A few months ago, a woman called @seunruth contacted me. She said her mom had a transplant last year and now she’s starting a small business, but she didn’t have enough money. She asked if I could lend her 510 HBD (weird number) or 300 HBD. I asked some questions…her answers sounded okay, but I still wasn’t sure.
Then I looked through her profile and saw her post from last year, showing that a lot of people helped her…A LOT... and you guys raised a lot of money for her. She posted photos of medical records... and of course, when you see this, you believe... and because I recognized some of the user names (@arcange @pharesim @stayoutoftherz @solymi @ph1102 @knowhow92 @asgarth @hivepakistan @phoenixwren @steevc @tarazkp@kryptodenno @TheycallmeDan_ @acidyo @HiveKeychain ) and I saw she repaid some money to @ibbtammy, I decided to send her 100 HBD.
My husband didn’t believe it was legit, but I wanted to trust people. I thought, if it’s a scam, we’ll expose her. Two months later… no money back. I started to suspect something. Then someone else messaged me...she asked him for money too! I contacted her again and reminded her about our deal (45 days to repay). She replied once, saying the same thing, but now it’s been over 60 days and she stopped answering. So, I became a little Hive detective. I found her on Instagram and Facebook but I’m not sure this is the same woman. Also, the posts didn’t match her story. On Hive and X (Twitter), she messages people privately, always asking to talk on Discord.
Why not just post publicly like everyone else? Her posts were full of contradictions. One day she said her mom just had the transplant, the next day she said it happened last year. Then I checked the doctor’s name on her “medical report.” Turns out that doctor died in 2020. And I even found that same name listed on scam websites.
So I had an idea...we live in an AI era, right? I uploaded her “hospital bills” that she posted, and asked AI if it was real. Do you want to know what I found out?
( It's copy-paste from AI)
🏥 1. The “Medical Report” and “Receipt”
Files reviewed:
- A “Medical Report” signed by Dr. Johnson Williams
- An “Etta Atlantic Hospital Receipt” for ₦102,000
Major inconsistencies:
- The header says “Government of Lagos State” — but Etta Atlantic is a private hospital, not a government facility.
- The doctor named Johnson Williams cannot be verified as a staff member.
- The contact email uses Gmail instead of an official hospital domain.
A genuine government hospital report would usually come from institutions like Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), General Hospital Lagos, etc.
➤ This mismatch is a major red flag.
The supposed consultant nephrologist lists [email protected] — official hospital documents never use free email providers (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.).
➤ Legitimate reports would use an official domain (e.g. @ettaatlantic.com).
- Text contains grammatical errors and inconsistent pricing for treatments.
- No hospital stamp, signature, or serial code — all expected on real hospital documents.
➡️ Verdict: Both documents are likely forged to gain sympathy and solicit money.
💰 2. The “Bank Alert” and “Opay Receipts”
Files reviewed:
- A “bank alert” showing ₦10.8 million credited to account
0773526838 - Three “Opay” transfer slips (₦300,000, ₦50,000, ₦50,000)
Red flags:
- The fake bank alert lacks any bank name, short code, or transaction reference.
- The text format looks manually typed — not system-generated.
- The “Opay” receipts show fake support email addresses and inconsistent formatting.
- No QR code, transaction verification hash, or real timestamps.
- These are classic fake proofs of payment used by online fraudsters to look credible.
➡️ Verdict: All payment proofs are fabricated or edited screenshots.
⚠️ 3. Common Scam Pattern
This set of materials follows a well-known scam structure:
Fake hospital letter → Emotional appeal for help → Fake payment proofs → Request for funds.
The goal is to make victims believe in a medical emergency or housing transaction that doesn’t exist.
No official hospital or verified financial institution supports these claims.
✅ 4. What To Do
- ❌ Do not send money or personal information to anyone presenting these documents.
🧭 5. Summary Table
| Category | Document | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Report | “Government of Lagos State – Etta Atlantic Memorial” | Fake / Inconsistent |
| Hospital Receipt | Etta Atlantic “Dialysis” receipt | Fake / Template-based |
| Bank Alert | ₦10.8M credit SMS | Fake / Manually typed |
| Opay Receipts | Three transactions | Fake / Edited screenshots |
🧩 Conclusion
All analyzed materials are fraudulent.
