Don't give money to anonymous scammers

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Over 2M actually, they got another 1.4M on chain.

This account is also on nostr fyi

I had a feeling this was a zap farmer when I noticed the acc on nostr. Sad.

Thanks for this alert!

Zap responsibly. Thanks for flagging uno

Good flag!

Hate to say it though, kinda obvious scam imo, I never interacted from the start.

Good looking out nostr:npub1pefpytg7h9wdmza97evpta73eyf94rq5mq5cn6h992eknm4xcljqq2tv2p 🫡

What an odd thing to think is acceptable, pretending your child has cancer to scam a few sats from plebs. Mind boggles.

Is there a way to see who zapped them so we can go educate them and ask why they were so easily scammed to try to improve ui in the future?

Oh boy! That account has been liking all my posts and replies.

I never give to these things. Always scams , and that one was very obvious

I knew it was possible it was a scam but sent some non trivial amount of sats. Split between the chance there was a genuine need vs a sick scam I chose the former. Well I guess it was a good litmus test - assume scammer even if on Nostr where a lot of good people hang.

I confronted that account as I have knowledge on that type of cancer and called out the plan and "unknown" expenses was dubious.

Bitcoin taught us one thing to ALWAYS do... Validate! Doesn't matter if it's a piece of news (don't forward until you have validated it), or someone asking for monetary help. It sucks but draining your account doesn't help the ones who actually do need help and can validate that easily!

3 confirmations from different sources. Simple. Takes work, but that's how you hold people accountable.

I immediately thought this account was a scam, but then I started second guessing myself and considered a donation. I did not end up doing that, thankfully.

Really sucks because obviously I think a lot of bitcoiners would be willing to help in this situation. But we can’t trust much these days, can we.

Thanks for the post to confirm my suspicion.

This just shows that some folks will go any length to scam others. Greed is at all time high! A lot of folks out there have nothing to be laughing about in this shit economy and will do anything to place themselves in better position. 🤢

I certainly did not zapp. It was a cause that I can not support. Pharma to save a child! Yeh right!

Interesting though that not one dollar has been raised to start a bitcoin backed oil field in Canada nostr:nprofile1qyv8wumn8ghj7cm9d3kxzu3wdehhxarj9emkjmn99uq37amnwvaz7tm2wqkhyetvv9uj6mn0wd68ytnfdem8ytnrdpshgtcqyp69yy76sasrzlkw50khdrxem7vekf4hsp4n8km4lqfavraa3qt3gy4cfx3

Horrible to think someone would use a child’s illness to steal.

“Weird, she sent me 8 sats several times — was she expecting me to send her more back?”

Thanks for sharing also had this account interact with my posts and wasn’t sure about it

Good point

Anyone you don’t meet face to face I think should be suspect

I hardly ever donate for that reason although I like helping people

We will have a lot of this scam in this “transition period “ moving from a parasitical environment to a mutualistic environment. Calling out the scam is the beginning . An ingenious creator will soon design a (system) that will make this scam a “proof of authenticity “ to coin a phrase from our BITCOIN community.

I didn't wanna be that guy but...

The child is european and the name on the link was clearly Indian. Not that it's impossible but seems like a dead giveaway. It bothers me that some people are weaponizing others' kindness.

Just another reason I feel it's best to help people or community you know

Help the people around you, not strangers on the Internet.

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Well shit. I zapped them a decent amount of sats but not a whole lot. I knew I couldn't be sure they were legit, which is why I didn't zap that much. I guess I gotta be even more cautious than that.

the funny thing is that they actually zapped me multiple times to try to get my attention. I post about babies and motherhood, guess I'm an easy target?

Hahaha jokes on them. this old hag has been on the internet long enough to see a scam like this from a mile away.

Lots of naive people on nostr i guess

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Damn, I used up all my thoughts and prayers on this.