So I moved to the island of Corfu last year because my grandparents had a house here and rent was ridiculous in Toronto… in a year since I’ve been here I’ve bottle fed 16 kittens which were abandoned or thrown in garbage bins ( I have more photos of all) 7 which unfortunately didnt make it …because when they’re that young and they don’t have their mother’s milk they most of the time fade. Anyway, I am rambling the government hasn’t put any funds aside for trap and release this year at all and there’s going to be a lot of cats that die this winter. I already have exhausted my funds trying to do everything I can and now I have 14 cats (5 before the kittens and 9 kittens that survived) all of my cats are sterilised obviously out of my own pocket I want to go save them all… I just can’t …but I want to do more so I started a fundraiser campaign but I’m a fucking loner who lives on a Greek island with now 14 cats 🫠so I don’t really know how to get it any traction so I can at least start helping more cats. So hopefully nobody trolls me and somebody can give me a hand with this. :)

The mods have went over some of my proof and said I can post the link to the donation page here…

Edit** So moderator reached out to me and because “somebody”doesn’t think that this is real, they asked that I removed the link to donate. even though that the moderator-said I could put the link in the first place after I sent some proof they now want me to post for a couple of weeks about the cats I’ve rescued before being allowed to post a donation link again. So what I’m gonna do starting tomorrow is post about each group of cats that I’ve rescued and now live with me personally and their journeys… and once I build up community and trust, I’ll be allowed to post a donation link again. So stay tuned for lots of cat pictures from me and their stories… our story. Thank you guys in the end it’s all about the cats.

  • tomiant@piefed.socialEnglish
    61·
    19 hours ago

    Man I hate to be that guy but there’s three cats in the first pic, two dark and one white and dark, and in the second pic there’s four cats, two grey striped and two black and white.

    I’m sure this is legit and all, but when people straight up ask for money…

    The mods received proof of some kind? I’d need some more verification for certain, this is not enough reason to send anyone money.

    Edit:

    Goal: CAD $100,000

    Uhhh… For what?

    Help TRN in Corfu and eventually a sanctuary

    🌟 Meet Our Furry Friends

    Hey everyone! I’m reaching out to you from Corfu, a beautiful island in Greece. It’s here that we face a bit of a crisis with stray cats. 😺🍃 The situation is dire – there are so many strays and the government hasn’t provided funds for sterilisation this year. This has led to an overpopulation problem that’s hard to manage.

    But here’s where you come in! I already have a little family of cats at my place – sweet souls who found their way into our hearts and lives. We care deeply about them but also want to help the others we encounter. 🙏🐾

    I’ve been dreaming about building a sanctuary, an actual home for these kitties right here on Corfu. A space where they can live in peace without worrying about hunger or danger from cars and other elements. But it’s going to take some serious effort – and money! 😓💰

    This is written by ChatGPT by the way.

    “Help TRN in Corfu and eventually a sanctuary”

    Eventually a sanctuary? You want $100,000 CAD, for finding some cats in a bag? That don’t match the pictures? For what exactly, were you planning on outlining that at all? “Eventually a sanctuary”? This is a textbook scam.

    • Whitecat@lemmy.zipOP
      2·
      16 hours ago

      No, you’re right. It is AI generated completely real need to raise funds but the whole blurb is a eye generated it when you create an account with them they ask if you want an AI generated one and clearly I’m not too good at getting my thoughts down correctly. So I just put some bullet points of what I want to do and what I’m doing and that’s kind of what it came up with. Also, I wanted to set it for 10,000 not 100,000 to begin with. My post more build rapport do some time stamping with my posts and hopefully we can do something to help more cats than I’ve already helped

      • tomiant@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        54 minutes ago

        I am confident that this is how textbook scams work. The mods already replied to this.

        I can’t open that link by the way.