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Comment by RecycledEle | Hacker News Reader

This will be an unpopular opinion, but are you being scammed?

Is she asking you for money?

Thank you for being concerned. No she is not asking for money. I came into contact with her when i discussed a project of mine in a Discord server. She approached me to join that project, did good work, showed geniune interest and had good ideas she was working on. I was looking forward to collaborate more with her. Her hours were cut after she helped the workplace find an issue in their IT infrastructure (which she reported proprely and professionally). It became obvious she didn't deal well with that. She was very overwhelmed with that situation and i offered her which help she accepted.

you need to think one level deeper. are we sure we're not being scammed?

the amount of people willing to send complete strangers money over the internet is mind-blowing. check out /r/scams, and be amazed.

I know the internet is not a good place to be naive, but I find being overly cynical is not a good state of mind to be in - for me. I ocassionally override the "maybe scam" siren in my head if the help I provide is a small amount or non financial.

I can afford to give away the cost of a meal at a restaurant or other small equivalent once in a while without it making a material difference to my own finances.

Always be wary of giving away money, but sometimes a little money is the best help that can be provided.

I was thinking this same thing.

Please be cautious and avoid sending money.

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