#phone call scam

[featherlinnea]

Protect yourself and others from Scams

Years ago, probably, I wrote a journal, that was super messy, but to help people avoid being scammed. Please share these with people you think could fall victim to a scam or are being scammed. 

Now what is a scam?

A scam is quiet simply the process of someone lying to you in order to get money. Mostly in a way they cannot legally be charged or be accounted for, so you are out of your money and can’t do anything about it.

Or google by definition: “ a dishonest scheme; a fraud. “ “swindle”

Let me give you some examples:

E-mail and Phone call scams:

I get plenty of spam E-mails. For Example where they say “You won car/card/etc” despite never participating in anything. Or “your Antivirus is running out/found a virus”. I often get things like “Your package has been sent”, “Congratulation, blabla couldn’t reach you”, “Weight loss 14kg in one month!?” and all the fun stuff. Some people may also get “Your Social Security number has been compromised”, etc. Stuff that is worrisome but actually just a lie. 

These e-mails are all infact scams. None of them would/will deliver on their promise, they are lies. Most phone-calls go the same way. Calling you about for example some expired software or false reports etc.

In the end the scams will end in you sending money as a “fee” so you can get what they promised- but they never do. It is a scam after all.

-Also never! Never ever open links from your e-mail. Especially from paypal or amazon for example, go over the usual way, google, website, log-in, but not over the link in the e-mail. You can check this way if whatever the e-mail is claiming is true, if you don’t find anything, it is a scam! Some scammers are very good at faking these E-mails, so be extra careful.

-Also: check grammar, spelling mistakes and most important the E-mail adress, you’ll often see very very different e-mail addresses than what the actual support e-mail of the websites are. Spelling and wording is often an indicated as well.

-These type of scams can also be on websites/apps in messages claiming to be from support/moderator/admins

Pop-up scams

Ever gone on a website and suddenly a pop-up comes up saying your computer has a virus? To call a specific number? Adds also often contain scams on more dubious websites.

Yep, those are scams. Websites and especially pop-ups cannot diagnose wether or not your computer has a virus. 

So what these scams likely lead to is, that they ask you to download a program similar or even anydesk to gain remote access to your computer.

They’ll pretend with the console that they check and found a virus, they make you pay for the “repair” or and after lock you out of your computer and demand money to unlock it. 

-Similarily the refund and cancelation scams:

E-mail, phone-call or so forth telling you to call the number in order to cancel a service you likely never ordered in the first place, for example an Antivirus software. They’ll also want to connect to your computer, make you open your bank account and with some html fake having send a shit ton of money to you. They then beg you in order to save their job to send back the money minus the refund. However, they infact never send you money. They only made it look like it.

For cancelations, they’ll likely ask for a “cancelation fee”. But it all goes down similarily. You pay the fee, they lock your computer, you pay more.

Packages, and money laundering:

In some cases, you’ll be ask as a result from scams, like cancelation fee or refund scam, to buy for example google play cards from multiple stores and send them to an adress in a package.

They could also ask you to send them the cash in a box/letters instead of cards, but it is still sending it of physically.

You might also be a person that receives packages that they tell you not to open.

Most of the time, they’ll send it to an adress where one of the scammers co-workers can pick it up and then send it to the scammers.

If you are asked to pay with google pay/amazon or any sort of store card, especially asked to put them in a box and send them off? 100% a scam.

Romance Scams

Lots of people are lonely no? You go on a dating app or website and get a match. You talk and flirt and then you hear that the person you like is financially struggling, you may offer to help or they straight up ask for money.

Could be for gas/diapers/groceries whatever. The point where it really becomes obvious that you are being used as a cash grab is when they ask for more. 

You’ll also never see a cent of it back.

On top of that, you’ll either encounter someone who just wants a sugar daddy/momma/piggy bank or a catfish. 

Likely you’ll sent money over paypal as friends and family or any app the scammer wants you to pay with, and poof money is gone forever and you can’t claim it back.

Recruitment/job scams

Okay this is really quick. You NEVER have to pay the job you work for just to work for them. They are meant to pay you, not you them.

If you do fall for it, you’ll likely don’t even get paid or get paid even less than expected. Most of these are super shady businesses, so as an extra advice:

don’t do any job that is illegal or likely very shady.

-Extra advice, always read your contract before signing and get a copy of the signed contract. If you are not fine with the contract, don’t sign.

Business/Artist/Commission Scams

Artists often do commissions, so lets take small business and artists as example.

