We have a live example of why they're called "pig-butchering" scammers! They're called that because they use the whole pig, ie, they don't just take a little money from their victims, they slaughter them and use them all. I'm gonna be slow on this thread because I'm doing exhaustive alt text, but:
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Second, this shit is bananas and has gotten SO FAR since I was last paying attention, wtf. Thankfully, I’ve only been getting ones that are so weird I’m like what’s the angle here?
Also, sorta on topic, has everyone suddenly gotten followed by "Gaza" accounts only asking for money? They're fake, right? Grifters?
Best move if you want to help Gazans is donating to a vetted charity doing aid work if you can’t verify a fundraiser.
Anyone who has worked in social media moderation, be it paid or voluntary will be exposed enough to know the patterns.
Esp this type and romance scammers.
Thank you for it.
If they seem to be mass-following, mass reply-spamming to random posts, or copy-pasting the same text and images as different accounts, I consider them iffy.
You can't discuss any issue without ten of these losers commenting (that was X tho).
Good catch on the AI profile picture!
https://fluxregain.mystrikingly.com/2
A bad habit many of then have brought from Twitter.
I’m never not surprised by how uncritical people in general are.
Here, they may believe that it's not worth registering a domain for 10$, but paying for 1000 blue check at 8$ per unit is worth it.
An impersonation account with conflicting messages!
https://bsky.app/profile/vanessa211.bsky.social
scammers hunt ruthlessly in places people are desperate and where the local institutions can do nothing.
I know many there who lost everything.
real people don't follow grammar rules to a T like that
I assume that random texts from unknown people with "Hi" or "Ralph (not my name), when can we meet for lunch?" are similar scams?
I never reply, just block and report junk. Not sure if there's anything else to do.
I'd prefer it if she could save them up for a once-a-week session when I'm at her house, but she gets too anxious about them.
The nodemsunder hashtaggers are the worst