@Bliss I don’t trust easily, I have seen so many scams that it is hard for me to believe.

@Jorro

i had one guy pretending he was my insurance company insisting i give him my insurance id # which is safe because its not my ss #

I then asked for his name and began hittting keys on my laptop.
"Spell that for me please". I continue hitting keys.
"Ok, one moment while I use my IT tools to reverse trace the location address of this call."
A second later the guy hung up. That's how I knew it was a scammer.

The pox on them!

@Bliss they are becoming more sophisticated, they know how the system works, that is why they are more dangerous and we have to be more careful.

@Jorro

I totally agree

@gemswinc yes it is !! I received three “ follows “ in the last couple of days, for a profile like mine it is a lot , everyone ignores me there 🤣🤣🤣, the only reason I’m still there is because I follow there some people that used to be in the former #birdsite , I honestly prefer to be ignored than to read all the non sense that people post on the dead bird . But I have seen more of that kind of activity in other accounts with more followers.

@Jorro The pictures of the posts you showed, wouldn't lure me into donating. Follow your instincts!

@gemswinc yes!! I will !!!! Thanks !! It is just that I have seen many , and social media is a good place to do it , the clear example is what is happening in #truthsocial , how many people have been scammed there , I don’t want to be part of the statistics, it is just too difficult for me, we work hard to earn some money and give it away just like that ?

@Jorro Scams are everywhere, and yes, those poor dumb folks scammed on All-Lies-All-The-Time Social

@gemswinc just this morning I had two new followers!! All of them from Gaza, in this screenshot there are 7, the two on top from this morning, it looks suspicious to me , really.

@Jorro I'd block all of them

@Jorro Find a reputable agency/charity to send help

@gemswinc yes, that is the best option, I will google that, and yes, I think I will block them , it is safer .

@Jorro I remember early on, on Twitter, being swarmed by Russian follows. Didn't know why at the time. Age of innocence

@gemswinc they say it is worse now !! There is nothing attractive about twitter, for all those who had thousands of followers? Many lives to other platforms, why wasting time there ?

@danielbsmith yes, it is happening a lot there too!! I don’t know if BlueSky has the same level of security that we enjoy here , maybe I’m used to the high security level in #Coso , we never get to see scammers , when we see trolls ( which is not often) “ J “ takes care of the problem almost immediately, in other platforms they are slow, maybe we are spoiled here ? There is no other platform like this one .

@AnnetteTRemain that was my first thought!! And if I show you every one of them you will be surprised , it just makes me doubt it, like this one , we struggle in this country where we have stability to make end meet , how can you have that after a year of war and a destroyed country?

@Jorro that photo looks strangely edited although I did not zoom in on it.

@AnnetteTRemain my other question is , how are they going to access that money? I have absolutely no idea what the situation is right now there , like banks for example, can they get the money through them ? Or debit/credit cards ? I have no idea .

@Pippy those places really suck , truly, no wonder there are rumors that Elon wants to sell the dead bird .

@Jorro and he throughly screwed it up! 😂

@Pippy he did !!🤣🤣🤣🤣