#pet scam

[kyra45]

Keys guide to scam spotting (v2)

Hi! I’m Key (Or Jess depending on which blog you know me from) and I’ll be telling you some better information and detail on how to spot a scam account be it a pet scam or a donation scam. All information is based on my own experiences and I’ll try to keep this post accessible so the only big text is the title. This information should help in understanding how these scams work and how to spot them without having to do too much work. As always, if you appreciate what I do and want to show it, sharing these info posts helps other users see it and learn about blogs that might send them asks.

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What is a donation scam? - A donation scam is when someone is being deceptive to get money by claiming they need mutual aid or support. For example, they are using the story from someone else’s fundraising post in order to get donations and won’t tell anyone their lying. This is called a donation scam. While the story may be legitimate, it is a story stolen off someone else and means the real person isn’t getting the support they asked for because someone else is using it. These stories are often stolen off Facebook/GoFundMe or even Instagram and could come from a private account or group so searching wouldn’t come up with a source. The images may also be stolen from somewhere else too.

How do you spot a donation scam? - Donation scams are usually easily spotted if you take a closer look at the information being given. Stolen stories will often have certain parts removed and replaced with the information the scammer added themselves. Sometimes the post may be composed of two different parts and won’t sound right if you pay close attention. For example, part of the story sounds fine but then the second part of the story seems out of place and doesn’t match up with the beginning. Another thing to check is how old the account is and if you have timestamps on you can see if an older post is backdated. You can also check to see if the account has tagged certain blogs in their post though this isn’t always a sign of a scam.

What is post backdating? - Post backdating is changing the dates of a reblogged post to look older then it really is. While this can be used with good intentions, scammers often use this to trick people into thinking their account is years old or even a few months old. The one way to find this is by turning on timestamps in dashboard settings and checking ‘other notes’ in reblogs. This is the only way to see the true date something was shared. Accounts who backdate posts will often claim someone told them to do it or they’ll say they didn’t know it was bad. However, you can not accidentally backdate a post.

Did the account contact you first? - A common occurrence is that you will get scam asks if you share a popular or trending post. Usually these accounts send asks to anyone they find without care of who it is and might lie as well if you ask them how they found you. In general, a brand new account shouldn’t easily find you unless they were watching the notes of popular posts. Occasionally these new accounts will even send asks to certain accounts they shouldn’t know about unless they have seen the account before. If your DMs are closed, the ask may ask you to message them because it’s urgent but all they will do is ask for money or ask you to loan them some money.

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What is a pet donation scam? - A pet donation scam is where someone has went and looked around for vet fundraisers online and then took it for themselves by saving the images and story while erasing any links that would lead to the real pet getting support. They will then repost it to tumblr and say it’s actually their pet needing urgent care with the post title being very large and in red text for a sense of urgency. Sometimes they’ll say they can’t use GoFundMe because it has a fee or something else. This is a scam because they are not the owner of the pet and have stolen everything meaning no funds sent will be towards the actual pets care.

How do you spot a pet donation scam? - A common way of a pet donation scam is by how old the pinned post is and how many posts are reblogged on the account. Usually there is only a few posts shared and always shared around the same time and then no more. These posts all come from a trending topic, a fandom, or are popular posts. Another thing is checking the bio in Google search and seeing if it’s been took from someone else as the scammer never makes their own bio. Reverse image search their pfp to see who it really belongs to in case they stole it. Another important thing is to check their link and see if it matches up with the vet bill. Since most pictures are stolen off a private group, reverse image search won’t find them. The name they may have is likely not their real name and is stolen.

Did the account send you an ask? - Regardless of what the ask says, it usually requests you to answer it privately or message them so they can tell you thanks. These asks may have several emojis in them as well but their always just copy/pasted and sent to multiple users all at once on a daily basis. The private answer is so the ask won’t show up if someone is looking it up. If their post is public, there shouldn’t be a reason to need a private response to an ask you have sent to many people unless you are trying to hide it. Messaging these accounts is useless because they’ll lie to you when you ask them questions back or just ignore you.