This case fits the pattern of a medical-donation or real-estate scam that uses fake hospital branding and counterfeit payment slips to deceive potential victims.
So…do we have a scammer among us?
Oh, and also… “The phone numbers printed on both documents are publicly known scam numbers often reused in donation fraud cases pretending to represent Lagos hospital”
We all see she’s active on Hive every day, but doesn’t reply to any messages… 🤔😂
Time to do something.
And yes, all of her posts are written with AI. She doesn’t even wait a day or two to “finish” another book before posting a new review.
So dear woman… or man, @seunruth,
We are all here to build something real….to share our stories, make friends, and help those in need.
And then you come and scam the people who actually care? Shame.
Thanks for reading, and guys, share it with other people…
With love, @tinabrezpike ❤️
No, no, this can’t be true 🥺 @seunruth, you really did this?
She still owes me some money too.
Those were her exact words to me too! I supported her without thinking twice.
I'm so sorry…you were also a part of the reason why I gave her money because I just couldn't believe she would scam you…and when I saw that she didn't answer to you, I had enough…all the freaking papers are fake, numbers are faked…everything…oh, and look…she is active now on Hive…
When I saw that you gave her money, I was shocked. I asked about her relationship with you, and she said you were just helping out.
My head is pounding from reading all of this.
Yeah…she knew how to play a game with me… because when she told me about health problems and how much she paid for the treatment for her mom, and now she wants to have a business…I will always help people because I know how hard it can be when you have so many medical problems, and in other countries, it is not cheap, and, usually, you are left without money…I hoped it was not a scam and ignored my feeling that it was…my husband told me…It was my fault that I didn't do this research before, but when I saw how many people helped her last year and who helped her……sorry girl 😔
Thank you so much and I’m sorry, too. I’ll find a way to get over this gross betrayal and hurt.
Thanks for doing this, @tinabrezpike. Well done.
Thank u ❤️ Maybe next time we need to research before we lend money🤔😏 take care, girl ❤️
Sorry for your loss. I hope she pays you back all that she owes.
Thanks ❤️, but we won't see this money again. I never heard that scammers give money back 😂
😂🤣... Although she was paying back before but this is just an excuse to run with the wind. I just hope the amount left is not huge.
Like my husband said…freaking pyramid scam… borrowing money, giving a small amount back to some of them, and then stop giving it when she has enough of it…
🤣 very true...
Thanks ❤️, but we won't see this money again. I never heard that scammers give money back
You woudnt have know if it a scammer to give back or not
Thank you so much dear, fingers crossed😃
It's rather unfortunate we have people like this spoiling our reputations. Bad eggs and Judases here and there!!!...
Little wonder we only know ourselves but not others. Good bonds are formed here and you're one of the few friends Hive gave me. But then, scammers capitalize on kind people and relationships. I hope the money s/he is owing ain't much
Well done to uncover this.
I had sent her 100 Hive. Well, I will do some flagging, if that lady ever posts again.
If this is true it's sad because it spoils not just things on hive but the reputation of Nigerians. I have been in similar situations and I asked for help and also people thought I was a scammer now it makes a lot of sense if people are experiencing things like this. They are quick to look In that direction.
I hope she clears this out, but from what I see, it doesn't look good and it's annoying. Very annoying I must add.
Oh, she won't clear this…she is still active, but I don't believe she will ever give money back to people. I just hope she won't find any more users here who lend her money…
I'm really curious if she'll dare to post anything again. That's why I also gave her money, because I saw all of your names there…and I hoped it was not a scam…damn 😂
Not the first one, alas. And not the last one for sure. Good detective job though :)
I always said I would be careful, and that's why nobody will scam me…oh boy, was I wrong 🤔😒😂 time for a new job? Hive detective Tina 😂
That's some impressive job, detective! And I really appreciate the formatting of your post, clean, short, informative. The community should employ you as our full-time scammer hunter.
Hahaha thanks for that 😂 I must say, not an easy job 😂
She was in my DMs on Discord from April to June 2024
I "politely declined" to give her money.
Those were my exact words.
I would ironically trust someone more if they just asked for money rather than promising to pay it back.
