#WELL. IT IS. IT IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

[allthepandasintheworld]

I’ve definitely encountered my fair share of these and it’s not JUST passwords and sensitive info they ask for. The way many of these scams work is by exploiting PayPal’s systems and TOS (which, thankfully, has changed a lot over the years to try and close these loopholes… unfortunately, it’s at the expense of customers sometimes, so it has been a mixed bag). Here’s an alternate rundown of what these scammers will do:

Step one: they ask you for YOUR PayPal email to send you a friends and family transfer. They will insist on an existing amount of money, usually much higher than your going rates, and also insist on paying you up front. This does not happen with real clients. You are the one who sets the amount, you are the one who sets the timeline for your payment.

Step two: even if they say they will pay you $300, they’ll “accidentally” pay you $3,000 (or some other large sum of money). They will then demand that you pay back the extra money by sending the money to THEIR account. They might ask you to go through friends and family, or they might even ask you to directly wire them something through Zelle or your country’s equivalent direct bank transfer. THESE ARE NONREFNDABLE. NEVER SEND MONEY TO A STRANGER THROUGH DIRECT BANK TRANSFER BC YOU WILL NEVER SEE IT AGAIN. They also might send you a fake PayPal email that only looks like they sent you way too much money when in reality if you look in your account you won’t see anything at all. They’re hoping you’ll either fall for the fake email, or at least click a phishing link embedded in it so they can steal your info and access your PayPal that way. Keep in mind this step varies scammer to scammer, they have many ways of stealing money from you. The important part is they will pressure you to send them money instead of simply hitting refund or cancel transaction directly in PayPal. Never click links, always go directly to the official PayPal website to view notifications.

Step three: after you “pay back” the money, or even if you claim you can’t, they will file a chargeback through either PayPal or their credit card, claiming YOU are the scammer who stole their money. PayPal and banks typically side with the customer, not the seller, so you’re shit outta luck. So now, not only do you not get paid, you might’ve even lost money by “returning” money to the scammer. They’re hoping that you gave money directly from your bank acc or other method and won’t know how to get it back. Thankfully, this is for once where PayPal *might* have your back. If you saved evidence of your correspondence and can get in touch with an actual human customer support, they may side with you and give your money back, unless the other side has already transferred the money off of their PayPal acc to somewhere else. So act fast if you think you might’ve been scammed. Same with banks. If you used a credit card to pay them back, you may still be able to file a chargeback and get your money back, similar to how the scammers might file a chargeback to get their money back.

The best ways to protect yourself:

Always. Send. Invoices. I don’t care that PayPal has fees associated with them. Always. Send. Invoices. It is VASTLY safer than doing friends and family, and you will be protected with seller protection. Invoices also allow you to add a TOS, add an optional tip, allow partial payments, and even hide your legal name, address, and other sensitive info. If you sell digital commissions, turn off “item will be shipped” bc otherwise they’ll ask for a tracking number. You can also use other sites like Square or Stripe to send invoices, but their fee structures are a bit different. But DO NOT do friends and family unless you are actually friends and/or family with that person.

Sorry for double posting but APPARENTLY those commission scammers have showed up on Tumblr at least for the first time for me.

For those who don’t know what I am talking about, there were/are commission scams going on in Instagram and even places like Artstation where people would pretend to be interested in your work and try to commission a pet or portrait for the sake of trying to get your bank details. Here’s how to (somewhat) sniff them out:

1- They don’t seem to be an average customer/ person that would be involved in your fandom, or has a blank template for an account or don’t even follow you.

2- They ask you to draw a portrait or a pet picture either for themselves or their children/family.

3- They promise to overpay you (in the hundreds) and do not listen to you even if you firmly state the price is cheaper.

4- They are constantly asking for your email name, or private details regarding things like banking details or passwords or other private information others should not know.

5- They try and over reassure you they mean no harm, try to guilt you into giving them the info, or become aggressive over you not giving them what they want.

What should you do if you come across one of these guys? My best advice is to block and report. Sadly these people jump account to account so there isn’t really much to do other than spread this info to prevent artists from being scammed.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I'm not going back to Gusu with you.

