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Mutual aid spam is becoming a problem on the Fediverse.
(atomicpoet.org)
Mutual aid spam is becoming a problem on the Fediverse.
And to be sure, I'm not against mutual aid. What I am against is spam.
This person has not verified who she is -- or even if the profile picture is hers. Additional research on her name states she is a scammer with a record of grifting. I am therefore skeptical that any donations will help anyone in need.
Folks, please be cautious with mutual aid requests. Yes, people sometimes need help. But people also lie.
@fediverse@lemmy.world
The plans can be super cheap compared to food and housing. A pretty poor person can still have consistent Internet now.
It's not the affordability that makes these things almost certainly a scam, but they pretty much are almost certainly a scam anyway.