How to spot a scam blog
A very simple guide to figuring out if the blog messaging you is a scam:
Was you sent an ask within some time of sharing a specific type of post such as a trending topic or subject? - Usually scam accounts target particular posts and will spam asks to everyone who shared it. The ask may relate to certain events going on or more. These asks are always sent to many users all at once so it’s suggested to tumblr search part of the ask and see if its been sent by other accounts labeled as a scam or accounts with similar style.
Is the account relatively new? - More often than not, the accounts sending the asks are about a week old or even newer. They haven’t been made too long ago and often send asks within hours of being made. If you have timestamps turned on, you’ll be able to see the date something was posted. A fresher account is usually not going to be one who’s finding you unless they are searching tags and saw your blog.
How many posts are on the account? - Scam accounts rarely have many posts on their blogs beyond the initial pinned post. All their posts, being very few are very little, are most often just posts from a trending topic they looked up or a popular tag they decided to look through. They will share only a few and then make no further posts. This is to pad out their blog to make it look used but it’s easy to see how new the blog is if you scroll to the end.
Are the shared posts fitting a theme? - Scam accounts try to share posts based on the scam they’re trying to run. This means they’ll share posts related to the topic of their choosing and then stop once they’ve shared a few. Most of these posts come from the OP themselves and not from someone the blog is following though in rare cases they’ll find a person to reblog from so they don’t look suspicious.
Are the reblog dates accurate? - If you use timestamps, find a post the blog shared and check ‘Other notes’ and see if the reblog date matches the date that is listed on the blog itself. Often, scammers will backdate posts to make them look much older then they really are in an attempt to deceive people into thinking they’ve used tumblr for months or years.
Is the url auto-generated? - Not always seen from a scam account, but scammers often just use auto-generated usernames because it’s quick and easy to do. But real accounts may have these too. It’s just a thing to keep in mind.
Is the url familiar or similar to one you’ve seen before? - Scammers often try to copy their older accounts by using usernames based around previous scam attempts. It becomes obvious after about a while and usually makes it easy to figure out the scammer is back again. This isn’t always from scam accounts as regular accounts may do this for reasons.
How often do you get asks? - If you barely get asks and suddenly keep getting mutual aid asks it’s very likely you’re just a scammers latest target and they’ll keep spamming asks. This means you’ll consistently get the same style of asks from a brand new account that shouldn’t know you unless they found you in tags. You will keep getting these asks on a daily basis. You will eventually always get these asks.
Did they request you to message them directly? - On rare occasions a scam account will want you to send them a direct message and then they’ll just ask you for thousands of dollars on the spot.
Does your bio say no mutual aid asks? - Scammers don’t read/don’t care they will ignore that and send you asks anyway that won’t stop them.
Short version: More often than not the blog asking you for money is a scam if you don’t usually get asks for money from brand new accounts.
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THIS IS IMPORTANT. VERY IMPORTANT.
PLEASE DO NOT SKIP PAST THIS AND PLEASE REBLOG.
TW: GROOMING, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES, SEXUALLY DRIVEN MESSAGES.
A user that goes by the name of @thelegendzapatacoll arrived in my DMs at around 4 am [i was asleep btw] and in the morning, i decided to respobd, because:
-I dont like to leave people on read n not respond it just seems rude
-He didnt seem like a bot
[here is the image proving that this happened lol]
Soon after, he almost immediately started asking about my personal info, as well as obvious sexually driven info
[more proof]
soon after he suggested sexting. He also confirmed himself to be an adult.
after, i declined his request to sext him, and even though i told him i was a minor, he still persisted, to which i tried to change the subject to food:
after which we had s conversation about food in general. I was trying to steer him away from a sexual conversation and at least give him a chance to realize his fatal mistake he was making.
up until which... it wasn't a mistake anymore..
soon after, i could no longer steer it away as he persistently messaged about his sexually driven interests, while still confirming to him i was a minor
in these messages, i tried to sound as neutral n as innocent as possible, to see how far he'd go
now with the rest of these messages, i don't even know what to say to this...
Now at that point, he was beginning to spam me because i was going AFK, taking these screenshots.
Once i had all the evidence i needed, i soon blocked him and made this post
Not even 30 minutes after me blocking him, he deleted his account, which didn't have much on it anyway, besides a few reblogs n some other stuff i cant remember.
THIS IS A WARNING, FOR EVERYONE.
BE CAREFUL ON THESE SITES. THINGS LIKE THESE CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE, AND CAN AFFECT EVERYONE DIFFERENTLY.
THIS COMMUNITY IS FULL OF MINORS, BE CAREFUL.
PLEASE, BE CAREFUL AND STAY SAFE.
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War Anniversary Press Conference
As always
it's not 1:1
quotes are marked
I paraphrase and summarize
I could get things wrong because too fast or I don't hear the translator or ...
(First few minutes are missing because of issues with my internet.)
Like everyone else in society, Ze says, he changed too. Got tougher.
He tries to be as honest as possible when he talks / to everyone. But sometimes he can't talk about all the details.
