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who is vetting these gaza gofundmes because I have seen quite a few "vetted" campaigns from supposedly reputable sources posted on here who have been spamming the shit out of me lately (as in, 6-10 messages in a row per day) with highly emotive, guilt-tripping language and provably stolen photos.
who is vetting these and how?
I know there are legitimate fundraisers out there since a few palestinian diaspora artists and writers I follow on other platforms have linked to their families' gfm's and, given their relatively high profiles and traceable stories, I have no reason to believe they're participating in a scam.
I am just extremely skeptical of the accounts I'm seeing here and concerned about people handing over their money to greedy scam artists.
also, coming to the site full of broke, chronically ill people saddled with student loan debt and medical bills, and sending them messages like, "honey, while you're sitting in your comfortable warm house that you own and drinking your favorite hot drinks and eating your favorite foods you are IGNORING me and my son who will die today if you don't urgently send $100! You are treating us like dogs! So sadðŸ˜ðŸ˜" is probably not going to be very persuasive.
(yes, that is an actual message I received and yes, it is listed as a "vetted" fundraiser by one of the alleged scam-busters on here. not great!!)