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It's personal: watch for scammers
3 months ago
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As was mentioned in a site announcement back in November, there are scammers about trying to con people: they'll try to get you to commission them, but they just take the money and run.
Recently, one of these punks targeted one of my commissioners, using one of my stories in their pitch, so it's personal now. I will not name names, but I am glad the target correctly identified the message as a scam.
To reiterate from the sitewide announcement journal: if you see some or especially all of the following signs, you're dealing with a scammer.
- They send YOU the first note and ask YOU to commission THEM
- They try to push you off-site to Discord or Telegram ASAP
- Their account was made within the last month or so
- Their gallery is a bunch of AI-generated or stolen art
If you get one of these notes, please file a trouble ticket under the "Spam (Comments/Notes)" category. Include a link to the note you received and select the "Grant staff temporary permission to view notes you link to" checkbox when you do. We'll handle the rest.
Recently, one of these punks targeted one of my commissioners, using one of my stories in their pitch, so it's personal now. I will not name names, but I am glad the target correctly identified the message as a scam.
To reiterate from the sitewide announcement journal: if you see some or especially all of the following signs, you're dealing with a scammer.
- They send YOU the first note and ask YOU to commission THEM
- They try to push you off-site to Discord or Telegram ASAP
- Their account was made within the last month or so
- Their gallery is a bunch of AI-generated or stolen art
If you get one of these notes, please file a trouble ticket under the "Spam (Comments/Notes)" category. Include a link to the note you received and select the "Grant staff temporary permission to view notes you link to" checkbox when you do. We'll handle the rest.
Even if you don't have definitive proof that someone is a scammer, filing a ticket won't hurt.
In the worst case if the user isn't a scammer, we'll just close the ticket and say so; we'll never punish anyone for a good-faith report. So please file tickets when you see suspicious activity like that.