First time scammed…or better say…I suspected and still “lend” her money… Still not sure why 100$ and not less 😂
I'm still owed $225 by a Nigerian on this blockchain and it's been quite some time but I'm not too worried about it. I feel like it's a matter of personal trust and reputation built between two people and perhaps even the community at large. This person didn't seem to have anyone that could vouch for her... at least not when she was talking to me a year ago.
True. Vouching is very important. But when you write a post about how you get 4k with the help of Hive, tag a few good names, and mention health issues. Unfortunately, we can fall for scams. Funny that I always said I won't fall for Nigerian prince and queen scams. I did on the Nigerian health scams.😂
Damn, I wonder how many people she did this to and if it was really worth it. Is losing people's trust such a worthless thing? The digital footprint can pop up anywhere.
It was worth it for her…and unfortunately, there are many more platforms where she can do that again…probably already doing it.
Babyzilla 😉
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Please consider undelegating her if possible. I think u wanna see this about @seunruth
Thank you, yes!
This isn't the only scam running on HIVE.
Are there more of them ? Please name and shame so people don't fall for it
I think you'll find a few undelivered projects here:
https://peakd.com/me/proposals
😂
Time to do some research 😂
Yes I've experienced it alot. But never uncovered the names of the people publicly, because I didnt wanna discredit anyone...
@ravenmus1c I was thinking the same, but it was necessary to do this. That's why I researched it. I wasn't sure it's truly a scam—I hoped it was not—but when we have all the proof, we need to expose them…
What?! Do I need to take a vacation to look for them? 😂 it is an interesting job 😂
Oh, no... 😞 I'm sorry for your loss... I have to admit that I didn't do my diligence when I was asked for help... :( The amount that I sent was small, but it looks like she/he used that to "promote" themselves to be a "reputable" person... 😡
The last comment was 7 days ago... so he/she is still around... phishing...
Yeah, she/he is active…oh…I should know better…my husband told me it's a scam…I also suspected…and told her I would write an article if I found out she lied…She did…so now I have an article 😒😂
and your husband will remind you about it till the end of days ... i told you so ... 😂😂
Yes…he said to me a few times that this is fake 😂 and yes…now comes the sentence I told you so 😂
Oh no. So sorry you fell for it too. Next time, one needs to make more research before trying to help.
Definitely…but my trust was based on her medical report. I'm unsure why I didn't look deeper before…but why would you fake a medical report?!
I asked people from her country, their feedback was that it looks legit.....
I trusted based on their feedback.
I wouldn't say it looks legit. I'm a medic from the same country. The first thing that tipped made me believe that this is a probable scam was the fact that she/he paid funds into an opay account. Not just small funds but in millions.. that's sus AF.
Again, another suspicious thing is the price of dialysis.
Currently, in Federal medical center umuahia, Abia state, Nigeria, the price of dialysis is around 70 to 80k (not including other hidden charges in the ward) This hospital is owned by the government and many things are funded by National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). If this patient was under NHIS, her bills will be way more cheaper than 25k naira per dialysis. (I don't really know whether or not NHIS covers the bill for dialysis).
Again, another thing that's sus about this bill is the way it's made (treatment for anemia). Who makes Bill like this? This is pure BS. They just added treatment for anemia (patient's diagnosis) which a hospital will not do. People that does this kind of things are quacks that operate in a small chemist shop. They tell their patient vocally. They don't write it.
A medical bill in Nigeria consist of a lot of things. S/C, utility, syringes used, DRF, e.t.c, not just "treatment for anemia." Each and every thing has its own price. Also, a hospital don't put an option for discount so that you will pay everything. Though at times, patients can beg the hospital to pay a certain amount. Maybe 90% of the original bill.
There are a lot of things here that is really sus to me, but then, I think these are enough points.
My disappointment with all these things is that it's spoiling the already spoilt reputation of Nigerians. The most annoying part of this is that it's a medical scam. What if a legit user encounters an issue that requires help? People will feel reluctant to help that person because of this kind of thing..
I think this receipt is made up too because that looks like somebody's phone number. I'm not a gtb bank user, but then, I dont really think their that account number is legit.
How could people from other countries know this is not how you pay hospital bills in Nigeria? I know there is no health care there, or maybe better said, not for everyone. I mean, we don't receive bills for our taxes because health care takes care of it… but those scames can more from every other countries with no health insurance.