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What is a fake check scam? - A fake check scam is when a generally blank account with no pfp will message you after you used certain tags and ask you if you still need help. Even if you have links to send support, these accounts will ignore that in order to ask for your personal information such as phone number or banking details. They will then offer to send you a check. This is a fake check and cashing it won’t be scamming the scammer. You will lose money instead and the scammer will already move on to someone else. Never give them your private information.

Are there any other scam types? - When you tag posts, you’ll often get messages from accounts claiming they can help you get more attention on your campaign but you have to pay them money or go off-site to contact them. These are fake support accounts and they always use stock images while pretending to be officially affiliated and act like their Digital Marketing title means their not trying to scam you. They get defensive when called out and may start insulting you when they figure out you are already aware they aren’t legitimate.

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What is a funeral donation scam? - A funeral donation scam is when an account posts saying someone has passed away but the images they used are actually took from someone else and may be photoshopped. Bills may be edited to suit their story and names may be changed to someone else’s. This isn’t a real common scam! But it’s happened a lot lately but the basics are the account will steal someone’s pictures and pass them off as theirs and when caught will say they were forced to or know it’s wrong but did it anyway.

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In closing, this is information regarding common scam types you’ll find on tumblr. It’s always suggested to pay close attention to asks you get it they fit the criteria of being sent from a scammer. Answer the asks publicly and call out the blog. The scammer may block you as a result, but it’ll help your ask be seen it someone has looked it up. I suggest never spamming asks to share your pinned aid post because unfortunately scammers do this and you shouldn’t ignore people saying to please stop spamming. Always check to see if someone is comfortable getting these kinds of asks too because it won’t look too good if you have sent them an ask when they say please don’t.

As always, not everyone asking for support is a scammer! Legitimate people are out there. It’s just unfortunate scammers have made it harder for them to get help. You can always do your own research and compare it to what others have given and come to your own conclusion.

#scam #donation scam #pet donation scam #how to spot a scam blog #psa #important information #long post #longpost #pet scam

[scamarchive]

WELCOME!

This is a reference archive for the fake fundraisers and associated blogs, posts, and asks of the Philippines-based pet scammer who is currently on tumblr. This scammer also makes non-pet scams from time to time.

All urls on this blog are (or were) run by the pet scammer, unless otherwise stated.

Below is a list of the pet scammer's urls, both previous and current. Earlier urls may not be listed. The urls at the bottom of the list are most recent, so please look there first! Older urls will have been terminated by tumblr.

aueo, vanessxndwich, sygnell, vaneshys, plneapple, turncoatrune, starlightdisc, starlightexe, xxmy, wxnt, eeyore-pg, coatedpeanbean, starrypanelstars, panelstars, scyllostyle, the-nonbinary-witch, aash-aash, leechness, ash-aahs, commandobutch, lovely-pages, pagefive-to-six, reconnecteed, five-and-fourty, stepsapphic, farmer-butch0, health-pages, imse7en, lxve, march-pls-be-good, kassidymaygemz, kassidymaydream, emberful, dreamingkassidy, kasdream, confusedskull, confusedskulll, live-march, march-lives, criticaltuesday, quicksilvah, quicksilveey, wrldy, xcev, the-stucked-pan, nxce, flurrbum, thls, hokkairi, sykdykee, o345, furrtasticbu, bumfurry, supsense, wickdart, the90sbest, koppikopps, envydoors, catzeedy, falseyorac, hiveswamps, swiny, spoockypilgrims, sevend4ys1, 4kindadays, hereisjamieee, born-in-december, flnd, enernemesis, swagglecorn, swagglycorny, b0rn, panspain, wonderflyers, wonderflyby, bunjyqueue, klnder, kordilinga, stretchyourbody

November 2023 edit: this list is no longer being updated.

Click here to see the archive of blog/pinned captures

Click here to see the archive of scam ask captures

To see all captures related to a specific url, click the magnifying glass above this post and type in the url. You can also search by the paypal username (ie. kyoungton or aatuck1).

