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GUYS I'M CACKLING, LOOK WHAT A PALESTINE GOFUNDME SCAM ACCOUNT SENT ME AFTER I CALLED THEM OUT- (btw please look at the entire post so you're aware of the situation, more below)
Breaking News! Filthy scammer gets angry they got caught!
I hope every last penny they've stolen is wiped from their account. They won't even see that because the Tumblr is gone but, the message is the same for all scammers. Fuck off, get help. You're sick and disgusting.
Here is the real GoFundMe page
Scammers on here (and possibly on other platforms, but I simply don't know for sure) continue to steal the story and images found on this GoFundMe and instead link personal PayPal accounts through linktree's titled "GoFundMe".
From my observations they mostly target ask boxes, and literally just copy paste their pinned post, which again, is just the stolen info from the real GoFundMe with the names changed. They also reblog Palestine related posts to try and make their blog more believable.
It is possible that other stolen stories may begin circulating
I've only seen Yasmeen's info being used, but others may start trying to use other families experiences as they start getting caught(if they haven't started already). That's why it's very important to investigate things like this. They spread like wildfire, and that's how scammers take advantage of real people in need.
I would say to tread very carefully and look for inconsistencies or things that seem suspicious. Like the linktree link. I have copy/pasted the entire stories into a search engine(which is how I found the real GoFundMe) to check as well. There are many more posts (much more informational, and widespread than this one) on the topic, and I ask you to please check them out. Please stay informed and aware of potential scammers, and think before you reblog!!
Friends, please spread this around, read up on this if you can.
#psa#palestine#palestine scam#gofundme scam#scam alert#signal boost#important#free palestine#end genocide#ceasefire#longpost
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Archived proof that benitarobinson is alicesgarcia. This screenshot comes from an older reblog of their aid post. Meaning the newer reblogs only show the new gofundme it has. But here is the original content + the message that shows when you try to access the link in the old post.
Please warn anyone sharing the post by benitarobinson that the account is not who they claim to be. I will link the post here not to call for harassment or to annoy them but rather to let people warn others of the scam. The link will likely not work in time if the blog changes again.
Link to post.
Remember this is NOT me telling you to harass them. Or annoy them. It’s me asking you to help me bring awareness of proof the blog is a scammer.
There should be no reason to have a new gofundme with entirely different info and then change your blog up to pose as someone else just because the other went down unless you wasn’t being honest to begin with. Don’t let the twitter account fool you it’s not proof of legitimacy.
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Hello there, am sorry for stepping in your inbox without your permission. Am having a request concerning my family. My family is still living in the Gaza Strip, and like so many other families, their lives are hell right now. My family includes my father and mother, my sisters Nisreen and Yasmine and my brother Anwar. My dad is 77 years old and my mother, who I call the soul of my soul and the balm of my life, is 75 years old and confined to a wheelchair because of a war injury when she was young. My brother Anwar and my sister Yasmine suffer from diabetes mellitus type 1… They need insulin urgently and regularly. Any lack of insulin puts their lives in danger, as what happened with my older sister Ibtisam, who lost her life 10 years ago due to a lack of insulin.” Kindly donate any amount and reblog.
Yeah alright, here’s the actual link and explanation, fuckin scam, shame on you.
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Groovyblizzardtiger for your free 99% probably a donation scammer block list. Just sent me an ask completely out of the blue 2 seconds after following me with never interacting with any of my other posts, and that's fucking scammer behavior and I'm not even going to bother to check the rest of it because that's what scammers do. goodbye.
Remember that if a random stranger do you have literally never interacted with before and who has never interacted with any of your posts sends you an ask asking for donations, 99.99 times out of 100 that is a scam account and it's going to get deleted and remade probably within a few days or even a few hours as soon as they get caught.
These people will change their stories every now and then once people start catching on to what they're doing, but they are almost always stealing other people's photos and medical information, commonly they will post extremely graphic images of injuries or gore to shock you into donating. Block and report them as spam. I don't think Tumblr has a report function specifically for scammers.
Recent scammers have learned that they cannot literally just have a blog with two donation posts on it so they've started going through fandom tags and re-blogging a random surge of fandom content, but if you investigate the blog you almost always see that the blog is brand spanking new, and is not nearly as full as it seems at first glance.