Its kind of difficult to know how a medical bill is done if youre not Nigerian. Even, some Nigerian don't know how a medical bill looks like probably because they don't pay much kind to it.
Actually, Nigeria is more developed than most people think. There is health care for everyone in Nigeria given that they can get themselves to the hospital. We have hospitals, and PHC centers in many corners of the country. Though it may not seem enough, I think its sufficient.
We also have an insurance agency for health, National Health Insurance Scheme.
If next time if u get sus vibes, just slide in my dm
I won't judge.....
U r haris right? Will stay in touch to confirm any naja activity in future.
Yes, I'm Harris.
It's no problems, I'll gladly help out to fish any scams.
What? They vouch for her? Fuck… that's bad…I couldn't vouch for it for her when someone asked me if it was legit, so I did some research. Too late for me, but not for others…I would feel so bad if I said to someone she should send her money…
Huh... That's even worse! I suppose there was no bad intention behind those people... Maybe they were a bit irresponsible to vouch for someone that they don't know personally... 😞
Thanks!
I supported her with upvotes :(
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We all did…crazy…
I donated a relatively small amount, and got very annoyed when s/he kept coming back for more after that. At some point s/he gave up on me.
Very good that you made the effort of a deep dive, I'm sorry for everyone who fell for it after seeing mine and other reputable names in the list of donors.
I actually thought this person wouldn't dare scam people so openly, without anybody suspecting anything…It looks like it was more than a year…first she asked for donations, then she started with “lending” money from us... yeah, we should have known better…
Greeting @tinabrezpike ,
Well done Detective @tinabrezpike !
So sorry for your loss.
We are all smarter now....good use of ChatGPT...hehe.
Kindest Regards, Bleujay
Thank u! I like this new title. 😌And yes, Mister Chat did a good job 😌 I could use it before lending money 🤔😂
^__^
Check your wallet transactions....
Oh, thank u so much! I genuinely appreciate it❤️ but you shouldn’t send it to me…I think @ibbtammy was scammed a lot more than I 😔
My pleasure. ^__^
This is so disheartening. Some people have turned a blockchain for engagement and building social life while earning to a harbor of scammers. I pray they'll be fished out someday
Maybe I will fish them out 😂 unfortunately, this is life, and this happens daily…not only on blockchain but everywhere. There are so many people who try to expose them, but there are just too many of them. And yes, people are careful, but they still get to us…
She pestered me on Discord. I think I only gave her some votes as I am not going to lend money to strangers. You cannot be sure they are honest. It looks like she betrayed the trust people gave her and that is sad to see.
Of course we cannot be sure…scams are everywhere, and it was my own fault that I didn't research before giving money, but when someone mentions that gatters 4k with the help of Hive, and tags some good names…you know.. Too late for some of us, but I hope it's over on Hive now.
Thank you for sharing this one. It's very helpful specially to newbies to be aware of scams like this.
You're welcome. Some of us have been here for a long time now, and we weren't aware. I believe we will be more careful now…
I can't believe I'm a victim too. 😭
Damn 😔 she took advantage of many people here 😒
Yeah. Thank you for putting an end to it.
Oh boy…it looks like this is not the end…she contacted me 😂😂 I will do some update shortly 😂😂
Lol.. 🤣🤣🤣
Keep us updated please
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Hi @tinabrezpike! I’m back after further review, she’s indeed a scam. Not just borrowing money but using other people’s name to lie. This is annoying to me for personal reasons. One is because I’ve been in the same situation but also because she went to almost everyone I know and we can’t even determine at what extend this goes.
Huh…good question... I believe she used Hive pretty well. Hope it ends soon here. It's shitty of her that she used health reasons…
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STOPfortunately I never sent money, Supported her with sharing the story and votes though. I can remember looking up the doctors name but did not find anything suspicious back then. Thank you for putting in the detective work.
Sorry that you lost this much money. Please tag me in a snap when you post something so you can make a little back!
Thank you, it's my fault I didn't check, so getting this money back is on me. She scammed people with much less money.
woah! he/she did all that, AI can really do something different now, many people believed him/her because of the proof. and your 100 HBD was a waste, it just went to the scammer.