Resources: General red flags for tumblr pet scams

#scam #mutual aid #fundraiser #pet scam #pet donation scam #boost

[harfblarf]

“Help my Cat” Scam Going Around

Have you received an ask in your inbox from an account that previously wasn’t following you, pleading for a signal boost on their vet-related post? I got one today, but something felt fishy. Or perhaps “phishy” is more accurate?

Here’s the ask:

Now a couple odd things right off the bat. This is a blog I’ve never seen or interacted with, who wasn’t following me prior to sending the ask, so I immediately wondered how they pulled my name to ask for help. And while the world in general is a shitshow, so I can sort of see why a person would default to saying it “isn’t the best time to ask for help”, they say it with such confidence without knowing me at all.

Odder still, from their posts-- which at least do look extremely normal and human-like, down to the mishapocalypse profile picture-- we don’t share any interests aside from... well. Cats.

The other odd thing is them specifically requesting I reply privately, through DM or a private answer. I wouldn’t think much of it except they’re already asking me to publicly share something on my blog; if I’m going to answer the ask, why can’t I do so publicly?

I scroll through their blog some more. Their pinned post is, indeed, asking for help with their cat:

Weirdly, though, an earlier version of this post uses a completely different name for the cat??

This is bizarre to me and my red flags are pinging louder. Maybe it’s innocuous, though, I mean, it could just be a nickname or something? Why would you change it though?

Also, the post’s ratio is weird-- 101 reblogs to 44 likes. I suppose not too shocking if they’re doing this use-an-ask-to-get-a-boost tactic widely, but the ratio is pretty extreme. I check the notes. Every single reblog with tags has some variation on ‘boost’ or ‘signal boost’; there are no comments. No one has mentioned knowing this person, no one has vouched for the legitimacy of the post... but two mention that they were asked to boost the post.

*EDIT: Per a polite anon, I will clarify that signal boost/boost tags themselves aren't a red flag; what bothered me was that the post's ONLY interaction history came from boosts from seeming strangers. An active fandom blog, active enough to think posting a plea for financial help might get traction, SHOULD have at least one or two mutuals or friends who are willing to push the post and vouch for its legitimacy. Because the only engagement was from people who had clearly been approached via ask, like me, I got the heebie jeebies.

Okay, I’m doubtful enough that I’m not comfortable boosting this post myself. But let me check one more thing.

I search google for the exact phrasing of the help-requested post.

Ah.

There’s well over a dozen blogs pulled up with this exact phrasing. Most of them use the name “Koppi” instead of either “Ashel” or “Biscuit”, but a few use “Ashel”. The oldest result, from 2016, uses “Ashel”; more commonly, these results are from 2022 or earlier this year and again, most say “Koppi”. Also interesting: basically none of these posts exist anymore. Google can identify the exact wording even beyond what I included in my search query using whatever demonic powers allow it to reference removed content, but they’ve clearly been deleted.

Additionally, which I clarify for those like me who attribute Google’s quirks to demonic powers rather than an actual understanding of how it works: if the dates didn’t make it clear, these aren’t the blogs in the notes of falesyorac’s post. I cross-referenced the names. It’s not pulling up those reblogs, so presumably the majority of these results at one time came from someone who drafted and posted the wording to their blog, not from reblogs.

Maybe it was once a real post, maybe it’s always been a scam, but evidently the content of the post has been stolen and recirculated at this point. Along the way I found this as well, an anon warning someone who must have reblogged a version of the scam post:

So this is at least partly confirmed as a scam from another source.

Please be wary, do your due diligence before you put your money anywhere, and block & report falseyorac. I’m not sure the nature of the falseyorac blog originally; it may have been a real account that got hijacked, it may be a very convincing fake, it may be a real person’s blog who is trying to to leverage their innocuous appearance to pull quick money with a beggar scheme. Regardless, it is evident there is not a genuine Ashel/Biscuit needing help today and that whoever holds the falseyorac account right now is trying to pull a scam.

One more thing-- one of those reblog’s tags I showed earlier.

I also have a tag for reblogs of cats. (It’s “cats”.) I suspect this is where this particular iteration of the scam is pulling its targets from-- after all, people who reblog cats enough to tag them must care about them, right?

