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mopinko

(70,703 posts) Tue May 21, 2024, 05:30 PM May 21

i hate to admit this but i've been catfished on xitter.

Link to tweet

not sure y this isnt showing up.
no harm done, was sus all along. he gave me a phone # that traced to scams on a legit charity.
le sigh. it was fun while it lasted.

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i hate to admit this but i've been catfished on xitter. (Original Post) mopinko May 21 OP

The old twitter address works. I substituted twitter for x in the link below. usonian May 21 #1

That's an old gambit GenThePerservering May 21 #2

no, this was a real scammer. mopinko May 21 #3

usonian

(10,339 posts)

1. The old twitter address works. I substituted twitter for x in the link below.

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2024, 05:43 PM

May 21

Things may change as DU and the world adjust to the formal change of names, but this works TODAY.
Craziness.

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GenThePerservering

(1,996 posts)

2. That's an old gambit

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2024, 05:50 PM

May 21

and a real pain on Twitter before it turned into Xitter. Before then it was bad on fakebook. It won't be long before we're inundated in AI Slop. But good you sussed it out! There's always some new iteration of this coming along.

mopinko

(70,703 posts)

3. no, this was a real scammer.

Reply to GenThePerservering (Reply #2)

Tue May 21, 2024, 06:04 PM

May 21

phone # traced back to scam calls pretending to b a legit charity. the feed foundation.

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