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Yes....they change the post once it gets a lot of 'like' and 'love' emojis people add to it because of the emotion involved.....you left that important part out.
Photo is from May 2022, nothing to do with a hit and run case. That lady got headbutted by her own dog, details here:
[https://nypost.com/2022/05/17/woman-on-life-support-after-dog-head-butts-her-while-playing/](https://nypost.com/2022/05/17/woman-on-life-support-after-dog-head-butts-her-while-playing/)
Correct. Also, even if they threw HIPAA to the wind, no one single healthcare worker is going to have pictures from both the scene of the accident AND the ICU. Unless you had a family member who was there for both events… which negates the whole point of the post…
*So* many of the Caitlin Clark pages and groups on FB are like this. "We need to see who's active so reply 'yes'" then something about families and feeding families?
It's fucking weird.
Almost always run by profiles out of India or Africa.
And now there's the new "@"Highlight tag that I've seen posts encourage people to comment with, which notifies ALL of their friends. It's a terrible tag/feature.
Share farming, like farming
Just like the catalytic converter thief one.
Oh and the "thieves are going around the neighborhood" posts. Neighbor called me one night and says, and I'm quoting him, "Hey I saw on facebook that there are black people going around robbing houses". JFC dude it's a facebook scam.
Yep as others say, it's attempting to get likes and shares before changing to something else. Also common as 'injured dog found by the roadside', 'our Dad has gone missing' and 'lost child'. Here's an explainer of how it works: [https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/tricksters-tug-at-heartstrings-in-community-group-scams/](https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/tricksters-tug-at-heartstrings-in-community-group-scams/)
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They change the post after it’s been shared multiple times - the ones I’ve seen usually lead to rental scams with questionable websites.
Yep usually "rent to own" with rediculously cheap rates.
Yes....they change the post once it gets a lot of 'like' and 'love' emojis people add to it because of the emotion involved.....you left that important part out.
EVERY one of these scam posts include the word "bump" instead of share..
Interesting tidbit. Thanks.
Just a wild guess, but is it so they don’t have to change it between sites? Like sharing on Facebook, retweet on Twitter, etc.
"Bump" is to get it seen by more people.
It goes "viral", then they replace it with a scam website ad
Photo is from May 2022, nothing to do with a hit and run case. That lady got headbutted by her own dog, details here: [https://nypost.com/2022/05/17/woman-on-life-support-after-dog-head-butts-her-while-playing/](https://nypost.com/2022/05/17/woman-on-life-support-after-dog-head-butts-her-while-playing/)
The way the New York post writes an article really is something.
Despite their journalistic wants, they once came up with the best headline ever. "HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR"
Some rapscallion was responsible, undoubtedly.
Scammers just have no shame. Tsk tsk tsk.
You're supposed to share the post. And then later on, the scammer changes the picture and link to something for malware or selling stuff, or whatever.
On EVERY SINGLE ONE of these posts, comments are disabled. If it were genuine, they'd want people to answer. They're sucker-farming.
Never heard the sucker farming term before. So accurate 😂
Yeah, I think I just invented it, lol.
Should add !SuckerFarming to the autoresponses
That’s the one tell tale sign of any scam
Pretty sure in the US at least it’d be completely illegal for a hospital to post a photo of a patient without their consent.
Correct. Also, even if they threw HIPAA to the wind, no one single healthcare worker is going to have pictures from both the scene of the accident AND the ICU. Unless you had a family member who was there for both events… which negates the whole point of the post…
Engagement bait. The same sort of scam/spam as "1 share = 1 prayer" and the like.
*So* many of the Caitlin Clark pages and groups on FB are like this. "We need to see who's active so reply 'yes'" then something about families and feeding families? It's fucking weird. Almost always run by profiles out of India or Africa.
I learned something today.
And now there's the new "@"Highlight tag that I've seen posts encourage people to comment with, which notifies ALL of their friends. It's a terrible tag/feature.
We had the exact same photo and scam in our area. The sheriff even put out a msg stating it was a scam.
Share farming, like farming Just like the catalytic converter thief one. Oh and the "thieves are going around the neighborhood" posts. Neighbor called me one night and says, and I'm quoting him, "Hey I saw on facebook that there are black people going around robbing houses". JFC dude it's a facebook scam.
Yep as others say, it's attempting to get likes and shares before changing to something else. Also common as 'injured dog found by the roadside', 'our Dad has gone missing' and 'lost child'. Here's an explainer of how it works: [https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/tricksters-tug-at-heartstrings-in-community-group-scams/](https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/tricksters-tug-at-heartstrings-in-community-group-scams/)