Finally, I am tagging the people who reblogged falseyorac’s post with tags (there’s too many for me to do everyone who reblogged it at all) below the readmore-- if I messed up and tagged the wrong person and/or you want your name removed, please just contact me and ask. I want to make sure you can see this warning, but I’m happy to untag you if it bothers you for any reason.

@thislilfecker​ / @koreanbibliophilegirl / @kingminyard / @sss-shyshy / @shoutmonishere / @cleocatrablossy / @mothmansass / @aroanehring / @valkyrie-ellis / @jae-writes-fanfiction / @ninja-chibi / @iambecomeahamburger

(A few people’s names didn’t come up when I tried to tag them, so I wasn’t able to include them here, rip.)

#cats #scams #scam #cat #signal boost #warning #boost #mutual aid #community aid #community support #pet scam #donation scam #harf blarf blib blab #i spent too much time on this

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

Reminder, if you ever get a random ask that's like "sorry for bothering you, but could you share my pinned post about my sick cat?" it's a scam.

Doesn't matter how convincing the blog looks, it's all fake.

DO NOT ENGAGE.

#scam #bot #ask #ask scam #pinned post #sick cat scam #sick cat #sick pet #pet scam

[pensivespacepirate]

Yo hi!! I’m hoping you wont find this ask strange, weird or whatever you call it 😞 Just wanted to ask a favor if you could possibly check the post I pinned for my cat? Its on this blog, please do check if you have a spare time and reblog/boost it as we badly need help because there’s a mass on her leg and im so so worried 😭😭 Im so sorry if I did bother you, just need some help. Please do send me a msg to reply or answer the ask privately, please and have good day! 😭🙏

i approached the actual owner of the cat and they don't know you

@kyra45 new scam!

#pet scam #fallenmutant

[myouki]

Greetings !! I apologize for being this direct! I know times are tough and I might sound desperate but I’m hoping that you would be so kind to please boost/share the post I pinned for my cat who needs urgent help as we are trying to raise some funds for her needs if you have some time to spare, It would be so meaningful to me as I’m praying it would reach more people and gain traction at the same time, please 💔🙏 praying you’d consider

Yeah no, this is a scam; you know how I know that?

I checked JetBlackCode and found you have no original posts at all; I guess you thought you were being clever by deleting the original posts after reblogging it to the same account?

All of the content on your blog (all reblogs) was added one day ago.

Doing an image search with 'Cascade West Veterinary Bill' leads me to another blog with the exact same cat pictures, vet bill picture, and sob story... though it seems you did switch the pictures around a little bit and changed some of the text in your post, so there was an attempt even though it was still plagiarism in the end.

So yeah, not quite the attention you were hoping for, was it? Probably not the best idea to try to scam the person working toward their cybersecurity degree.

To everyone else, have fun blocking this one and stay safe~

#Ask #moonandsunprayriee #Scam Post #Pet Scam #Donation Scam #Taking this scam apart was actually kind of fun #Stay safe everyone #Just noticed they changed their name #Probably doesn't realize the ask url reflects any name changes #watchingthesunsets

[chocolate-eclaire]

HEY! PLEASE DON'T SCROLL WITHOUT READING AND REBLOGGING THIS FIRST!

I decided to make my reblog of the original post as a post on its own since the user below blocked me shortly after I called them out.

To anyone who sees a post like this from @shinybouquetcreator (or anyone, really):

It's a scam. Don't fall for it.

I can assume that whoever reblogged that post got a message like this in their inbox like I did:

I was immediately suspicious of the ask when I first received it since the user wasn't even following me to begin with and never interacted with my blog beforehand, but here's some more fishy stuff about this whole thing:

1.) While that wasn't the first post they've made on their blog, the posts that the user had reblogged seem to have been uploaded the same day (or around the same day) and time that the account was created.

2.) The user mentioned answering the ask privately, not because "people tend to get weird on this stuff", but because they don't want others who won't easily fall for this scam to talk you out of donating to this person if you tell them.