Thank you for exposing here so that others won't be scammed or fooled again.
Unfortunately it was a waste, yes 😒 and yeah, let's hope it's over with this scam.
Yes, I hope that stops. And you're right, she's online here on the hive, I just checked now.
Yeah, I saw…Not sure what she's going to do now 🤔but I believe she is definitely following our conversations here. 😏
everything you said here is true, that's why she remained silent. I hope she will stop.
You can also be a detective, hehe.
It's a hard job 😂
I can't believe this. I saw her on Hive before and probably sent her some help, even if it was a small amount. I did it because she seemed legit, just like you, and many people had done it before me. Things like this don't usually happen on Hive; there's no asking for loans or anything like that. This kind of thing breaks people's trust. Tomorrow, when someone asks for help with something important, probably no one will want to help. Or it will require a lot of information to verify its authenticity.
I did a Discord search and look what I found. What a shame... I censored the username but you know who she is.
Thanks a lot for clarifying that and your detectiveness...
You said things like this usually don't happen on Hive, but I've seen it many times and experienced it myself alot. Not always tell people about it I guess, but it happens alot.
People need to be really careful now, sadly. Never send anything to someone you don't fully trust.
Hmm then I can say I didn't witness it.
That should be the case...
Good that you didn´t experience too much of it!
Hive is a great place, but these people drag down the reputation of others that really need help, and also of the chain as a whole. Sad thing.
No problem. And you are right. There are truly people needing our help…and maybe I won't be sending money. They are going to be legit, but we will ignore them. A lot of us truly need help gathering money for health therapy. I need it, too…but why should I ask for help from people with small amounts of money?! Crazy…
Not only you no one will trust...
Unfortunately yes 😒
honestly good job! I think i recall this, didn't give any money, in case i will donate to someone in here, either i will know him/her or check his/her activity and years in here. Still you never know though. On the bright side, we got good people in here that are ready to help!
I checked some transactions and posts from the last year when she apparently “gathered” more than 4k from people here, and it looked legit…Now I don't believe this was true…
Hold on!! Is there someone else going around scamming people? Please don't be kind again, you need to name and shame them
She sent me this DM last year, so much expectation even when she goes around scamming people. Such a bitch. I'm sorry she gained your trust
Next time I will look twice before sending money…😏😒
Thanks for putting in all the time to research! It's so easy to scam here... My mentor always says:
"It is crazy easy to earn a small amount of money at hive"
And with a little bit of scamming talent, there's so much more to make. I like that you trust first, I'm the same, and have burned myself many times. Do you think it is easier because it's something that you earned while having fun, while writing? Do you think you'd be as trusting if it was a person you didn't know, but wanted 100€ sent to their PayPal or something?
For me it still is. I don't have that big investment in Hive yet, most comes from writing here. Working on turning that around, though...
If someone asked me for a PayPal transaction or to buy him Amazon gift cards, I wouldn't send it 😂 I watched so many YouTube videos about scammers and how they scam people, and I said I will never fall for that. Upssss 😂
We all fall for it... I never fell for real scammers until now. Just supposed "friends" who were going to pay me back, definitely, of course. Everytime they see me they still insist that they will do that one day :-D
This is truly a sad story — someone actually took advantage of the kindness of HIVE users to scam money. (At the same time, it also shows how kind-hearted and helpful our HIVE community members are.)
As for this kind of scammer, they must be exposed, so that they can never deceive anyone on HIVE again and will have no place to stand in our community.
We are earning it fairly, and we put our effort into our posts, and then comes someone like that and fuck everything up…I hope no more of them are here, but if there are…now I know what I will do in my free time 😂
She is so bad that she takes advantage of others' kindness.
It's bad for us…she is probably laughing…
Aw man, thank you so much for your work investigating. Such a disappointing thing to find out. I remember this, but it was so long ago. I think I only donated a little and wasn't expecting to be paid back, but I see she got a lot more from others. So terrible to take advantage of people who genuinely want to help others! :(
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It's good that you were able to discover it so you can prevent people from being affected.
She would probably gather a lot more money if she weren't exposed…😒
Thanks for confirming this. Some things made me suspicious, but I couldn't be sure. 😞
I was also suspicious, but still sent her money…my fault that I didn't look deeper before…
Damn, she also got to you. She's really good at her game.
