Watch out for scammers during the holiday season!

It's getting to be that time of year again. Every year around the holidays our sub gets flooded with people begging for handouts, and all of the scammers start crawling out of the woodwork. Please be cautious and keep yourselves safe guys!

 

TL;DR:

1. Ignore unsolicited messages. They're scammers.

2. Don't give out money to people asking for donations on our sub. They're scammers.

3. Don't sell your gift cards to people who say they found you on this sub. They're scammers.

 

Ignore all unsolicited messages

If anyone sends you an unsolicited message, please ignore it and report it to reddit! These messages are almost always scams, or at the very least the user is going to claim a website is better than it is, and interacting with them only encourages them to keep spamming other users. Reddit does not give us moderators the ability to do anything about private messages, so you need to report it directly to the admin team by hitting the report button or going to the report page. We also recommend blocking chat requests and private messages from users who are not on your approved list.

 

Don't give money to people asking for donations on our sub

We understand that times are rough, and if someone is only asking for a couple bucks it may be tempting to be nice and give it to them - but please don't! r/beermoney is a subreddit to talk about ways to make money online. There are tons of resources available for users. The users coming to this subreddit asking for handouts are almost always scammers. If even one succeeds at getting a handout, then a dozen more scam accounts pop up.

If you see anyone asking for donations, for you to share a link, begging you to use their referral link to help them out, etc, please report their post/comment immediately. This is not allowed on our subreddit.

 

Do not sell your gift cards to people who randomly message you

One huge common scam around the holidays is users sending you a private message looking to buy your gift cards - especially ones that claim to have found you from our subreddit. They are always scammers. Even if that user seems to be active or has an old account - it's always possible someone got access to it or the user sold their account. If you want to sell your gift cards, make sure to do it on a subreddit like r/giftcardexchange or use a third party website. We, nor Reddit, can do anything if you get scammed.

 

New to this subreddit? Check out our FAQ

For those who are new to our subreddit and looking for extra cash for the holidays - We have an extensive FAQ that we recommend checking out.

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