3.) The image of the cat used for the donation doesn't even belong to the user, I tried reverse image searching and found the original source of the image from @rickybabyboy and posted December 11th, 2023

4.) They've done this sort of thing previously under a different username, @importantfunwitchbillia, although the account got taken down. @ghosts-vignettes 's comments in the post linked below prompted me to gather information about this so-called "donation".

@kyra45 made a post about this as well, their account is dedicated to calling out scammers.

So, yeah. I'm not the best at making callout posts, so I'm sorry if this was difficult to comprehend. That's all I have to say regarding this. I'd appreciate if you could spread this around; and also block and report the scammer while you're at it.

Be Careful, Everyone!

(also! if anyone that I tagged in this post would like me to untag them by any chance, be sure to tell me, and I'll gladly do so.)

#scam #scams #donation scam #pet scam #pet #pet scams #dogs #dogs of tumblr #dog #cute pets #my pets #pets #cute cats #cats of tumblr #cats #donation scams #tumblr scam #tumblr scams #scammers #scammer #callout #scam callout #scammer callout #tumblr scammer #tumbler scammers #cat #cats on tumblr #awareness #help spread the word #!!!

[strawberryoverlord]

Hey, hi! Im really sorry for sending this, i just hope im not overstepping any boundaries as I’m about to ask help which is very important right now :( our cat, Sleepy needs an urgent vet care. She is pain and I can't afford to pay the vet to help her so I'm reaching out to ask for help, I mean even if you can’t help monetarily, reblogging or sharing it would truly mean a lot. She is my daughter’s best friend and she’s all I have left of my mom who passed away last 2021. In case you’d be insterested to help, I have pinned the post on my blog, please try to also answer the ask privately as some people tend to get weird on this stuff. Please send us prayers, be safe. ♥️🙏

DO NOT RE-BLOG OR DONATE TO THIS PERSON

this is a scam blog, this person does not actually have a sick cat, also its fuckign disgusting that you're using the tags of a GENOCIDE to boost your fucking scammy ass post

the donation post is their only original post, and its their first post from 3 days ago and they only TODAY decided to start reblogging things and only like 5 random posts

#donation scam #scams #pet scam #at least theyre not pretending to be a human with stage 5 cancer #ask #steadyclouddestinpillar

[xythlia]

because that scam blog reached out to me again (dumb move) here are screenshots from @kyra45 detailing that @michellaivee is a scammer + any blog asking for donations using the paypal mriggs859 is fraudulent

in their latest stolen donation post they didn't even bother making sure the name of the cat was correct through the entire post. Literally starting it calling the cat Amara yet the bottom sentence says Poppy. Plus running two concurrent scam blogs with the same copy pasted story yet each one uses different pictures of different cats (a real cat named Amara & a real cat named Molly whose pics were stolen off gofundme). In total it seems they've scammed approximately $400 USD. If you see that paypal link in a donation post YOU ARE BEING DUPED. none of that money is going to any cat no matter what copy pasted sob story this person is using & always search the username in the tags to see if there are scam warnings for that blog before you rb or hype their post

#sick of seeing them & it was beyond stupid to come back into my inbox with this shit #pet donation scam #pet scam #donation scam #michellaviee #paypal scam #michelaide

[finleyforevermore]

Yo hello there! I am reaching out to you with a heavy heart and a plea for assistance. My cherished kitty, who is FIV positive, is in dire need of dental care and we need help about it. I pinned the post on my blog, please do share it or boost as it would really mean the world to me. Btw, please do send me a msg to reply or answer the ask privately instead as I dont want other blogs to think im a spambot or what, once again im sorry for asking this, praying you’d consider! 🥲🙏

You had me until "msg to reply or answer the ask privately", not to mention the exact two emojis almost every pet scam uses at the end of their asks....and also this.