Jap…when someone plays on a health card is bitchy…and also easier to take money from people…
You're right. People would always rally round to assist when it's about health related issues.
I'm loss for words ......truly.
It is shocking to see people come with dubious ways to make money rather than be legit.
It isn't fair and neither is it wisdom. It is plain foolishness and all it amounts to is a heap of evil which would one day be birthed to him /her.
This is appalling 😳
Yes, it's unfair…but unfortunately, there are so many people like this around the world…
So sad...
This person, he or she has tainted the road badly for genuine hivers😰
Unfortunately yes 😔
Nicely done @tinabrezpike. Everyday for the thief, one day for the owner.
Thank u 😉
Thanks for clearing this up!
She also asked me about money. I didnt send anything because I was suspicious right away.
I was asked for money on Hive so often during the last years. In the beginning I helped a few times but never got the money back except one time. So I completely stopped giving people money. When someone asks me, I became suspicious.
It's sad because I love to help, and the ones that really need help are discredited by the scammers. Because no one trusts them anymore.
Hive has so many ways of earning, people should just get creative and find their ways, instead of just begging and scamming. It takes time to build up a good account with high reputation, and these people are just too lazy to do it.
I feel bad because she entered my discord server a while ago. I hope no one was harmed because she found your names in there.
That's the reason why she made me so angry…people truly need help, and then she comes and fuck everyone up, and now we won't help with…pfff…
Yes... That´s sad. It´s weird that she was able to do it for like a year, with so many people!
It makes me angry seeing this. Others need to work hard for their money while some just take it from others...
I'm still surprised no one discovered this earlier. But when you're faking health problems, you gain trust from many people. That was probably the reason we didn't find out earlier…
I'm gobsmacked at this revelation. Damn.
She looked so innocent to be a scammer. Well, looks can be deceptive.
I only supported her then with some amount and upvotes too. Even reblogged her posts and always upvotes her posts each time I stumbled on them.
It's really a pity that you lost such a huge amount of HBD to her. Ah 100 HBD isn't small money. 🙆
Ah, Seun, you're really a smooth operator, and played your game well. I hope you're aware that karma is real and you'd surely feast on the insect infested wood you gathered.
!BBH
Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do now. We won't get money back, but hopefully, she won't scam people here anymore…I hope people saw it and will stop now…I never voted her posts, ok, maybe one, because I saw it's AI, so I didn't even read them… but still didn't do anything before
You did well exposing her. No longer would she show face here again.
Ah that makes me feel ill for anyone who got scammed. Nice sleuth skills and honest respect to those who have her money - too kind, even if it wasn't legit.
There are people out there who genuinely need money for health issues, and she broke our trust, so who will help those people now?! Bijatch
I was hit on Discord by her, then here. with the same story. Told her to fuck off, never heard from her again.
Yeah, she started our conversation with hello, good day Tina…if she had started it with Hello, my queen, I would also have said to her to fuck off… scammers are learning from previous mistakes 😂
We must be vigilant and off these scammers will fuck LOL
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I too was contacted by her (or him) in the past. As I have been working in Information Security for many years, it is my natural reaction to distrust things. I've read too much about scams and seen many of them as well.
It is not always pleasant to be suspicious because the real people in need of help suffer from this, which is actually quite sad. I seldom donate money to people or projects that I'm not close to 100% sure they are legit.
You did a good and thorough research. My compliments. As scammers use AI nowadays, you can also use it to expose them.
I hadn't seen the hospital bills before, but the first thing that I noticed when I saw it in your post was the Gmail address. That was quite a red flag for me.
Again, it is sad that these scammers ruin it for the people that really are in need 😢
The paper looked legit, and I didn't look any deeper…I mean, I don't know how the medical reports from other countries look, that's why I didn't think twice 🤔 my fault, but I know now for the next time how to do research… like you said, why not use AI for those kinds of things if we have this possibility now 😏😌
Most people are by default trusting. It's my professional deformation that makes me extra alert on scams.
And one default trick scammer do is playing on someone's emotions. And when I see the number of donations that have been done, it also worked this time... sadly.
I don't even want to know how much money she took from people…but yeah…she succeeded
Its quite unfortunate that you were a victim of scam in Hive. I'm really sorry for your loss.
