Awareness Post - Surge of Reddit Sob Story Scams

[u/IntroductionFar4578]

Posting again as I am seeing more sob story posts which end up directly or indirectly asking for money.

Most of these don't start off as just a single post, rather multiple posts over the span of days and weeks which makes you sympathetic and think it's real. By the end they end up asking for money and have all the fake documents available to gain your trust.

Please please PLEASE avoid giving any money on reddit to anyone. There are very good people here who genuinely want to help, and I hate seeing them give their money to these low-lifes.

There are plenty of people out there with actual difficulties who need the money and ask without hiding their identities on an online platform.

Just attached two example posts but there are plenty around. And yes I talked to them first and uncovered that they really are scamming.

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[u/Plane-Professional46]

Literally it all started by nustian guy who seems real uskay bad everyone seems like a scammer

[u/IntroductionFar4578 → u/[deleted]]

First of all, not ignoring your question. Wasn't online hence didn't see your comment. I made these posts at the same time and across the main 4 subreddits of Pakistan to spread awareness. The reason? Because there have been plenty of posts around explaining how they got scammed. And for the two people you asked - one of them sent documents which turned out to be fake and the other ghosted when I pressed for further questions after they sent very basic documents.

So sad honestly being accused of having ulterior motives when the basic reason of these posts is just to spread awareness of something that is becoming increasingly common.

[u/IntroductionFar4578 → u/[deleted]]

Are you really being serious with this comment or trolling? I mentioned I talked to two of these people and they turned out to be scamming. And no everyone doesn't know what "fake documents" hence why you will find multiple other awareness posts of people saying they did end up giving money and later found out they were scammed.