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Some quick tips to spotting accounts that are pretending to be a Palestinian needing mutual aid. Please keep in mind that not all of them are scam accounts, and that some may legitimate blogs who just aren’t too knowledgeable on how tumblr works. This guide is based around what I go by when checking certain blogs and usually it’s a quick giveaway the blog is a scam.
Please read this post too from my other blog before you tell people don’t donate to gfms:
1. You was sent the ask as someone who regularly shares Palestine related content such as regular news updates of posts by other Palestinians who are regularly giving updates. You may also get these asks from sharing a popular post that is from the Palestine tag. If you post often about Palestine, you will always start getting these asks. These askers don’t care if you state don’t send the asks. They will anyway. Unfortunately minors also get sent asks.
2. The ask has odd formatting such as having odd quotation marks in it or unusual formatting that may indicate it’s been edited and copied from somewhere else. Often the ask is the same thing as the post itself minus a link to a donation site. These asks rarely change so searching it should pull up if it’s been sent to other bloggers and sometimes the asks are edited only to add new phrases to them in time.
3. The account is almost always a few days old or a week old or long depending on how often they have sent asks. Usually some may even be an hour old and reusing a familiar pfp/ask.
4. The blog has a few Palestine related posts or posts from random tags reblogged to pad out length and then no more. They will have no original posts besides the pinned post while occasionally answering asks that they may have received but otherwise nothing else and no further updates given either.
5. They may have a Linktree link that is called “GoFundMe” as if indicating they have a GoFundMe there. However, they don’t. When clicked on, the Linktree actually goes to a PayPal account whose name may not even match the one their supposed name is. They’ll say it’s a friend, but it’s just the same person not someone else. You’ll see this same name across multiple accounts after a while usually giving away it’s not legitimate even under a different theme.
6. The text used by the blogs are often real stories stolen from legitimate fundraisers and searching parts of it in your preferred search engine should pull up the sources. These sources make no mention of a tumblr account either or don’t have the PayPal account associated with them in the info. Scammers often impersonate a real person in need and will ignore you if you show them the source they copied from.
7. Legitimate Palestinians often link to their own GoFundMe posts that their friends have set up or post links to other social platforms they are found on. They will regularly post updates when possible, post sources to support them when necessary, and also generally have some method of verifying their legitimacy. They may often share links to support others as well or give links to charities that have been shown as reliable. They will have more original posts than just a single pinned one and regularly speak to other tumblr accounts beyond just an ask. Please don’t bother them with asks about possible scam accounts. There are many guides out there that can do that for you if you search. You may find verified fundraisers too.
8. Scammers don’t know anything about Palestine and will often have trouble once you ask them anything beyond the mutual aid post. They don’t know the languages decently and you can tell it pretty easily if you’re one who uses it regularly. Whatever the scammers use is often just copied off the site they got the post from. Sometimes the text is just reused from past scams such as asking for insulin that doesn’t last long.
9. These scammers can and will use names stolen off real Palestinians to look more legitimate and trustworthy. They change names constantly once one of their PayPal accounts is shut down.
10. If you do see a GoFundMe link on a blog, don’t immediately assume it’s a scam just because it’s a relatively new account. Check the post notes to see if anyone’s verified the account yet or wait a bit as it takes time. You likely can search around to see if anyone’s posted anything where the blog has been vetted by others. You may also see if the GoFundMe is referred to on other socials or on lists that compile verified and vetted fundraisers.
Please don’t let these scams deter you from sending support where it needs to go. Even if you can’t donate personally, there are other ways to help. If you are sending money, please make sure that it’s going to where it’s needed and the place it’s sent has been verified accordingly. If you find a blog is a scammer, and have been able to prove it, please make sure to alert anyone sharing the post and report the account.
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Hello,
My name is Hanan, and I am reaching out from Gaza to seek your assistance for my brother Jihad. He is suffering from multiple chronic illnesses, including high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney failure, celiac disease, and osteoporosis, among various other complications. 🥺🥺 Unfortunately, he does not have access to direct support or adequate medical treatment. We kindly ask for your help in evacuating Jihad from Gaza so that he can receive the necessary medical care abroad. 🙏🙏
https://gofund.me/22862796
✅️ The campaign has been verified by @gazavetters, and my phone number listed is (#266) ✅️
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I am Lynn Matar, a mother of five children. The wife of Ahmed Matar. My husband traveled to the Netherlands. A month before the war, he had to make a living, and I endured and insisted on continuing in Gaza alone, without a breadwinner. 😭 In Gaza, after the occupation destroyed our home. Our situation is very difficult. She lives in a tent and suffers from the high costs of war. The children suffer from some serious diseases, and they need help to get the necessary medical care, in addition to food and shelter. Help us travel to my husband and live a safe and stable life. 👨👩👦👦🙏 Donating is a glimmer of hope in the darkness of this war. Please donate and participate. Via https://gofund.me/f18c36b8
Verified by @gazavetters, my verified number in the list is #33
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URGENT HELP🚨🚨🚨🍉🇵🇸
Hello,
How do you do ? I hop to be in a good condition.
