alibb
Well, I’ve been browsing through social media and then I saw a post about a kid needing money for surgery. The post claim that everytime the post is forwarded or shared, $0.10 would be raised… the post was pretty viral until someone pointed out that it was a scam in August!
Apparently the post has been started almost 8 months earlier (and the post stated that the kid would need surgery within 3 months or she would die)… so yeah… Busted!
But the funny thing is that, even though busted, the shares and forwarding goes on…
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Question of
Would you share the post after knowing its a lie?
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Yes
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No
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Have you shared post without verifying?
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Yes
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No
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That reminds me there was this woman stopping every vehicle asking for money to bury her husband and a distance away there was a shroud. I felt pity and gave her some money. A week later there was the same woman with the same sob story on another road with a shroud lying at a distance (lol)
Creativity develops in all directions, including in frauds.
Users voted 9 times.
Q: Would you share the post after knowing its a lie?
Yes (1 votes) – 11%
No (8 votes) – 89%
Q: Have you shared post without verifying?
Yes (5 votes) – 56%
No (4 votes) – 44%
We have to be very careful … I am skeptical about these posts
same here, I’m skeptical too …
They like to play on the empathy card but, finding out it’s a scam, is even worse.
Well, it’s social media, you didn’t really lose anything is not that bad…
if you’ve donated money then …
That’s true. All of your troubles start happening from there 🙁
Always always verify first.
That’s very responsible of you, Carol! *thumbs Up*
too bad many don’t… (even myself… ooops)
Yar, I’ve made men dance a jig off the mainsail for less
Can to share your methods? lol
ye swing a landlubber from the yardarm to teach the rest how to fear a pirate, yar!
Interesting and nice post ?
But I am very very careful when I post something, it must be something that I know will help the awareness of other people.
Wow, you’re one of those “rare” responsible internet users …
Salute!!
No it’s not that. I just thought I post this “concern” without verifying but those kinds I don’t. I share for example about environment. but usually about the money involved I don’t
Yes, too much scams have happened online..
I’m careful about sharing donation post too
Yup but if it is about awareness I do post it without even verifying, but if it is about donation, nope I don’t
I would share it only because it’s social media, and that really does no harm. But now donating is a totally different story if it’s a scam. Most likely I would not donate money if it’s a scam.
Yeah, same here…
But I’ve been quite reluctant to read these “urgent help needed” posts unless they’re shared by reputable or people I know.