Post #4116042

2026-07-26 15:44 UTC

My annoyance with the Fediverse is all the scammers. I do not suspect they're scammers — I know they're scammers, because they're using the same photos as the next person. I also have the unique perspective from my job where I deal with this sort of thing professionally (I work for Meta/Facebook). Some of them are not just staged or stock photos, but even A.I. photos too. Honestly, I always get a small laugh when I see the old photo re-shared with 6 fingers. The stupid scammers are so low-effort here that I doubt they noticed, and I doubt they care. Like all scammers, they want your money quick and easy. Which is why they often re-share the same photos and videos among themselves. They use both a repeated heart-bleeding story to tug at people's sympathy, but the reason why they repeat themselves is volume. They're not so much trying to convince people as they are hoping to flood timelines so someone who is more gullible and who wears their heart on their sleeve will act and give them money. It is the same marketing tactic corporations use. You see an ad repeated for a soda, and become thirsty, and if you happen to buy their soda, all the better. Just as the scammers repeat their heartfelt story over and over, and you feel sorry, and if you happen to pay them, all the better. Post 1 of 2 #Scam #Fraud

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@NetscapeNavigator@social.vivaldi.net 2026-07-26 15:55

Post 2 of 2 Their whole identity is the scam. This should be the most obvious clue that the person is a scammer, but since many people don't necessarily check the scammer's profile and only notice a single post at a time in their timeline, it can go unnoticed. But a normal person who needs help has a life. A normal person occasionally shares photos of friends, family, and perhaps their cat. A normal person talks about work and the random rant they have concerning their boss or some product or service they disliked. A scammer is all about the story of how they need your help. That is because this is their job. They have made the whole purpose of having a social media account to phish for people to pay them. And as I said in post 1 of 2, it is all about volume and maximizing their "ad" coverage, just as a corporation would. The scammers lack substance beyond the scam because the scam is their job. Many scammers will even post 4–8-hour workdays, professionally asking you for money. Even a person under duress will talk about something other than being under duress, especially since it is human nature to find some form of escape. But since this is their job, there is no substance, and nearly always only the scam. #Scam #Fraud #GazaVerified #Gaza_Verified #Verified_Gaza

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@mike@thecanadian.social 2026-07-27 18:40

@NetscapeNavigator@social.vivaldi.net All the Gaza scams that get boosted into my timeline are seriously annoying.

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