You commission some and all is great, they took the commission and give you updates, you pay... And weeks go buy, with or without business, eventually you are over deadline and no product in sight.

At this point if you did not have frequent updates or any updates the artist will continue making excuses and more time passes. Eventually when for example paid with paypal, after 6 months you cannot get your money back, the artist blocks you and cuts contact. At that point they sucessfully stole your money.

Now: I do like to mention, that some artists just take upon to much work/might actually have an emergency and so forth. But they will tell you such. Popular Artists, have a query, so it could take a while before they get to you, but you’d certainly see them complete their orders after another. 

Bad businesses do not update you/no proof to the updates/take upon more commissions despite yours not being completed. Read the goddamn reviews. Even more, some may just look awful, could be spiteful customers for whatever reason, however if you see more of such, ask for the customers experience. Some scammers will deliver products to customers while also scamming the other half, to continue to seem like a legitimate functioning business.

Good businesses, keep in touch. Smart business have the time-frame of order completion (not counting delivery) in their T.o.S.

Always read the T.o.S. If you don’t like the T.o.S then don’t buy. Some artists or scammers specifically state that they will not refund or and that you can’t even use what you purchased. If you do they’ll fine you or similar, so while reading these long texts is exhausting, it is to protect yourself from any legal repercussions.

Also remember, do not pay with family and friends, that is essentially “gifting” people money. Actual freelance artist need to send you an invoice, because they also have taxes to pay! Similar to serious businesses, they’ll send you bills with tax(unless it is ruled differently, however at least in Germany such also has be mentioned on the bill)

If an artist/business, gives a lot of excuses, doesn’t update/show proof, perhaps even have an attitute or ask you to pay more, are long over the deadline-, I definitely suggest to cancel your order and get your money refunded. But dang make sure to have read their T.o.S, and make sure that they didn’t update it in order to scam you.

Customer scamming you the business

Ah it also goes the other way around!

The easiest way to protect yourself as a business/artist/freelancer is a clear T.o.S. Alias Terms of Services. Petty customers or scammers will try to find any sort of loophole to scam you out of your money.

But some of the once I know are “Empathy Scams” or “My kid purchased without me knowing”.

With Empathy, they’ll likely say that they “accidently” bought it or forgot they needed the money for bills. They’ll beg you to refund them, while you likely already sent/finished or are in the making of the product. They are specifically going for your empathy. Maybe even throwing in the “my mother died/my kids birthday/christmas etc”, but these are all lies, also often attempts from choosing beggars to get something for free or a discount. Business is business, remember that most business offer “luxury items”, art btw counts as a luxury, it is not a necessity, therefore if you can’t afford don’t buy. Some may also start blaming you when you refuse that it is your fault “kids won’t have gifts/birthday-holiday is ruined/she or kid is crying”, all that to just get a free product and or their money as well. 

In other, you’ll get a message back that they want a refund, because the kid bought the item and hey maybe stole credit card. in these they likely also already received the product from you.

In these scenarios: Your T.o.S is of utmost importance.  

-I’d also limit the amount a single customer can buy from you per month or amount. You don’t want to be stacked with a massive amount of orders just for the customer not even having the money.

I’d also like to mention: Some people might spent a ridiculous high amount of money on your products. Be extra cautios of such, it isn’t necessarily someone who then skips out on/scams you, but rather mentally ill or/and on a high, maybe drunk, or people with a shopping addiction. So limiting how much can be bought/how much can be spent/ as a single customer, can be good for both sides, especially as small business that likely can’t deal or handle large quantities of orders.

Also, don’t immediately use the money you earned, you never know when a customer finds a hole in your T.o.S and files a lawsuit or similar. Businesses also have taxes to pay, so remember to put money aside for taxes and weird emergencies.

Friends sending you links

Sometimes a friend shoots you up with a link to a giveaway, there you type in your account information, and woops your account is gone. But wasn’t it a friend that send the link?

The problem with these types of scams is, that your friends account, that sends you these scam baits has already fallen for the scam. The scammer uses your friends account to lure all the other contacts into the same scam, and with each account stolen, the scammer sends the next messages with the stolen accounts.

I’ve personally had classmates and family fall for such scam, but it luckily was quickly resolved by the support.

If your friend acts suspicious, try to contact them by other means and see if they were the ones sending the message, if not, then you can quickly inform everyone that the account has been hacked/stolen and to not interact with it, until support has dealt with the issue.

Choosing beggers/Street scams

So first, people on the street begging for money, might actually not need it, but just looking for extra cash. Actually some might use the money for drugs instead.

