Hmm, could you be a bit more specific, anon? If you know people are lying, feel free to share. When you say “a lot”, do you mean more than one or like, the majority? I haven’t even reblogged that many…
I know you’re just trying to help me (and my followers) but I think I’ll risk it anyway. Other people have said it a lot better but if my choices are to give money to people who need it and accidentally also to scammers vs not giving to scammers and accidentally depriving people who need it, I’ll go with the former. If other people want to be safer, that’s their prerogative, I assume there’s already some skepticism and awareness when people approach any donation request, and if there isn’t, or people have overridden that recently because they feel guilted or pressured, then I’m sorry, I should be clearer, donate if you can.
Also, “scam” is kind of relative, considering this recent MFF mess and I’ve seen people who ask for donations that DO have well-known presences still being bothered about them, like, if they could afford a pet or a game or anything deemed a luxury, then they shouldn’t be asking for anything, and I don’t necessarily agree with that. And is it actually someone making lots of extra money with total falsehoods and impersonations or someone who’s a bit vague or remembering things incorrectly but not deliberately or padding their expenses a bit or exaggerating circumstances to make people actually donate? You know? Again, would rather risk just giving the money. And although I didn’t think of it as a method against scams, I’ve been donating small amounts to various different charities, so maybe that actually does mitigate it a bit. No major harm done.