Lead review
Suspicious score 90/100 · text cluster · 4 accounts · 4 posts
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Part of a campaign: Coordinated Gaza donation scam and amplification network on Bluesky (40 clusters, 23 accounts), linked by Nemotron.
First seen Sat 14 Nov 14:50 UTC, last Sat 14 Nov 15:07 UTC. Languages: ar 4
Coordinated activity by accounts with several signs of being inauthentic.
This is a lead for a human reviewer, not an accusation. Signals are measured; thresholds are starting values evaluated on the metrics page.
Account profiles fetched: 100%.
Nemotron investigation
Staged confidence medium · recommended: human review
Four Arabic-language Bluesky posts claim that a 5-year-old boy named Mohammed was injured in Gaza and ask readers for empathy, donations, and shares, stating "His story is on my page with the link." No link, image, or video is included in any post.
Narrative: A fundraising appeal for a young child allegedly injured in Gaza, asking for empathy, donations, and amplification, with a promised link that is absent from all four posts.
Strongest innocent explanation considered: Independent users or one person with multiple accounts manually sharing a genuine fundraising appeal for a child injured in Gaza.
- S:copy_paste = 100%: all four posts repeat near-identical text verbatim (P1-P4).
- S:cross_cluster = 100%: every account also appears in at least two other flagged clusters within 24 hours (A1-A4).
- S:empty_profiles = 100%: all four accounts have no profile picture or no bio (A1-A4).
- S:low_reach = 100%: all four accounts have fewer than 10 followers (A1-A4).
- S:new_accounts = 50% and S:creation_burst = 50%: half the accounts were created in the last 30 days and within the same 72-hour window (A3, A4).
Manipulation techniques
| Technique | Exact words | Why | Post |
|---|---|---|---|
| loaded_language | “Please help me give him a chance to heal. I need your empathy, your donation, your share.” | Emotionally charged phrasing designed to solicit donations and shares. | P1 |
| fear_appeal | “My son Mohammed was injured in Gaza and is only 5.” | Invokes concern for a young child in a war zone to pressure readers into acting. | P1 |
Sources
| Domain | Trust | Why |
|---|---|---|
| none | unknown | No web pages were linked in any of the four posts. The text claims "His story is on my page with the link," but no link appears in P1-P4. |
Independent news check
| Claim | Finding | Why | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| A 5-year-old boy named Mohammed was injured in Gaza and needs donations. | no coverage found | English search returned one unrelated article about meningitis among children in Gaza (N1 via Q1). Arabic search returned no articles (Q2). No independent outlet was found reporting this specific child or appeal. Absence of coverage is weak evidence and does not confirm or refute the claim. | Q1N1Q2 |
- Q1 searched “Mohammed child injured Gaza donation appeal” (en):
1 articles
- N1 Facebook: MENINGITIS SPREADS AMONG CHILDREN IN GAZA Overcrowded hospitals and displacement camps are contributing to the spread of meningitis among children in Gaza. #DWNews (2026-11-09)
- Q2 searched “طفل مصاب غزة تبرعات محمد” (en): 0 articles
Evidence-backed claims
- A 5-year-old boy named Mohammed was injured in Gaza and needs donations. P1P2P3P4Q1Q2N1S:copy_paste
nvidia/nemotron-3.5-super-vl-120b-a12b, prompt v6, Sat 16:17 UTC, 3 model calls, 64.5 s · 100% of its references checked against the evidence. Evidence ids: P post, A account, I image, V video, W web page, Q news search, N news article, S detector signal.
Activity per minute
18 minutes, peak 1 posts in one minute.
Signals
| Category | Signal | Value | Threshold | Fired | What it means here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| coordination | copy_paste | 100% | ≥ 50% | yes | 100% of posts repeat near-identical text from another account. |
| coordination | synchrony | 25% | ≥ 50% | no | 25% of the activity happened within a single minute. |
| coordination | repetition | 1.0 | ≥ 2.0 | no | Each account posted this 1.0 times on average. |
| coordination | cross_cluster | 100% | ≥ 50% | yes | 100% of the accounts also appear in at least two other flagged clusters (24 h). |
| account | removed_accounts | 0% | ≥ 20% | no | 0% of the accounts are no longer served by Bluesky (suspended or deleted). |
| account | new_accounts | 50% | ≥ 50% | yes | 50% of the accounts were created in the last 30 days. |
| account | creation_burst | 50% | ≥ 40% | yes | 50% of the accounts were created within the same 72 hours. |
| account | low_reach | 100% | ≥ 60% | yes | 100% of the accounts have fewer than 10 followers. |
| account | empty_profiles | 100% | ≥ 50% | yes | 100% of the accounts have no profile picture or no bio. |
| account | template_bios | 0% | ≥ 30% | no | 0% of the accounts have a bio that near-duplicates another account's bio. |
| provenance | known_accounts | 0 | ≥ 1 | no | 0 account(s) are on IFTAS's public list of suspected Portal Kombat accounts. |
| provenance | listed_servers | 0% | ≥ 30% | no | 0% of the accounts are bridged from Mastodon servers on IFTAS's list. |
| provenance | known_domains | 0 | ≥ 1 | no | Links to 0 domain(s) on VIGINUM/CheckFirst propaganda lists. |
| provenance | pravda_sources | 0 | ≥ 1 | no | Links to 0 Telegram channel(s) that Pravda sites republish (a lead, not proof). |
| disclosure | declared_automation | 0% | ≥ 50% | no | 0% of the accounts say in their profile that they are bots or automated feeds. |
Accounts (4, 3 no longer on Bluesky)
Median account age: 261 days. Names are shown only for accounts on IFTAS's public list or already removed by Bluesky; the team sees all.
| Account | Age (days) | Followers | Follows | Posts here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| account 1 | 789 | 8 | 187 | 1 | active |
| 6amalb7.bsky.social Amal | 261 | 0 | 2 | 1 | removed from Bluesky |
| c0ldb1w78q.bsky.social Amal From Gaza | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | removed from Bluesky |
| amallll8.bsky.social Amal From Gaza | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | removed from Bluesky |
Sample posts from already-public cases
| Time (UTC) | Account | Text |
|---|---|---|
| 14:58:30 | 6amalb7.bsky.social | My son Mohammed was injured in Gaza and is only 5. Please help me give him a chance to heal. I need your empathy, your donation, your share. His story is on my page with the link. open |
| 15:04:27 | c0ldb1w78q.bsky.social | My son Mohammed was injured in Gaza and is only 5. Please help me give him a chance to heal. I need your empathy, your donation, your share. His story is on my page with the link. open |
| 15:07:21 | amallll8.bsky.social | My friend Jim, My son Mohammed was injured in Gaza and is only 5. Please help me give him a chance to heal. I need your empathy, your donation, your share. His story is on my page with the link. open |
Clusters sharing accounts with this one (24 h)
| Tier | Kind | Shared message or link | Shared accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suspicious | repost | at://did:plc:kjzab2os2aey7xojrxznl23w/app.bsky.feed.post/3n27lcn2yms2d | 3 |
| Suspicious | repost | at://did:plc:4czl2qf4vj6zllsntkv7x6st/app.bsky.feed.post/3n27kej6vv22m | 3 |
| Suspicious | repost | at://did:plc:tvlv54cckwojmjecn2cz2hwh/app.bsky.feed.post/3n27l2ci2fc2u | 3 |
Human review
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