To see wether or not they actually need money, it is better to offer food/drinks instead, you can see at the reaction if they are grateful and it actually helps or if they just wanted money for drugs or similar. 

Some people while shopping, will give you a sob story about how they have little money, maybe even get you to pay for their groceries. You don’t go shopping if you don’t have the money. They are just looking to get more free items this way. 

If someone is maybe short like a few cents, that could be real (happend as a kid to me so often haha)

Don’t give strangers money on the street, don’t pull out your wallet in public, you never know if they are going to snatch and run with it.

Cheap products:

Some MLM (Multi-level marketing), especially sell dirt-cheap and poor quality. 

If you buy from businesses, check reviews, history and legitimacy of the business. Do they deliver what they promise?

Check T.o.S. any sort of contracts for issues as well. 

If anything sold is dangerous for you and everyone, these businesses should then be reported or a law suit be filed against for breach of contract for example.

Businesses just starting out however? Hardly able to prove their legitimacy yet, though if you see poor quality and bad business practices, leave such as a review. If it is dangerous, report.

Some advice:

-“If it is too good to be true, it likely is.” Dunno who said it first though.

-Don’t ever click links, E-mails you weren’t expecting. 

-if you do expect a link or so, please be careful if it is someone you don’t know for long. Some people do disguise normal links as downloads to malicious software, that can steal your data and more. 

-if a friend sends out-of-character messages it is worth to check on them by other means and see if their account is being misused.

-Don’t send strangers on the internet, money. Especially when you need it for yourself.

-Don’t give strangers money. Actually internet or no, just don’t.

-Watch for the “https” the s stands for secure, more likely to be a serious website than the one without. You can mostly see it, that the “lock” is locked. 

-these scammers do not care if you are struggling, don’t interact with them, don’t give them the time of the day. You do not know what they are capable of.

-be suspicious, check wording, spelling, address and claims

-read the fine print (I just recently got out of a contract, because you know I could and wanted too, because it was in the contract, read the contract and the fine print, see if there is anything off)

-VPNs are great to protect yourself and/or your business online. I recommend it.

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If you know of more scams, please let me know! I’ll add them to the list, or by sharing it will be seen. If anything could have been worded better, or if you have a more fitting description, I’d love to qoute you instead then! (if you give me permission first that is haha)

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[fates-theysband]

a question that’s been on my mind for a while: does anyone else have like. almost-f/os? like characters you could have feasibly had as f/os but the attraction was too fleeting or you don’t really have any intention to finish their source or someone else in the source caught your eye to a way higher degree?

#self ship #self shipping #selfship #saw a post in my recs about scam likely (name phones automatically assign to spam calls) #and thought about how I used to have a crush on scam likely (dn-dads character) #but kind of got fed up with the show so I never properly shipped with him

[disdaidal]

Btw I got a call from Paypal this morning, which sounded a helluva lot like an automated message (a female voice spoke in English, but it sounded distant, almost robot-like). And this voice said something similar to "we have received a request to withdraw money/funds from your Paypal account" (the requested amount was around a hundred-something) and "if you want to cancel it, press 1".

I hung up immediately. The phone number on my screen showed (+359) and "Bulgaria". I'm Finnish.

After ending the call, I immediately googled the message that I had heard on the phone, and it seems like a lot of Paypal users have gotten similar emails from 'Paypal' (I'm no stranger to such scam emails myself), but none of them mentioned a phone call. So I searched for that number and couldn't find it—or at least nothing that suggests that it's 'potentially harmful'.

I thought about reporting it to PayPal (still might), but somehow I doubt that'll do anything. I also checked my Paypal account activity in case of any new suspicious activity and transferred my money to another bank account (not linked with PPL) just in case.

I'm sure it was just a phishing attempt and nothing serious happened because I didn't respond, but you really can't be too careful these days.

Anyway, if you use Paypal and get emails or phone calls like this, don't answer them. Don't give them any information. Just hang up and delete those emails and/or mark them as spam. If you're not sure if they're legit, go to the Paypal official website and contact their support. They should know.