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[vesna-v-irkutske]

Video from Nikita's YouTube channel, uploaded on December 1, 2009. They're watching TV without sound and voicing people on the screen. Artyom (reading the name of the news program; Nikita says something indistinct too): NOW. A small sound from Nikita, something between a chuckle and a cough. Artyom starts laughing and hitting the floor, Nikita joins him for a short moment. Artyom (talking about the news anchor's face): What a fucking mug! Fucking awful. (but more rude than that) Nikita (voicing the woman, in a stupid voice): HELLO, I'M A SILLY WOMAN. (Artyom chuckles) I have... (the scene changes to show some people) Oh, fuck (OR he says "Buryat", hard to tell), fuck off. (Nikita makes random sounds and growls, Artyom laughs) Nikita (reading the text in the bottom right corner, in a stupid voice): "Mongolia?" Fuck it, they'll be Buryats (a Mongolic ethnic group native to southeastern Siberia) anyway. (Artyom chuckles) AAAAAAAAHH! (Artyom laughs) Nikita starts speaking ("I- *something else*"), but Artyom interrupts him, voicing the man on the screen himself: I'm a Buryat, but I live here because I like communicating with Irkutsk people, they are all so kind, but they all beat me the fuck up. (Artyom tchk's with his tongue) Yeah. I also suck skins (skinheads) off. (Artyom takes a deep breath and makes random sounds, presumably trying to imitate the Buryat language)

[accirax]

Happy 5th Anniversary DRDT!!!!!!! and happy birthday Mai too :D

[kizzer55555]

DP x DC: The Most Dangerous Card Game

Ok so Danny has essentially claimed earth as his. And he is fully aware that there are constant threats to the planet. Now he can’t stop a threat that originates on earth (that’s something he’ll leave to the Justice league) but he can do something about outside threats. Doing some research on ancient spells, rituals, and artifacts, he cast a world wide barrier on the planet to protect it from hostile threats so they cannot enter. This will prevent another Pariah Dark incident. However, barriers like this come at a price. You see, there are two ways to make a barrier. Either make one powered up by your own energy and power (which would be constantly draining) or set up a barrier with rules. The way magic works is that nothing can be absolutely indestructible. It must have a weakness. The most powerful barriers weren’t the ones reinforced with layer after layer of protective charms and buffed up with power. Those could eventually be destroyed either by being overpowered, wearing them down, or by cutting off the original power source. No, the most powerful barriers were the ones with a deliberate weakness. A barrier indestructible except for one spot. A cage that can only be opened from the outside. Or that can only be passed with a key or by solving a riddle. So Danny chooses this type of barrier and does the necessary ritual and pours in enough power to make it. And he adds his condition for anyone to enter. 

Now the Justice league? Find out about the barrier when Trigon attempts to attack, they were preparing after he threatened what he would do once he got to earth. How he would destroy them. The Justice league tried to take the fight to him first but were utterly destroyed, so they retreated home to tend to their injuries, and fortify earth for one. Last. Stand. Only when Trigon makes his big entrance…he’s stopped.

The Justice league watch in awe as this thin see-through barrier with beautiful green swirls and speckled white lights like stars apears blocking Trigon and his army’s advance. The barrier looks so thin and fragile yet no matter how hard the warlord hits, none of his attacks can get through and neither can he damage said barrier. That’s when Constantine and Zatanna recognizes what this barrier is. Something only a powerful entity could create. For a moment, the league is filled with hope that Trigon can’t get through yet Constantine also explains that it’s not impenetrable. And clearly Trigon knows this too for he calls out a challenge. 

And that’s when, in a flash of light, a tiny glowing teenager appears. He looked absolutly minuscule compared to Trigon and yet practically glowed with power (this isn’t a King Danny AU though).

And that is when the conditions for passing the barrier are revealed. And the Justice realize that the only thing stopping Trigon and his army from decimating earth. The only way he can get through….is by beating this glowing teenager in a card game. 

Not just any card game though. The most convoluted game Sam, Danny, and Tucker invented themselves. It’s like the infinite realms version of magic the gathering, combined with Pokémon, and chess. And Danny is the master. So sit down Trigon and let’s play.

(The most intense card game of the Justice league’s life).