#free blocklist#donation scammers#scammers#donation scams#donation scam#spam#gofundme scam#GoFundMe scammers
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Hey there! Hate to be the bringer of bad news but pumpkinsbestfriend is a scammer stealing a legitimate gofundme that you can find if you search! I have contacted the real owner who doesn’t use PayPal and has confirmed the one listed is not theirs. Proof can be found on my other blog: kyra45
omg ty for letting me know :(
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A COMPREHENSIVE & AUTHENTIC UHURA LOVE/HISTORY POST
The above is where Roddenberry 1st employed Nichelle Nichols [click to watch the full clip]. It was a military show based on Roddenberry's own experiences, the episode is called To Set it Right (I highly suggest reading the wiki article about it).
You should note two other actors, whom he later pegged for Star Trek are in the episode.
They dated briefly and then became good friends way before Trek came about.
Miss Nichols was already an accomplished singer and dancer who performed regularly w/ Billy Eckstine and Duke Ellington
Roddenberry's 1st show, The Lieutenant, was canceled/pulled from the air before these scenes bluntly dealing with racism could air (there's blackface as punishment for the racists at the end of the show, in a case of 'he 'a little confused but got the spirit' for the times, so tw)
He created Star Trek to try to soften the blow of all the social messaging he wanted to insert from his military experience. Star Trek was basically, a submarine drama placed in a sci-fi setting. He made it diverse on purpose because the military helped him travel and serve with all kinds of people. Roddenberry was inspired by that.
Uhura was the first person to read for Spock and in fact, helped to shape the character with her reading and based many of the traits of Uhura (formerly Uhuru) on Spock.
She was basically a glorified secretary. She played the part with poise, joy, and the 60's style womanism she got to play out for those times... Everything from her mini-skirt (which Nichelle herself called very comfortable) to her smile, and teasing lines, and quips were about her playing "big" in a small role. She made every moment, every look, every line, and movement count:
Roddenberry cracked jokes about the fact that the network never figured out that Uhura was fourth in command.
Nichelle was the only main cast member who was not salaried. She was paid by the hour. This attempt at marginalization actually resulted in her being the highest paid at times, because of the long hours.
Nichelle was not let in the front entrance at times, her fan-mail was kept from her, and she grew frustrated with the constant cutting of her scenes, lines and storylines. This is why she justifiably attempted to leave. The bigots in production did not like her being there (and if we're being real, were it not for Janice Rand's actress Grace Lee Whitney having gone through so much and thus losing her job in the 1st season...Uhura might have had even LESS presence)
The lost context in MLK convincing her to stay was that YES she was minimized and could make more money and be more fulfilled on broadway, but her symbolism and presence meant so much at a time when Black women weren't on TV unless as a racist caricature cleaning a house, and even that was rare...that she stayed.
One of her best allies was DeForest Kelly, who threatened to quit if they fired Nichelle. George Takei was her absolute best friend on the show and in life (she served as his Best Woman at his wedding).
There was an unfilmed episode in which Uhura and Deforest would have played reverse roles in "racial dynamics" on a planet they visit
Spock and Uhura were originally supposed to kiss in the alien mind control episode, but Shatner demanded to do so for the publiicity.
Her work to recruit marginalized people as astronauts, as in personally going to colleges and talking to candidates after the show is a staggering achievement that arguably is the most potent of any castmember in any of the Trek series post-show. Sally Ride, Guy Bluford (she personally recruited the 1st woman and 1st black astronaut), Mae Jemison (the 1st black woman credits her for inspiring her to become an astronaut).
Uhura did finally command the ship in the animated series. She would not have gotten to voice the role, but for Leonard Nimoy making it an obligation that all the original actors voice their parts for him to come on.
Scotty and Uhura in the film was definitely a pair the spares situation, in which both were the leftover senior citizens with the writers just going "why not?"
it was beyond insulting and she did protest about the scene where she's bumbling through a giant translation book to speak to klingons for laughs in trek 5 ...but her best moment IMO is her pulling a gun on the young ensign in the transporter room in Trek 3...sadly her ONLY scene in the damn movie.
Miss Saldana got to play to MANY corrections in JJ Abrams rebooted Trek, from being amazing at languages to having an actual life & love, to confidently turning down Kirk at every turn.