We need to look through to see her onboarder and people she rolls with. EFCC would be happy to investigate and arrest these kind of people.
I have some free time in the next few days…I think I started to like to do this 😂 I mean, I hope there won't be any more scammers on Hive, but hey…I still can do some research 😂
She tried to do the same thing with me twice, the first attempt being more than a year ago.
Not sure if it's a good or bad thing, but I lost so much believing people so easily that it turned me into reading them very easily by judging on how they reply and speak, hence why I knew instantly she wasn't legit.
So the single advice I could give her was to stop doing this because it will only attract bad consequences, which I had hoped would be enough to understand.
I didn't follow her on Hive, nor I ever realized how she reached out to me on discord since I am not active in any discord servers, nor we were following each other on Hive, but I guess she basically enters all the Hive related discord servers and spams everyone with her fake needs.
It's sad to see this still happening, especially since it seems lots of people fell for her/him and actually donated, but I think it's a lesson that we should all learn from.
Oh, believe me, it was a big lesson for me 😏 I also don't know how she added me on Discord…I mean, I'm not very active there, so I didn't even know you cannot add people just like that, that you need code, or that we need to be in the same community…still not sure actually how it works 🤔
I guess I'm going to throw out my first downvote ever to this "lady" or whoever it is
They are everywhere! Every excuse, every possible story! You can't trust anyone!
I remember once, I was living in London, in a rent flat. It was the first time I had a... a phone. And they called me and they said they were calling from my phone company. And they wanted to check something about the line. So they were asking about my name and etc. And I was like, why do you need my name? I'm not the landlord. Surely, if you're the company, you must have the details. But they were like, oh yeah, yeah, but we need to check something about the line. So, can you give me your phone number, your mobile phone number, and I'll send you an app. And you just have to accept. So basically, they wanted me to accept to control my phone. And obviously, they could get my money or anything from that one. They have the control. And I was like, how? Like, seriously? How can be this? There's still people falling for these things. You should never trust anyone. Even if it's your bank calling you, asking for money.
Wow
This is so shocking.
I am sorry to everyone who genuinely supported her, she took people's kindness for granted and it won't end well for her.
I hope it won't end well for her…
I cant believe this it shocking just seeing this i never knew she was such a person i guess everyone would have to be conscious of who approach them in dm saying one thing or the other
I watch so many videos on how scams are done, but she still got me…😂 so now when someone asks for money in dm, I will definitely do this kind of research before giving money away 😂
I think it's better these way honestly am so disappointed at he or she I have know her for a while but not really friends I used to think he or she has a good reputation here but seeing these sh just continues to add fuel with how people see us Nigeria as on hive block chain ot heartbroken honestly
I know. 😔 People already know that many scammers are coming from there. It's unfair that there are still so many good people from your country who work hard and are so nice and ready to help…and then comes one shity person and fuck your reputation again 😔 but most scammer from Africa starts conversations with Hello, my queen 😂 this one didn't! 😂 but don't worry, we still know many good people from your part and there was no trust lost from my part…Hey, I mean…there are scammers all around the world…
True True saying these am glad you
Can tell what good and bad he/she played the game wisely she know what they had to use but so bad people still fell through for the scams am just disappointed about it all I have plan to grow on hive meeting great people to create connection but seeing these it makes me still have my doubts if it would ever be possible
I've been on Hive for more than 7 years, and this never happened. That's probably the reason why she chose Hive, because people here are good and trustworthy, always helping each other…but shit happened, and now I
truly hope is over… It's just too many good people here for me to lose trust in them…
It true hive has many good people have been here for past 3 year or close to not keeping count 😂 have meant some good folks and some aggressive one the point is I just try to do my thing I know best not to get on anybody bad side
Very interesting story.
She contacted me last year on Discord with the same story.
Around that time, I had to power down since I had surgery bills to cover and didn't have the time to read all of the sites she posted to me.
So, I stayed suspicious.
It seems I got lucky; seeing all those names surely wiped away my curiosity, and I would have fallen for it.
This was the problem, because I thought it was legit when so many people “helped” her…probably didn't help with lending money but just with votes, but she wrote posts that it looked like they gave her soooo much money… apparently 4k 😂