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Are Gazan gofundme (and similar) profiles legit? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by theacharnian@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm all for supporting people in Gaza, but these smell very (cat)fishy.

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[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 10 points 4 days ago

I couldn't tell you for these people specifically, but this sort of thing is definitely an easy opportunity for scamming people. I'd only consider donating to people where there's solid evidence that they are who they claim they are.