FUN FACT!! Both JJ and Bob Orci both expressed disappointed shock that the love story between Spock & Uhura got more hatred from fans than BLOWING UP PLANET VULCAN.
another FUN FACT!! The love story between Spock & Uhura is what grabbed the old school Star Wars fan (JJ Abrams) enough to come aboard to direct. Yep. JJ ships Spock & Uhura.
Zoe's iteration became the 1st version of Uhura to speak confidently in Klingon
Celia Rose Gooding becoming Uhura brings around a lot of Uhura's qualities full circle, IMO. As she is also from theatre (like Nichelle) and has a beautiful singing voice as well as the charm. Zoe's iteration was sharper, and much more protective, professional, & mature, about her life and love.
Celia Rose has the youthful curiousity and stars in her eyes and had vulnerability from her first intro... I loved the eagerness the crew showed to being in her orbit, seeing the glow of her talent and being drawn to that, to have a part in nurturing that.
As I've said... Celia IMO has the most dazzling smile, giant warm brown eyes, fantastic curves, and an energy that feels essentially Uhura, & that is all light, joy, a bit of uncertainty, -from the light singing (!) and the growth to her joy in discovery... I'd love to see her writing move away from serving and be more about her wants needs and growing in friendships/loves.
But Celia is a gift and is perfectly cast.
Essentially Uhura = femininity, graceful carriage, gorgeous smile, excellence in engineering and translation (canon!), ability to sing and play the Vulcan lyre, sharp womanist wit, love for her U.S. of African-Kenyan culture and being beloved by all crew...
When Miss Celia hummed those gorgeous notes to the alien entity on that comet?? That Solidified that she IS Uhura IMO.
I 100% think they fucked up by killing Hemmer, because that mentor-mentee relationship was giving marginalized coming together and bonding over everybody else's bullshit and I was here for it...it was giving me Data and Geordi updated...and since then, IMO they've lost track and given us the same kinda backwards wingwoman role BS, that people who like to pretend to be her fan shoehorn her into.
...but I have high hopes that they'll course-correct.
All this to say ALL OF THE ABOVE is Uhura and anyone calling her ugly, bossy, pushy, annoying, whatever is just sad little hater who doesn't know wtf they are talking about.
#uhura#celia rose gooding#zoe saldana#nichelle nichols#nyota uhura#star trek#star trek 2009#st: snw#star trek: strange new worlds#star trek strange new worlds#strange new worlds#meta#anti-misogynoir#see how easy it is to talk up Uhura w/o pretending the only reason she's allowed to be is to get two dudes together?#see how easy it is to post something about who she is beyond a photo and just claiming she's your fave?#Youtube#another tidbit is that my man karl urban who gave the most direct and authentic playing of his reiteration IMO...#IS a true trekkie who spoke up for canon moments Spock and Uhura share in TOS when they got questions about Spock/Uhura in the reboot#p.s. yall got scammed by the gofundme for nichelle#her son moved her to new mexico and sold her house out from under the grifter because he was squatting there#yall just gave that fanclub lady free money#fanclub lady was making her work and sign autographs through dementia for the grift too#note yall aint see where 70k went since her passing have you?#sadly
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Please watch out for fake Palestine gofundmes in your inbox. I got one and I double checked if it was legit by reverse image searching a photo from the blog's pinned post and found a real gofundme under a different name with all the same text otherwise. The blog's oldest post is 7 hours and their link took you to paypal instead of the gofundme website.
Remember, if someone is asking for money in asks, check how old the blog is and try to look up the text or images used. Stay wary of links too.
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I hate that I’m here… again. I’m so sorry that I’m here again. But once again I’ve been trapped in a difficult situation that I’ve tried literally every way to avoid, prepare for, and roll-up-my-sleeves and do it myself. But at every turn we’ve been ignored, let down by professionals, etc. until I’ve been forced to go into debt just to heat my home because others can’t seem to take any responsibility for things that they’re responsible for. This is genuinely my last ditch effort to find even a little help. I can not go through this again. I’m exhausted, sick, and trying my best to scrape together some commission work while dealing with a really bad flare up of my autoimmune disease. (Hooray) I’m coming up short no matter what I do, and I’m desperate.