#pet donation scam #cat scam #pet scam

[thesugarhole]

hey, hi. sorry for sending this ask. I know it’s inappropriate, but we badly needed some help right and i hope you’d consider .. its for our elder cat who needs immediate care, you can find the post here. i pinned it also in my blog btw. Hoping you’d be so kind to boost/share to help us alleviate the cost as it would tremendously help us a lot. if you can, pls try to answer this privately as some people might i pressure you to do so.. i know its weird, just wanted to avoid it if possible. Thanks a lot, and sorry again for being so direct. 🙏

you people genuinely fucking disgust me. its always the same scam, its ALMOST always the same cat, its always the same method of finding people to send this shit to- like i almost have it down to a T, with how patternized i get these asks. usually i dont have to look into it more than 2 minutes before blocking and reporting, but you happen to catch my ire specifically because ive been having a very shit couple of months lately.

make a blog

reblog some fandom and pets shit to make it look well lived (yall been severely slacking on it, you barely have 50 posts

first ever reblog from staff being one day ago

compose the bait post (poorly done everytime by the way. what fucking wednesday??? next week? next month? you sent this to me on a friday)

make sure you cycle your sick cat images, lest you send the exact same one to the same person within the span of two months!

go to popular cat image of the week

scroll through every note, follow, send ask

uwuu im so sorry to bother but pls reblog or donate my cat is very sick and im on disability and i have paper skin and the cat has glass bones please please please please. ANSWER PRIVATELY RAWWWWUGHR

people who you catch in their first ever sick cat scam give you a buck

seasoned users block and report

eventually some speak out, scam dedicated blogs share it

grift over before the week ends (seriously, ive never seen you guys stick for more than a week to this crap, its either you find a lot of newbies giving you a dollar fast enough, or you get caught fast enough.

no idea if its the same dumbass trying it everytime, changing names to 'emily' to 'sherri' to whatever, but you people are nuts to not give up on this scheme in particular because you manage to snag a couple bucks from the notoriously non fact-checking tumblr userbase.

i dont even know where yall grab the fake vet bills because at this point the same sick cats images/videos have been using the same five animals. hell, HERE'S ONE reblogged just five days ago (currently: 28/10/2023) from the person im reblogging from! and heres YOUR post i guess, for comparison. youre welcome for my reblog. at least you switch out language and disability points and vet bills with more frequency that you switch the cats. sick cats in a vet environment are harder to come by, i'll asume.

the literal audacity one of you had some months ago to grab an actual sick pet from an actual tumblr user looking to pay their vet bills for your grift is nothing short of vile, and im happy other people including the actual cat owner got to document it. and i can also hope the cat itself is fine and recovered, or at least in a better place.

fucking grow up and get out of my inbox with your rabbie dee ass posts (man, remember that one? geesh.)

#scam #tumblr scam #tumblr pet scam #pet scam #information #sigboo #dappertreees #sugar.txt #cuties replying #dappertreeez #dappertime

[kyra45]

Pet donation scams

What is a pet donation scam? - This kind of scam is most commonly done with cats though on occasion a dog is used. When someone is doing this scam, they have went on a private group or public site and saved the post there such as it’s images,story, and the owners name. The scam is that when they repost it to here, they have edited out any real fundraiser method and replaced it with their own fraudulent one. They don’t actually own the cat/dog but have copied the real fundraiser just enough to pass it off as their own pet. Nothing in the post tells you it’s someone else’s pet as they really want you to trust them enough to send money without looking too much into it. While the images and story are legitimate, the other information has been purposely removed. Nothing given goes to the animal in need.

Was there an ask sent? - Commonly found by asks that are sent requesting private answers. Recently, these asks tell you they don’t want people thinking you was pressured into sharing the post and people might be weird about it. Really, they just don’t want people seeing your answer when the ask is searched because you’d see how many others have got it and may have called it out. These asks are designed to guilt trip you and shame people who call them out but usually gives it away their not being honest since no one would ask you something like that. You might get this ask by sharing a trending/popular post.

How much content is on the account itself? - When checking the blog out that sent you the ask or has the post shared by someone you follow, keep in mind how many posts the account has overall. Usually there’s only a few trending/popular/fandom posts shared and then the pinned post itself. Their archive is usually turned off so you can’t see this; But scrolling for a few minutes should mean you’ll find the last post quickly. Turning on timestamps should also show you the posts were all shared at the same time too and they don’t have any tags either.