#paypal #scam alert #scam #phishing #psa #important #i normally don't pay attention to any of this stuff unless it looks legit #in which case i usually check the sender's email address (most of the time it's some garbage address) #but i have never received a phone call from them before and it sounded serious #(especially since i literally woke up to it so tired brain) #and i just had to make sure

[nikikikiko]

I think GaGene modern AU would be insanely funny mainly because this means they all have access to phones and I cannot stress the amount of times some kind of meme or picture got airdropped around the house randomly

#afk arena #afk eugene #afk gavus #afk lucilla #afk liberta #i think personally #giving them phones is the funniest option ever #because like you know Lucilla would be like sending and downloading memes at breakneck speed #Eugene accepting scam calls Every Single Time and trying to incite a nice little conversation #and every single time he tries to get money out of it too #Liberta feeling extremely petty just starts playing the FNAF freddy jumpscare song while Lucilla's trying to play Among Us peacefully #Gavus head in hands as his family gives him the 106th notification in a row in the family group chat specifically made for emergencies #because he knows theyd like to do their conversations but my guy has work to do please let him work in peace #but no they move hteir conversations into the group chat for emergencies #good for them

[risetherivermoon]

Scam Likely! this is him in a no realms au im writing, id been going through a bunch of different options with how i wanted to play with a human version of his character and ended up with a concept about him being a drag king who scams people out of of their money, and i got very attached to the idea, had to sketch it out!

theres a lot more to him in this au but i dont want to spoil anything bc ill probably be posting my writing for it, but i will say that there is a scenario in my head of him continuously sending Jodie singing telegrams that only sing the girl from ipanema after they break up just to fuck with him,

(the quality of the sketches ruins the text on his shirts so from left to right, top to bottom, they say: "I Am All 4 Of The Horsemen Of The Sassy Man Apocalypse" "You Want Me So~ Bad" "I Shaved My Balls For This?" "Bastard Man")

#i hope the gay people on my phone like this as much as i do #his name in this au is samuel lee but his stage name is scam likely so everyone calls him scam #scam likely my beloved #i also want to draw out how i see him in canon but ill get to that another day lol #dndads #dndads s1 #dndads s2 #scam likely #scam actually #dndads fanart #my art #digital art #scam likely fanart #scamster #dungeons & daddies fanart #scam likely dndads #dndads scam likely #dndads scam actually #scam actually dndads #my writing #🍁

[nando161mando]

capitalism is a disease

#capitalism is a scam #capitalism is evil #capitalism is hell #capitalism is a disease #capitalism is the worst #capitalism #jail #prison #prison phone companies #prison phone #prison calls #prison cell #prison conditions #prison cube #prisoner #usa news #suits usa #usa politics #usa #american indian #american #america #unitedsnakes #abolish capitalism #abolish the monarchy #abolish the police #abolish prisons #abolish israel #ausgov #politas

[bunnyb34r]

We finally got a new landline phone and this one we can block numbers on (immediately blocked moms brother in law and niece) and weve had it for a few days but we still cant figure out how to get it to take messages?? Bitch????

I think I fixed it but weve thought that like four times already

Also the robot voice is British ew... and the ringer is sooo loud and annoying it gives me headaches 😭 only benefit is the blocking

#and we're not dealing with the hassle of scamazon refunds and it was $90 for the landline + 2 handhelds so we've not trying another one #i literally went 'ew its British' when we hit the answering machine button sgdggdgdgd #we had one once that would read out the caller id and we'd make fun of it all the time like in the same robot voice 'call from MOM... call #from MOM... call from MOM...' over and over #the last phone i set the ringer limit to 3 then voicemail and now its 4 then voicemail bc we compromised :/ #im just waiting for the scam caller to call bc im blocking that bitch to hell and back mwhahahahaga eat shit bitch! #even if you did answer the phone and say no we're not interested in donating he would call back in 3 days! or the next day!!! like BITCH #IM BROKE!! #marquilla

[gothhabiba]

I think Jimmy McGill (/ Saul Goodman) would be a more... consistent? but less interesting character if he had the qualities that his track record of scamming would lead you to expect—i.e. if he were a more convincing, suave, charming, handsome conman sort of character.

But he is not really convincing or confidence-earning so much as boisterous, which is a different thing. He has a recognisable sort of sleaziness about him that’s more attractive to a sales company that doesn’t do background checks (“he’s exciting!”) than it is to people with options (“you’re the kind of lawyer that guilty people hire”).

Kim is more capable of thinking of arguments that are likely to convince her interlocutor, more confidence-earning, a better actor, and on occasion better at scamming (Jimmy did not even think to tell the guy on shift at the copy shop not to identify him...?).

