A reminder: No matter how good the job offer is, if they want YOU to spend YOUR money to buy supplies for the job/to get the job it is a SCAM. Period. Stay safe out there y'all.
This scamming hoe gives little ones around the world a bad name she is why sugar daddies don’t trust pay pets… she is also so incredibly stupid that she doesn’t realize she asked a person she scammed to reblog her so she can scam someone else.
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Support those who need help that are legitimate usersandhave posts that are truthful who have means of communications enabledandcan be sent messages if your still cautious.
Asks to reblog pinned posts are usually scams. Generally they’ll have their ask boxes disabled and messages turned off meaning you can’t contact them. They’ll commonly tell you their cat/dog needs help but the pictures being used are reused/stolen from others. Other times the pinned post is about anything else but is still a scam. These scammers will spam ask boxes of any user they may find in a certain tag and then may start tagging popular tumblr blogs to spread the scam. They’ll make a guilt trippy story and send asks to users who are not financially stable enough to support anyone. Or are too young to be able to. The scammers blog is set to be hidden. You won’t be able to access the blogs archive to see all posts. However! On mobile there’s timestamps so you can see if a blog is days/hours old when they started up sending asks. You can see if the blog is new or was an old one that suddenly started posting months later. Search the e-mail listed. If it’s already got a warning posted about it, it’s a scam.
You can find people who legitimately need help. They’ll have all methods of contact enabled and will answer any questions you have. They (hopefully) didn’t spam ask boxes for you to find them. Often they’ll be mutual followers or friends of those sharing their posts. They won’t have a strangely worded donation post and likely is using a well known donation service to collect funds. They also hopefully didn’t use SO MANY tags on their donation post because they want it to be easier to find. Their blogs are (usually) accessed from wherever, though some may have it set to hidden for personal reasons regardless.
As an aside, it’s Pride Month. Some scammers will use this as well to scam users unfortunately.
(If you liked this post enough, perhaps donate to myko-fi? But otherwise, I decided to hopefully cover everything here. Yet again once more wasting money to spread this final warning across tumblr.)
hey y’all do me a favor, go curse out @nickwatson69 because he just scammed me out of more than an hour of my time! girls do not talk to him, do not trust him. literally fuck that guy lol so disgusting
twice now, i have been called by scammers pretending to be bankers telling me i’d been scammed by someone else, and that they, the scammer/banker, would cancel the fraudulent transactions made in my name as soon as i gave them a bit of information to confirm my identity.
the second guy called me from my local bank branch’s number and told me “someone in another city is attempting to make purchases with your debit card information” and after i expressed obvious distress he told me “don’t worry, this is what i’m here for. we’re going to get your cards/accounts cancelled/closed and then we’ll all i need you to do is verify the 6-digit code that i’ve sent to your phone”
that 6-digit code was the code to reset my online banking password which i didn’t realize at the time. he then got into my online banking account and e-transferred himself $2,800. my bank reclaimed the money but i had to close my bank accounts, then open new bank accounts, cancel my debit and credit cards, get new debit and credit cards, alert two credit unions that i was a victim of fraud, change all my fucking passwords, etc etc
sorry if this shit is obvious to other people but it was not to me so:
if someone calls you, claiming to be from your bank telling you that there are suspicious charges on your account, hang up on themandcall the number on the back of your debit card. worst case scenario, you hung up on someone and called a different person back but at least now you know you’re talking to someone from the bank. best case scenario, you just hung up on a scammer and are already on the line with someone to report it.
keep your head on a fucking swivel out there
oh that is awful. i actually just had training at my job about how to spot a scam and unfortunately the incidence of phone scams has gone up MASSIVELY over the last several years.
op, i am so, so sorry you went through that and i hope that your funds get recovered. <3 that is a terrible thing to go through.
for other folks who may not know what to look for, here are some things to keep in mind to try to avoid a scam:
is an institution contacting you out of the blue?