After Danny wins, this happens a few more times with outer word beings and possibly even demons attempting to invade earth, yet none have been able to beat the mysterious teenager in a card game. Constantine might even take a crack at it and try to figure out how to play. He’s really bad though. Every time this happens, the Justice league worry that this might be the time the teenager looses. Yet every time, he wins (even if only barely). 

Meanwhile, Danny, Sam, and Tucker have gotten addicted to the game and play it almost daily. Some teachers might seem them playing the game are are like ‘awww how cute’ not realizing this game is literally saving the world. Jazz is just happy they aren’t spending as much time on their screens playing Doomed.

[buttercupshands]

I couldn't let Act 5 Siffrin be my last sketch of the day

so a sleeping Act 6 Siffrin with a little ref to another drawing I did but shhh they're sleeping

[lazyrunawayphilosopher]

No matter what his tenderness towards Mydei was constant in every cycle.

[shorthaltsjester]

just constantly thinking about percy telling vex that he’d like to think they’re all better than they think they are (except her brother, of course) . constantly thinking about when vex tells percy he’s a good man and he gets awkward and flustered and returns that she’s a good woman and when she gets as awkward and flustered he goes “see. it’s not very nice is it.” percy shouting to ripley that he forgives her and vex carves forgive into the wood of her bow. vex tells percy to take off his mask and percy comes across vex in tears and scrubbing at her armour. god. the campaign starts and percy is making arrows as flirting and getting kisses in return and the campaign ends and exhausted and knowing it won’t be a want that will be fulfilled percy admits he never wants to make another weapon and vex equally exhausted affirms that he’ll never Have to. and god . god . opposites attract is great or whatever but the deliciousness of dynamics where the characters hold up a mirror to one another where they get to shed the burden of self and see someone Like Them as someone good or capable of being better and Falling In Love. and that love being a pathway to them coming to grips with their own image and their own capacity to be better. and that the fact that the person they fall for being someone so Familiar means that they see through each other’s shit. that percy sees that vex has fallen into the trap of Nobility tricking people into thinking that makes them inherently better and giving her the only whitestone title someone has to earn beyond selection or marriage or birth. that vex sees percy forgive ripley and discusses the importance of that choice but reminds him that it’s just as important that he forgive himself.

[timetodiverge]

"You're as bad as Hunter" "Oh I'm much worse"

[deoidesign]

Doing master studies the only way I know how: Stealing them and making them my guys.

(Barberini Faun)

(The Fallen Angel - Alexandre Cabanel)

(Covent Garden - William Bruce Ellis Rankin)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

A Most Mousterious Mind.

[bacchuschucklefuck]

dreaming abt sophomore year class swap bard!riz

[mersei47]

Im sketching gonne because idk who to draw and he looks so smug here that I wanna screenshot it

[vesna-v-irkutske]

From the interview (published on October 29th, 2011) with the investigator on the case of the Academy maniacs, Evgeny Karchevsky: – Do their parents also consider them ordinary children, or do they take responsibility for raising serial killers? – Lytkin's mom certainly feels guilty: yes, she overlooked the guy, didn't restrict his contacts with Artyom, access to the computer, didn't ask where he was walking, what he was doing. Nikita, by the way, was baptized, went to the Orthodox Church as a child, attended services with his mother. She raised a child without a father, worked two jobs. Now Nikita's mother is Nikita's legal representative in the criminal process, participates in all investigative actions, signs protocols, since he committed all crimes except the last one when he wasn't yet 18 years old. So they see each other often. They communicate calmly. Sometimes mom brings Nikita home-cooked food. I allow it.

Nikita and his mom in the background.

– Artyom's mother behaves quite differently. Her relationship with her son is not working out. He says this himself in his testimony and even refuses to meet. Evgeny Karchevsky in the documentary (published on January 29th, 2013): – Anoufriev's mother is a complex person in her own right. Throughout the investigation, she constantly fought with me as an investigator and with the operatives, and she constantly wrote complaints to the staff that her son was innocent, that it was all a slander, that she had the perfect child.

[shorthaltsjester]

the mighty nein - critical role

this is a place where i don't feel alone. this is a place where i feel at home.

[like-tears-in-rain-storms]

40k Lore: Alastor Rushal, a possibly willing Raven Guard defector to the Night Lords, tortured by Sevatar and now trusted and high-ranking member of the VIIIth. (no tongue)

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