I'm not going to begrudge the desperate. Any kind of scenario can happen where you need somebody, anybody to help.

But I would hope they don't expect anything to actually come of it. The sheer number of scammers out there makes it difficult for anyone to trust such a request to be legitimate. Further, if scammers see someone who needs help getting helped, they are just going to play copycat themselves.

So I guess my answer is it is okay. Just don't expect it to work.

Caveat: that is the case for general posts saying you need help. It is completely not okay to PM or otherwise put people on the spot.

I had a reasonably long term relationship with a woman on here and all of a sudden she started hinting on how she needed money. I ended the relationship. I don't know if she was really a she.

My opinion: it is so difficult, basically impossible, to verify anything with another user. Do they actually exist, are they who they say they are, is it actually an urgency, that simply by asking for money online raises immediate suspicion that the asker is scamming.

Even on sites like GoFundMe, liars are frequently unmasked.

I guess you can ask, but it’s unlikely you will receive.

i would say its ok if u knew them for a while and rhey actully needed help then yeah. but only if u video chat and visit them to. but just my side of the story

I'd donate online with crypto only, I'm not giving websites my credentials.

There's other places for that I hope!!

Do I look like Bank of America ?? LOL

That ain't ever gonna happen

I mean do they give bjs in return?