Please, if you can, donate and/or signal boost this!
For every donation received, there is a ‘anything goes’ offer of art! Please contact me here or anywhere on social media/email if you’d like to request something!
#donations#gofundme#heating assistance#mutual aid#community aid#the amount may go down if LIHEAP goes through#they were weirdly really nasty this year at the new office#and I don’t know if we’re going to get it#regardless of the fact that we live below the general poverty level#anyway#I can provide screen shots and receipts and bills#I genuinely don’t mind showing these I know there’s a lot of scams going around#I can also show photos of the actual items in my home#and anything else you need#also#I’m so sorry#I’m so sorry I’m asking for fucking help again#I’m sorry#I promise this is the last time#I’m not doing this again#I thought this was over and we were safe the last time#but that came crashing down in the worst worst way#because it came with the loss of an amazing person#who I wish I had had more time with#anyway I’ll stop now
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I've been getting a lot of those scam asks from people pretending to be Palestinian asking for money. And every time, I do a little poking hoping that maybe, for once, it's a genuine person and not some scum of the earth asshole.
It never is. It's always the scum of the earth asshole who thinks they can profit off genocide. Every single dollar they fool someone into donating is another dollar that same person won't donate to Gaza. We all have limits on how much we can spend, so it's very harmful for a cause that needs so much money to keep having said potential revenue drained away by these absolute fucks.
Not to mention the sheer inhumanity it takes to see a genocide ongoing and think, "Hey, I could profit off that!", and then go forward with it
Anyway, all this to say, make sure you look into every ask you get requesting your donations. Some usual signs they're fakes are these;
There's no posts on the account, or, if there are any, they're ALL reblogs of other people's content. I see a lot of these blogs reblog a ton of pro-Palestinian content, which is disgusting. But if you scroll all the way down, there's typically nothing before that, because these aren't real tumblr users.
Reverse-search the images they provide of themselves/their situation. Usually, these are taken right off the Gofundme of a real Palestinian person.
Type their blog name into the search bar on tumblr. If someone else has made a post exposing this person as a scam, this will bring them up.
Hope this helps!
#palestine#free palestine#gaza#free gaza#jerusalem#current events#gofundme#donation#donations#scams#scam#donation scam#scam alert#fundraiser#fundraiser scam#paypal#venmo
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Hello, I'm from Gaza City because of the war,my house was destroyed. We lost everything,my family and I did not have anything left. We left our homes in search of a safe place and we were displaced three times to different places to survive, but unfortunately there's no safe place in Gaza. My mother is very sick and she's a kidney failure patient in need of treatment outside. She suffers from LS. Help me and my family to survive. Please, your small donation can make a huge difference. A friend outside Gaza has come in to help me run the donation program so that my mother can be evacuated. My friend Mr. Fred Odhiambo is receiving the donations on our behalf to help us organise how to evaluate Gaza in the next four days
shame on you for running a scam exploiting people wanting to help when there are real refugees and families who need that money and that help right now. it is beyond evil to use a real genocide to fund your own paypal scheme.
here is a list of real places to donate to palestine
#blog made literally yesterday begging in ask boxes on TUMBLR???#you orchestrate a fundraiser with your friend who is running it and yet you have no information or transparency of funds. a made up goal#and a made up donation amount.#why don’t you reblog some actual fundraisers that will actually help people. jesus#ask#scam alert#donation scam#scammers#scam#update they blocked me immediately 🙄#also lifted the text and prof pic from someone’s real actual gofundme. vile behavior
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this is pretty damn shitty but please be careful about the latest inbox scam message:
(the third image is of the first ask like this I'd gotten, which i deleted upon finding the account to be only 8 hours old at the time so i had to get a screenshot from my email. the third image'sblog has also since been deleted.)
remember to always check the blog sending you asks like this- both of these blogs have only existed for two days. they have the exact same icon, blog title, description, posts reblogged (all about palestine and gaza).
the donation link is to paypal, with no other option that might be more trustworthy or easier to validate like gofundme, no link to any other social media beyond their two-day old tumblr, no photo evidence or names at all.
be wary and be careful, and only donate/reblog posts of verified and confirmed palestinian crowdfunds, such as the ones from this list!