It’s as if Jimmy is just good enough at scamming to get into trouble and not quite good enough at it to make his life actually, appreciably better

#and then combine that with the idea—maybe not as trope-bending—that he can’t NOT be scamming or he loses his mind #he doesn’t even Want his life to be ‘easier’ per se #witness him making up a whole business model instead of just getting paid to hang around the cell phone store #or needing out of Davis & Main #better call Saul

[weird-unlimited-ramblings]

Ok so we’re probably gonna get some Foster Family drama, so a couple things could happen the next episode and I want to place some theories on what may happen.

1. We get Hermie backstory stuff. If not in this episode then most likely in the hell arc (I would hope.) My assumption is that Jodie either A) doesn’t recognize Hermie for whatever reason. B) Hermie said bitch. C) Jodie doesn’t know Hermie exist ( I imagine Scam never flat out told but kept doing those things where they like but a piece of bread and are like “haha bun in the oven” and Jodie was like “oh your such a prankster”. Scams still doing it to this day and Jodie’s like “hun, get a new joke please.” D. It took Anthony less then a minute to forget about Hermie.

2. Maybe confirmation on if Barry or Bill are alive. With his weird time stuff is they could be alive on earth, just suffering. Along with that if any season 1 NPCs are dead their is a chance we either see them or find out.

3. Scam likely could make an appearance.

4. JODIES A FUCKING ANCHOR, I’ve had 2 weeks to prepare, I’m not. I don’t remember what anchors in hell, I don’t know if we got confirmation. I think the general assumption is betrayal. I kinda hope it’s Glenn related cause I wanna see Glenn. But I assume it will most likely be Scam Likely or FBI related.

#dungeons and daddies #dndads #dndaddies #scam likely #jodie foster dndads #hermie the unworthy #hermie unworthy #taylor swift dndads #glenn close dndads #I also wanna hear how Mark Likely has been doing #also I think everyone needs to pay attention to 1 C #Jodie: YOU HAD A BABY #Scam: FINALLY oh I need to call mark #scam (on the phone with mark): I told you it wouldn’t take twenty years #maybe I think I’m funnier than I actually am #idk #I hope Taylor gets his body back. #like I love the head bros but Willy could totally kill Taylor by stabbing his body through the heart #just saying #I think that’s how the knife works right?

[critdeeznuts]

waiting for that hermie "scam likely" phone call any day now anthony.. on the edge of my seat every episode ANTHONY...

#what if it was glitching between 'scam likely' and 'well actually'....... #although knowing these dumbasses matt will make a joke about not picking up and anthony will just go #(hermie voice) *flips coin* 'yeah im not going to accept a scam call.' *turns off phone* #dndads s2 #dndaddies #dndads #dungeons and daddies #hermie the unworthy #scam likely #well actually

[youcanthandelthetruth]

Texas 💖

#i had the longest weekend on the planet #shitshow of a funeral with the most dysfunctional side of my family #and then my uncle never made it home and he's diabetic so we can't just wait for him to turn up again #i made a chain of logical leaps that felt right in the moment but are confusing even to me in hindsight #but with one phone call i found him in jail in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere and then drove two hours to bail him out #all this while I was badly sunburned on my period and covered in poison ivy blisters #did a kafkaesque little routine where every lobby we went into at the jail was empty and there was just a phone on the wall #and someone on the other end would say oh go into the next door down #and that would also be an empty dark room with a phone on the wall where they said to go one more door down #several times in a row #finally found an inhabited part of the building and talked to a sherriff while trying to hold all my arms and legs behind my back #to hide the horrible yellow crusty blisters all over my skin. look like an actual plague victim. feel worse. #keeping it together because i am Handling The Situation #my uncle was so happy to see us he cried #he'd been trying to call for help all day but the jail phone was showing up as Scam Call on everyone's cell #I was hailed by the family as Brilliant Detective: Finder and Rescuer #I went home and laid very still for many hours #anyway in between crises I got to spend a few hours at the beach and that was nice.

[this-is-a-new-low-for-me]

A mysterious stranger named Scam Likely keeps calling me and hanging up when I try to say hello :(

#scam likely #phone call #mysterious stranger is toying with my heart :((

[tmos-time]

Helloooo how we doin? Any good hc(s) for the day?

oh howdy howdy! bit of a weird day today, but nothing a good erisol headcanon can't fix >:)

silly little headcanon, but i always like the idea that (in the specific instance of the trolls getting hoodies with their godtiers on them for whatever goddamn reason) eridan likes wearing sollux's doom hoodie more than his hope hoodie; it's mostly from the fact that he thinks camo green goes better with his violet color more than pale yellow, but also from the fact that the doom aspect is mildly comforting given his role in destroying hope