This is my special campaign
We hope to help us by donating or sharing to others.
Every donation makes a different even if it a small.
As you know, the war began on October 7 and lasted ten months. During this period, we were unable to obtain food, drink, or treatment because we did not have money.
There is no source of income for the family at the present time, so we are unable to buy food, clean water, and medicine, especially after we are afflicted with the ongoing infectious diseases spread in the north like Hepatitis C disease.
Our house has been damaged a lot since the beginning of the war. We are from the north of Gaza and we are still in the north and have not displaced to the south. We displaced 10 times from place to another seeking to safety .
We hope for your help and support, even if only a little.🙏🙏
Vetted by Femme intifada on telegram.
Also, vetted by gazavetters on tumbler and my number is #60
My campaign was recently vetted by butterfly effect group on Instagram and my number is #964
This is the link if you would to read our story well 👇👇
https://gofund.me/4e896ac1
Thank you all
Unfortunately I'm tight on money, but I reblogged your pinned post.
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cats being capable of understanding accidents and even giving you a little head bonk to let you know you're still cool makes it infinitely funnier that they don't understand when you're trying to help them
cats when you step on their tail: i'll admit that was rather ouchie, but given the lifetime of goodwill and trust between us, one must conclude this booboo is but a fluke.
cats when you try to get their claws unstuck from the couch covering: this nefarious bitch has never had a single honorable intention in their dishonest and shameful life, this must be one of their sinister plots or perhaps even an attempt on my life,
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I am Hisham from Gaza,🍉🇵🇸 Palestine. I am speaking to you with a sad😭 and heavy heart. My family consists of 6 members. My children are in the prime of their lives. They will not see anything of their person. I lost my home and my source of work. I lost everything I own. I lost my children’s oriental and summer clothes. I started in a tent a year ago and I have been living in it. My children are shivering in the cold. Please🙏 help me with your donations so that I can buy basic supplies for my children. Please🙏 share my story. Recognize my children as your children, and you have my deepest gratitude and gratitude🫂🌿
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URGENT HELP🚨🚨🚨🍉🇵🇸
Hello,
How do you do ? I hop to be in a good condition.
This is my special campaign
We hope to help us by donating or sharing to others.
Every donation makes a different even if it a small.
As you know, the war began on October 7 and lasted ten months. During this period, we were unable to obtain food, drink, or treatment because we did not have money.
There is no source of income for the family at the present time, so we are unable to buy food, clean water, and medicine, especially after we are afflicted with the ongoing infectious diseases spread in the north like Hepatitis C disease.
Our house has been damaged a lot since the beginning of the war. We are from the north of Gaza and we are still in the north and have not displaced to the south. We displaced 10 times from place to another seeking to safety .
We hope for your help and support, even if only a little.🙏🙏
Vetted by Femme intifada on telegram.
Also, vetted by gazavetters on tumbler and my number is #60
My campaign was recently vetted by butterfly effect group on Instagram and my number is #964
This is the link if you would to read our story well 👇👇
https://gofund.me/4e896ac1
Thank you all
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A Plea from a Displaced Father Holding His Children’s Dreams
When the events began to escalate, I never imagined that I would be forced to leave my home 🏠, carrying with me three young hearts filled with hope and life: Nada (7 years) 🌸, Mohammed (5 years) 🚀, and Huda (2 years) 🐥. We had a home where we lived in peace, coloring our days with dreams and security. But in one single night, everything changed 💔.
The sound of explosions was drawing closer 💥, and I felt fear overwhelm us. I had no choice but to gather my children and leave everything behind—our home, our safety, and the life we had carefully built day by day.
Now, I am a displaced father, trying in every possible way to provide my children with a dignified life in unforgiving circumstances 😞. We have no permanent shelter, not even enough resources to meet their basic needs. Every day, I bear the burden of finding food and shelter, hiding my fears and worries so they won’t lose their sense of security 💧.
Nada, my eldest, asks me every night, “When will we return home, Dad?” 😢 Mohammed, though still young, tries to be brave, but clings to me whenever he senses danger 💔. And little Huda, barely two years old, smiles and plays, unaware of the world around her 🌈. My heart aches when I think of the future they face under these conditions.
I try to plant hope in their hearts despite all the hardships, telling them stories of courage and resilience 🌟, promising them that one day we will return home, that peace will come back to our lives 💫. But I know this journey is difficult, and that I need your support.
To everyone who reads my story, I appeal to your kind hearts ❤️. Your support could give me the strength to build a stable life for my children and secure for them a brighter future, free from fear and worry 🌻. Any help, no matter how small, can make a huge difference in our lives and in the lives of Nada, Mohammed, and Huda 🙏.
These are the words of a father doing his utmost, raising his voice in the hope of finding someone who will support him on this difficult journey 🕊️.
