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'Bout to get my hand bit
Dec. 19th, 2021 03:16 pmThe exact same money scam that fleeced a lot of people in r/portland is currently being used in r/oregon. I gave few of the people who already sent money a heads up, even though I know for certain they are going to be angry with me. People who are happy they did a good thing don't like being told they've been taken advantage of.
I can't count how often I've proved that medical Go Fund Mes or missing kid info posted to communities posted to forums I've modded were fraudulent. It got to the point that I didn't even need to google reverse image search, I literally recognized some of the images that it's popular for scammers to use. I even knew the real story behind one picture, and that the family was fully and painfully aware of the way that image was being used online.
Sorry, venting here because I can't believe that literally the same copy-pasta is being used to scam people again. Also, based on all my years of internetting and sometimes being in charge of checking posts to see if they are scams, if I check that reddit account again it will be full of people shooting the messenger. Or I could just not... I could ditch that account and get a new one.
Covid has been good for grifters. The stress and people not feeling connected enough has made people easier targets. Now it's the holidays with a new variant taking hold and honestly I am so far beyond what I thought my breaking point was.
Anyway, a community I am in just got scammed for a lot of money and I am going to have everyone yelling at me for pointing it out because that is how life works. Maybe I should keep my mouth just and let people get taken for a ride.
I can't count how often I've proved that medical Go Fund Mes or missing kid info posted to communities posted to forums I've modded were fraudulent. It got to the point that I didn't even need to google reverse image search, I literally recognized some of the images that it's popular for scammers to use. I even knew the real story behind one picture, and that the family was fully and painfully aware of the way that image was being used online.
Sorry, venting here because I can't believe that literally the same copy-pasta is being used to scam people again. Also, based on all my years of internetting and sometimes being in charge of checking posts to see if they are scams, if I check that reddit account again it will be full of people shooting the messenger. Or I could just not... I could ditch that account and get a new one.
Covid has been good for grifters. The stress and people not feeling connected enough has made people easier targets. Now it's the holidays with a new variant taking hold and honestly I am so far beyond what I thought my breaking point was.
Anyway, a community I am in just got scammed for a lot of money and I am going to have everyone yelling at me for pointing it out because that is how life works. Maybe I should keep my mouth just and let people get taken for a ride.