Ze says very important new detail about France support is coming soon - but he wants Macron to announce it
Ze still hopes in Congress support because otherwise he can't understand in which world we live in in
he met with Congress members and they know all the details what they need and Ukraine hopes for a soon decision
there are security garanties for the money from the US
Ukraine must be supported today not till the end or the end will come soon
the Poland matter is an internal matter, a political power struggle
using Ukraine as a pressure on EU insitutions is not fair
it is important to mantain the alliance with Poland, Ze says
if they don't find a solution, Ukraine will protect it's business
Russian matter is strong / intense in several places
Ukraine has reduced their advantage but they still have advantage
Ukraine has to reach the point where they can conduct a CO, until that point they will still loose land
but it's more important to not loose (more) people
Ukraine needs to put pressure on the partner's on the already agreed packages so Ukraine gets stuff and can succeed against Russia
the US support is not about money, it's about weapons
Ukraine has the weapons they have and that's it - they need more weapons to continue
there are different types of weapons
if US doesn't deliver, sime weapons could be given to Ukraine from other countries but that's difficult because not all countries want to give their weapons
Europe is really shifting and changing to increase production (ammunition, artillery, defense), their attitude towards the war is changing and understanding that Russia / Putin / the war is also dangerous to them
they start to understand that Putin will continue is war
Ze says the problem is not the military sector not being ready, the problem is that the European socities are not ready for Putin to come to them and he hopes Putin will not come to them - hence why it's important for Ukraine to be strong and fight (and defeat Putin)
Ze says Ukraine lost about 31,000 soldiers in the war so far
Russia: 180,000 (total amount 500,000 - KIA, WIA)
they don't know for sure how many civilians have been killed by Russia because several places are still occupied and people have been deported
every partner believes that Ukraine will be in NATO in the future
US and Germany are the main ones who have a lot to do with the invitation to NATO
Ze sees no risks of Ukraine in NATO
Ze and Putin had an unofficial meeting during the Nomady meeting in December 2019
Ze explained Putin that the agreements would not work and it would not work how Putin imagined it, especially with the troops still present
they talked about the possible frozen conflict for 20 years
they also talked about the exchange
Ze doesn't remember all the details because it's so long ago, like from a different life
Taurus missiles are important
Ze is thankful for the strong German support / support from the Chancellor
the US still stands above Germany and Ze sees the problem in the US not in Germany
but Ze is optimistic that US will move their position and they will get results / what they need
Ukraine speaks about jets with partners and that's all he wants to say
if partners continue their support depends on a lot of things: diplomatic contact, upcoming election results, society, ...
Russia will try everything to underminde the support
Ukraine improving the production in droes
everything is about making Putin a poorer person because that's what Putin cares a lot about
if the frozen Russian money is transferred to Ukraine it will weaken Putin, Ze thinks
big oligarchs and big businesses will not be happy (Russian ones)
if Putin gets poorer (like with transfering the money) he will start calling everyone not just Ze to stop the war
Ze knows that Canada supports Ukraine
the new document with Canada will support and strength Ukraine until they're in NATO
Ukraine would be happy if Aserbaidschan would support Ukraine and Ze thinkgs they would because they support the sovereignty of Ukraine
Ukraine is working on the countries who don't support Ukraine to join them
Ze thinks this is not the weakest moment
February 24 was a shocking moment
the most difficult period was that the world started to forget that the war is still going on, not only because of the Middle East
neverthelss they feel the effect with less weapons
the first year was all about survival, the second about resilience
third year will be a difficult year (elections, fatigue, ...), full of challenges, it's a turning year
this year will define the format of the ending of this war
Ze doesn't understand why they spilt the grain - he understands it's about politics but still doesn't understand it
it's bad that Poland's actions (the spilled grain) is playing into Russian Propaganda and that shouldn't be
it's not happening on Ukraine territory so Poland has to / can stop it, not Ukraine
Ze is not telling the Polish gouvernemnt what to do, that's not his right, but in regards of relations it's not right what the people do at the border
the longer this war goes the bigger will be the casualities (civilian, military)
losing time means losing money which is frustrating
the longer the war the longer the horrors for the people
the longer the war the longer it's hard for the countries who support
Ukraine can not loose time
(Huge part is missing because the livestream was having massive problems and made it impossible to follow.)
there has been evidence that Russia is using artillery and missiles from North Korea
there is nothing Ukraine can do besides help Ukraine
North Korea will continue to give weapons to Russia
Ukraine is not negotiating with partners on the use of their armys on Ukraine territory
strongest security guaranty would be Ukrain ein NATO
Ukraine will have a difficult time in the next few months because of the US
EU has shown their ability of leadership and support
Russia will prepare their CO at the beginning of summer / April if they can
Ukraine will be prepared for Russia
Ukraine will prepare their own planes
the US elections will show Ukraine what it will be after that
Ukraine prepares the first Peace Summit ad prepares the document about a just peace and the end of th war for Ukraine and everyone
what the end of the year looks like depends on a lot of factors
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