I just wanted to say that I think KeralaDee/BaileyDee is scamming mutual aid.
https://hexbear.net/post/8998152
This is at least the third time - with months apart - I've seen someone post that they have a life threatening tooth abcess and need thousands of dollars. It's always the same post, although the previous ones appear to have been deleted, the payment methods requested are sometimes the same as those used for the poster BaileyDee who is always claiming to be having hypoglycaemic episodes and in desperate need of money.
Other people have made posts explaining why this person's behaviour is scammy, someone named sphere said they asked a doctor about this and BaileyDee would have to be treated for free at a hospital for hypoglycaemia and that would last for weeks, they would not need to make posts like this.
Someone named blockocheese already reported baileyDee and KeralaDee for being alt accounts for the same person and scamming mutual aid but nothing was done.
They also appear to have had another alt account, CassandraD, asking for money for food and using BaileyDee's paypal account. The CassandraD account was banned.
Also these accounts don't engage with hexbear in any way other than to ask for money. All of their posts are just mutual aid requests. https://hexbear.net/u/BaileyDee
Please ban this person as their scams mean other genuine people go without help.
Feel like it's a no win situation. Gave a couple times to this account when they were claiming imminent death from hypoglycemia - at least enough for a couple meals and to get out of immediate danger. I got absolutely blown up over the next couple days with repeated "i'm going to die of hypoglycemia, please give more" messages. Felt pretty suspicious, sad to see it's been a recurring problem
I don't know how you can prevent scams without leveling unnecessary scrutiny at people who really benefit from mutual aid.
also if you wrongly ban someone from their only source of financial aid, you could kill them in extreme cases
Exactly what I was thinking
You think Reddit cares about this as much?
no, but hexbears are better people than reddit mods
I felt bad about that account's posts, but also wondered how they aren't dead yet.
I mean how many days of life-threatening seizures can you have in a row?
Also, are we meant to pay for their every meal? They were asking for money for fruit juice, and saying that they don't have anything. Like, hexbear can't bankroll someone's entire dietary intake.
Also if my need were that urgent to not die and the solution was some oj and a snack id just panhandle for it.
Yep, same. I donated once and was inundated with Venmo requests for months afterward--sometimes several per day. Super glad to see this finally addressed, as it had gotten very obvious. This is the downside of the rule we have about not questioning any mutual aid posts (which is still probably the right rule to have).