#phishers

As many of you are probably aware, there are a lot of scammers on tumblr right now. One of my tumblr friends has unfortunately just been scammed out of a large sum of money in excess of $3000 from a tumblr scammer, and is now having to deal with reporting fraud to their bank in the hopes to get their money back. Their tumblr account was also hacked and deleted by the scammer.

My message to you: DO NOT TRUST ANYONE who messages you directly claiming that they accidentally reported your account instead of someone else's. They ask you to use Discord, or email, to speak with tumblr support staff...except it isn't real support staff. They then hack and delete your account and blackmail you into sending them money to recover your account. If anyone comes into your DMs saying anything like this (and it usually starts with a simple "hi" message before they start the scam) REPORT THEM IMMEDIATELY.

I have been getting these scam messages a minimum of 3 or 4 times every single day. I report every account that does it. You should too. Report and block, simple as that.

And please, if you have a moment...REBLOG THIS SO IT REACHES AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. I do not want anyone else to go through losing money like my friend did. Look after each other by warning your tumblr followers of this scam, because not everyone is aware of it yet.

Who then immediately started making excuses as to why pay pal was not working and started asking me questions that were without a doubt a Phishing attempt.

I went through their likes, and EVERY SINGLE POST this profile ever liked was a mutual aid post. Just a phisher preying on people already at their lowest trying to get your bank info and drain you of the last bit you are worth.

Stay safe out there

Y'all, never thought this would happen with OCs but it is. I just got a DM, and the beginning of it is "awe, love your oc!" which always warms my heart, but then it just went bad.

I checked this person's tumblr and there's nothing. Nada

Be wary of links and strange tumblr names (this one was a name with a lot of random numbers and letters stringed on) as you never know what the new scam/phish is.

Spanish Translation:

Wow, thank you so much for the warning! That makes a lot of sense, and I've deleted my response. I thought it was a strange question, and I will follow my gut next time I feel that way. Again, truly appreciate you for having my back! 💛

@wanderleivanderlei is just about certainly a phishing account, and if you get an ask from them or anyone claiming a similar fundraiser to "my pet is injured here's shit to prove my vet is real please help me", do not fall for it. if you're actually dealing with a crisis with your pet; sorry, but the scams are too bad here for it to be worth putting up a fundraiser here.

whoever keeps running these, i'm sure they're working on a tenth circle in hell just for you; go fuck yourself.

if you run by this post, seriously. please reblog so more people don't fall for these things like i did a while back.

Another phishing ask, blog doesn't have archive option visible and reblogs only go as far back as 9 hours ago as of this post. Report and block if you see this