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What is your opinion about using this site to ask for money or handouts?

Are these people really in need, or are they scammers?

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beaner43 edited this post 2 years, 10 months ago. Read the previous text »

What is your opinion about using help.com to ask for money or handouts? Are these people really in need, or are they scammers? How do you know if they are not scammers?

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Iamjustamom2 offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 10 months ago (17 minutes after post)

you nkow the scammers are the ones who make it hard for us ppl who are struggling

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~.^.~ offline Verified User (2 years, 12 months) Long Term User Shouts: 56 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 10 months ago (22 minutes after post)

I agree Iamjustamom2. How does one differentiate between a scammer & one who is truly in need. Its okay to ask or post your problem, I would say, as long as the poster understand this isn’t a site where people give out money. When others refer them to sites or organizations that can help them, then you see who is a scammer cuz they get upset or mad & don’t want the referrals.

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Iamjustamom2 offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 10 months ago (27 minutes after post)

very true

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beaner43 offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 10 months ago (1 hour, 27 minutes after post)

I have answered several notices where people were asking for money. When I made suggestions of how they could earn money, I never hear from them again. I will help anyone any way I can. I believe everyone who visits this site feels the same way. I just do not want to see good people who are trying to help others be taken advantage of.

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2BHelpful offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
Southwick, MA, US | 2 years, 10 months ago (1 hour, 43 minutes after post)

I’ve been noticing a lot of scammers also. I have offered them advice. Of course, that’s not what they really want though.

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beaner43 offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 10 months ago (1 hour, 55 minutes after post)

I know 2BHelpful. I read one post where you were verbally attacked after inquiring if the poster was legitimate.

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bcbabies offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
Chapel Hill, NC, US | 2 years, 10 months ago (23 hours, 10 minutes after post)

thank you beaner43, I am looking into these sites. I will let you know how much success I am having. I really appreciate your help. I’m sorry to hear about your verbal attacks, I think that it jades helpful, honest people to get those types of feedback, but there are still good people out there!!!

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beaner43 offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 10 months ago (1 day, 9 hours after post)

You are very welcome bcbabies. I would like to know if these sites helped. We can then recommend them to other people. There is help out there for you. You may have to look hard. I know medications are really expensive. I took chemo for 13 months. It cost me over $2,000 every two weeks. My health insurance paid some but not all. I made it and never asked for any help financially. Now I am going through a nasty divorce. You have to use your money wisely. You may have to cut back on some things, and shop at places you would not normally shop.

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justhere_toocha offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 10 months ago (3 days, 3 hours after post)

i read your reply beaner43 and appreciate your concern as far as asking someone out there that is blessed financially for some help i think that we all have to live in this life with the trials we are dealt.I also beleive that it depends on the individual where they want their generosity to go. There are plenty of charity groups that cover a broad area of giving. But sometimes in rare events someone would like to help someone out on a personal basis . This could be the forum for that. Whether it be financial or informational.

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jazz.freak changed the tags on this post: they were "Money, scammers, opinion" 2 years, 10 months ago.

longtohelp offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 10 months ago (1 week, 6 days after post)

i have posted one about how my mums getting little from the goverment but i didnt ask for hand outs.
i read a guy asking for help that he was badly in debt and he even had the nerve to ask for money for new tyres to go with his new car coz his tyres were ugly now that so put me off.

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2BHelpful offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
Southwick, MA, US | 2 years, 10 months ago (2 weeks after post)

Longtohelp…..if that was MY post, about giving all my money to help.com folks, it was intended to be a bit of a parody, or joke. I hope you didn’t take it seriously. =)

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longtohelp offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 10 months ago (2 weeks after post)

i didnt no it was a joke i was just put back by it lol

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