#i shouldn't have to make a post like this. and yet.#not that there can't be scams on gofundme#but having ONLY a paypal asking for ONLY $700 across MULTIPLE day-old blogs. is sus as fuck.
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Hello, I am from Gaza, due to the shortage of medicine in Gaza, my mother who is a type 1 diabetic and was supposed to undergo urgent eye surgery, has not been able to get insulin or any medical care for the past three months. . Some members of my family fled to the southernmost part of Gaza (Rafah) in tents. But my parents and sisters have nowhere else to stay. They are forced to stay in the Nuseirat refugee camp, which has been bombed since the beginning of Christmas. "I am on my knees asking for your donations. Please help me. where you can.
Goal: $700
This is another scam blog stealing the story directly from Rawan AbuMahady, an actual Palestinian’s, Gofundme page. Once again, the real fundraiser can be found here if you would like to donate or boost it:
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erisselis is a scam.
Previously erissellis
All photographs are stolen from someone else (source unknown, but their different people)
There’s a deleted gofundme under a different name that had same photo
Asks off so no one can ask them about the photo
Targeting the black community and the transgender community
Sending multiple asks to anyone who uses those tags
Blog was made after the original one was removed
Has made no effort to explain why their photographs are extremely different
If you was sent an ask by them, please don’t share their fundraiser. It’s a scam and it’s made using fraudulent information. They are not the name given and are not doing anything to prove legitimacy after it’s been shown their a scam.
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Hi everyone, My name is Likuyani, I am Palestinian born and raised in Gaza city, I moved to London Ontario 4 years ago with my husband. I am raising this fund to help my family flee the war and come safely to Canada and reunite with me and my kids again. I'm writing to you at a really critical and urgent moment. Presently, my family is in Gaza and is dealing with unspeakable conditions. My family and I are fervently requesting your assistance so that we can help them flee to safety and reunite with me in Canada. I live in Canada with my 2 kids , yet I feel like I'm thousands of miles away from my family and are helpless to stop the suffering caused by ongoing aggression in Gaza. The situation is getting worse every day, and I worry about their safety. Any donation will be highly appreciated. The donation link is in my pinned post. Kindly help where possible.
These are scammers trying to profit on the war on Gaza‼️Go to @/kyra45 for more details
How to spot scams based around Palestine:
Their accounts are barely a week old and has liked nothing much but posts of people answering positively to their scams sent to your inbox
They link a go fund me but it actually leads you to their paypal under a different name
You've interacted; reblogged/liked pro Palestinian content recently so they send you their stolen paragraph
Their last few lines are always along the lines of; please donate/help where possible because all they care about is money
Inconsistent pronouns being used eg. Sometimes using 'i' and then switching to "them" or vice versa
Never reblog without checking if it's legitimate‼️
Scammers: colorfuldestinyfest salatonnkoringo leftcreatoreagles
#scams#scam#scammers#psa#charity#gofundme#Palestine#free palestine 🇵🇸#from the river to the sea palestine will be free#free gaza#gaza#israel#jerusalem#palestinian genocide
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PSA for a cat called Kuppa
As of May 15th 2023, lightanddarkside has been removed! However I’m keeping this warning up because the scammer always comes back using the same cat image or story.
If you have seen a blazed post from a user called lightanddarkside, it is sadly a scammer! The cats name is not Kuppa and the blog does not belong to the actual person whose name is being copied and impersonated by a well known scammer who steals images and is using a made up story for shares. Someone blazed the post and unfortunately I don’t know how far this post will reach. If you want to help the real cat, please use the link below!
If you want to help me bring awareness with tumblr blaze, please blaze any of the posts below that I’ve made on my blog @kyra45 !
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Linktree to gofundmes to help people evacuate Rafah
The owner of the link tree explains it better but basically Egypt is charging people to cross the border out of Rafah who aren't Egyptian citizens. People already out are setting up gofundmes to help their families still in the city escape.
#once again please call me out on any misinfo but a little research shows no sign of any of it being a scam#not that i had any doubt it was legit but always good practice#rafah#rafah crossing#rafah border#egypt#israel#palestine#free palestine#gofundme#gofundme palestine#donate to palestine#palestine gofundme#palestine tag
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