#tmos opens mail #satiricalstardust #erisol #tbh??? was wavering on like 3 other headcanons before i settled on this one LMAO. could not remember which ones ive mentioned before lol #anyways i got a scam call on my phone in the middle of answering this <3 now im just thinking about the goddamn. the fuckign. #the fact that pquest was just like. yeah here you go add phones to your themes around erisol go ham buddy. #god can you tell im tired by how im transcribing my thoughts into the tags lmfao

[decompose1]

ohhhh my g-d my amazon was hacked? should we tell everyone? should i give you all my money?? should we invite the government

#(this is abt phone scams i keep getting scam calls) #meow.txt

[thecubes]

🙄 getting mildly lectured by gov ppl about not answering my phone like sorry its not attached to me at the hip jesus

#well actually i got a new number bc i exclusively get scam called and i only check it for gov texts and shit #'youll need to answer if the employer rings or theyll mark you not attended' Like girl relax i literally will knowing theyre gonna call #being unemployed has these ppl thinking youre inhuman for not wanting a phone number honestly

[ghosts-and-blue-sweaters]

June and July? :>

favourite book

Dang I have gotten a lot of asks for this question :0 Good news is that I love books/stories so yippee!!!

The Road by Cormac McCarthy (!!! Dude. This is a hard book to read, but it’s so so good; the format, the lack of “chapters”, the way the character’s names are never revealed, the pain so real it seeps through the pages right into your soul… dang. Highly recommend)

And two fanfics :)

Apartment 238 by Snekkyfics (okayokay I’ve already talked about this one but akdgsksgkwg it is ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITES SO I WILL TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN AAAAAAAAH it’s just. Ough. Ough. Best fic best fic. BEST FICCCC!!! Literally everything about it I just love on an unbelievable level. It’s like, perfect. BEST FIC!!!)

Bummerland by Snekkyfics (IT IS SET IN THE SAME UNIVERSE AS APARTMENT 238 AAAAAAAAH HAPPINESS!!! SO MUCH HAPPINESS!!! It brought me so much joy to beta-read this and so much joy to read it on A03 and it made me smile and laugh—I actually laughed out loud that doesn’t usually happen when I read aksvaksgaj—and it made me do this face 🥺 and AAAAAAAAAH!!! Literally just- oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. I love)

favourite song/band

EEEEEEEEE I AM SO GLAD YOU ASKED THIS EEEEEEEE YES

Alrighty, so I have three favorite bands—I like a lot of other bands/artists but these are the Core Three—and they are, in order of when I discovered them…

1. AJR

2. Emma Hamel

3. Lovejoy

I found AJR right around the time OK Orchestra came out!! They’re just YES!!! I love their style and the things they write about and how unique they are and here are some of my favorite songs of theirs :D

Christmas in June

Wow, I’m Not Crazy

Turning Out

IN ADDITION, last year I was in the top 1% of their listeners on Spotify heck yesssssss

I discovered Emma Hamel in August-ish of 2021, and I am SO happy I did!! She’s a very small artist, but her songs are beautiful and nearly every one of them is relatable to me 😭

I’m Not Here For You was the first song I’d ever listened to that like… described anxiety in a way that felt real. I felt like this song was talking about the exact kind of anxiety I experienced (still experience at times) and it was INSANE!!! I left a long ramble-y comment and EMMA REPLIED!!! YOOOOOOO!!!

Actually, she replies to most of the comments :D She’s liked a bunch of mine!! So neat :D :D

LOVEJOYYYYYY HEYYYYYYY

I remember trying to listen to them last year, and just… not having it lol. I didn’t like the style or the way it sounded and it was very meh in my eyes.

BUT THEN!!! I listened to The Fall!!! And oh boy!!!

I very slowly started listening to more of their music, one song at a time, and well… they started to grow on me. I’m not the kind of person who enjoys/listens to rock shsgsjsgja so the fact that I like them at all is surprising XD

And now I literally like every single one of their songs 😭 Like… just all of them. What the heck.

I HAVE LISTENED TO THEM SO MUCH DUDE THEY’RE DEFINITELY GONNA BE ONE OF MY TOP ARTISTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR

Portrait of a Blank Slate is leaps and bounds their best song, in my humble opinion! My mouth dropped when I first heard it lol

I also really like Warsaw, Concrete, Perfume, You’ll Understand When You’re Older, Oh Yeah You Gonna Cry, and of course, The Fall :)

#midway through typing this I got a scam call on my phone lollll #ask #ask game answers