even if it’s a company or agency you trust, it’s generally unusual to be contacted if you aren’t expecting a call. and like in the op’s case, scammers will often pretend to be from an institution you likely already know and trust. she is absolutely right to recommend that you hang up and call a verified number. any legitimate agency should already have your personal information on file and should not ask you for it by phone, text, or email out of the blue.
scammers can easily spoof the number they call from and the name on the caller id, and will sometimes even create a soundscape in the background to make it more convincing.
are they creating some kind of pressure to act?
this can come in the form of either a carrotor a stick. in some cases, they’ll offer some kind of prize in exchange for your help, like claiming abandoned money or getting access to lottery winnings. in others, they need you to help them with a problem, like claiming that they’re trying to help a relative but can’t do in their own.
are they creating a sense of urgency?
the pressure of a deadline makes it more difficult to stop and think about whether the call is trustworthy–the exact kind of thing that would prevent them from stealing your shit. often, they’ll try to ramp up the tension of the situation by putting pressure on you.
i’ve even heard of cases where they correctly spoof caller id information from a relative of the person they’re calling (like a grandchild) and claim that the relative was in a car accident and they won’t call 911 unless you send them money.
are they telling you to send money using a specific method?
this doesn’t really apply to op’s situation, but often, scammers will ask you to send them money using a particular method like gift cards or money transfers. similarly, don’t ever deposit a check and send money “back” to somebody–it may end up bouncing and then you are out whatever you sent them.
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final tips:
it may help to run through some scenarios in your head or read about examples of common scams BEFORE you’re on the phone with someone trying to steal your shit, and try to take some time to really think about how you will respond if you get a phone call like that.
and lastly, if it does happen to you, it is not your fault. these people are professional bastards and they make it their work to find vulnerabilities and exploit them.
there’s nothing wrong with you for assuming that strangers aren’t going to violate your trust. this shit istraumatic, and it may be worth looking into professional supports like therapy if that’s something you think will help.
First and foremost, a LEGITIMATE call would go something like:
“I’m Officer/Deputy/Detective/Investigator LastName from Department. I am calling you concerning x.”
Request their badge number, if they have not provided it yet.
If they ask for any of the following, fucking HANG UP.
Money
Banking/Financial information
Your Social Security Number
When in doubt, inform the officer that you are going to call their department back to verify their identity. This is ROUTINE, especially by businesses that deal with secure information like Banks and Insurance.
If they claim that there is a major Fine or warrants or whatever out for you, inform them that you are going to call the Court directly about it and/or that you want to meet in person at the Department to sort things out.
Any sort of legal paperwork MUST be served to you IN PERSON. There’s no handling a Warrant or Summons or other court paperwork over the phone. Personal Service is required, so anyone trying to get you to do anything over the phone OTHER than arrange a meeting for Service is scamming you.
Fines are handled through the court, so an Officer is never going to attempt to collect.
Anyone telling you that they need a code NOW to handle fradulent claims is a liar. The wheels of paperwork turn slow and always need a few days to be processed fully. If anyone is trying to make you give up something, anything, now, hang up immediately and call the institution itself to report fraud.
Stay away from this user. He is a FAKE SUGAR DADDY!!!!
He says he needs nothing, but then when you message him he doesn’t ask about who you are or what your name is. He doesnt introduce himself. Then he asks for miney for a “deposit’ and no matter how much you send him. Its never enough. I sent him $30, $30 and $20. So $80 in all. and he is still asking for $50 more.
Have you ever had someone buy from your Etsy and then edit the color of photos to claim you sold them a dying plant and demand a full refund, but also refuse to send the plant back?
Please pay attention to the accounts that hit you up in your inbox asking for readings or money. THIS IS NOT MY WAY.
The scammers are OUT IN FORCE.
I believe that their is someone targeting me trying to poach my following. If someone with my name has hit you up asking for readings or money YOU HAVE BEEN SCAMMED BY A FAKE ACCOUNT. -LadySpeech
FAKE ACCOUNT ALERT!!! Please go report @lady.speech for impersonating & stealing content from me as well as scamming people in my name. Please and Thank You. -LadySpeech