Have you asked them questions? - If unsure of the account’s legitimacy, I suggest asking them a few questions about the pet: How long have they had them? Do they have older vet records of past visits? Can they show you a recent pic of them holding their name on a paper near the cat? Would calling the vet itself be possible for donating? Any of these would be answered easily by someone who actually owns the pet. But those who don’t own them won’t be able to answer or properly.

What is a quick way to spot this scam? - Check the date of the pinned post. It’s usually only a few hours old, a day old, or even a week old. Another way is searching the bio to see if it’s been stolen off someone else. Look at the vet location and then press/hold or hover over the link they give you. If the country doesn’t match the state, it’s likely not the real owner of the pets link. As these suspicious accounts tend to impersonate the actual owners closely in order to look legitimate.

What to do once you figure out it’s a scam? - Warn anyone who doesn’t know it’s a scam and has shared the post unless they’ve called them out. Report the account for phishing (Report -> Something else -> Illegal uses or content -> Phishing), block them, then alert your followers as well. Keep in mind scammers will always delete/hide any replies/reblogs that have called them out.

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If you like this guide, feel free to check out my blog as I report on these scams nearly daily among other kinds of scams that I post about. If you like my hobby, feel free to drop some pocket change as thanks! However, all I really want you to do is share this post to help me bring awareness of tumblr scams. Send it to people who might not know what a pet donation scam is or link to it in posts you make! Thanks. Hope this information is helpful!

#scam #long post #longpost #how to spot a scam blog #pet donation scam #pet scam #psa #important information

[scamarchive]

This blog is on hiatus until further notice.

For a comprehensive list of red flags you can use to identify a tumblr pet scam, see this post! 🚩 🚩

#scam #pet scam #scams #tumblr #psa

[vonlipvig]

Hiyah! sorry for sending this! Just trying to reach out to get some help for my baby is in need of urgent care so I’m trying to raise some funds for his upcoming vet care visit, I made a post about it and I pinned it on my blog, hoping that you’d be so kind to help me share the word, please as every bit of help can get Tobi one step closer to relief. It would truly mean the world to me and i pray that all goes well on your end, too! stay safe!, if its possible, try to answer this ask in private or message me if it’s fine, reason is that, people might think I "pressured" you to do so, as some people can be weird about these things. Sorry again for being too direct. 🥹❤️🐈

Hey, scammer who just started posting today!

If you guys couldn't tell already by the ask (c'mon, a cat scam? the oldest trick in the Tumblr book?), this seems to be a scam. Here's the instagram account of Tobi's real owner, and she links to a GoFundme where she states she hasn't posted this campaign on Tumblr.

Please remember to do some research before spreading these kinds of posts, especially if the ask wants you to answer privately. Always copy and paste the ask and search for it on Tumblr first, if it's a scam you will surely find other people who have realized that and are warning against it.

Stay safe, y'all!

#nice try i guess #pet scam #pet donation scam #cat scam

[slavicafire]

Hi! 🙏 I know this isn't the best time to ask for help but if possible you could pleaseee boost/share the post I did for my cat? I pinned it on my blog, if you have an extra time please check it out. Im so sorry, i just dont know what else to do :(( hoping you'd consider to help just by even spreading the word. Please send me a msg to reply or answer the ask privately and I hope you're having an amazing day, stay safe! 🙏 ❤ ❤🐈

this is such a funny choice of post to start your scam account with

#scam #scam alert #pet scam

[p-paradoxa]

so I caught someone in a scam today. If you see someone asking for money for a vet bill with the paypal username /PGvan, I’m pretty certain they’re fake. this user followed with a pinned post like this, and messaged me, and while they’re not a blank blog, the content only goes back as far as *1 day.*

and to be certain, just googling PGvan brings up other instances where they’ve tried this as far back as months ago

and when messaging them back showing them this I just got blocked

normally I’m likely to boost mutual aid if someone asks but the new acct, random follow+message and only a paypal link (as opposed to crowdfunding) are red flags so be aware of this user and similarly worded scams, especially if they look like they were just trying to avoid getting caught in easy filters by filling a new blog with nothing but reblogs and a generic aesthetic. gonna see if I can report them to paypal

#important #scam #pet scam #??