you donate to a scammer, you fund these organisations and give them a reason to exist. It's possible some of the fundraisers are legit. I honestly find it unlikely given I'm not seeing any from any other countries where urgent fundraisers would seem to have great reason to exist but which haven't captured the same level of attention on Tumblr-- the number of Sudanese, Congolese, Ukrainian, Burmese or Uyghur fundraisers in my DMs is a fat 0. In any case, there are safer ways to help.

If you want to help (which is great!) you don't have to take the risk of paying for human trafficking. Donate to legitimate charities which have the resources to safely and effectively ensure the money and help is getting to the right people. Funding human trafficking rings in Myanmar is not a good risk to be taking while trying to help.

Yeah well, when I checked the price just now (12 MAR 2025 @ 1:31 PM EDT), TSLA is currently trading at $250.85. That's down 48.6% from the high.

Babes, we're already nearly two-thirds of the way there.