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I use google reverse image search, which has been real helpful in finding who might be scam bots on here and then report it. Not sure reporting does anything, but at least I tried.
Yea it’s weird to me that these men out here fall for the scammers/bots. Then again people are just gullible like that. But yea, using the reverse image search is probably the most effective way to find out.
People have to be more diligent and investigate more. They also need to stop giving them attention. Report and block. Idk if reporting does anything but still worth a shot. Tho I police my content pretty heavily and have had scammers using my pics shutdown completely.
Look if the person in the pictures has an X account or an OF with hundreds and thousands even millions of followers.. they’re NOT on tumblr. They’re getting paid on X, instagram or whatever. You don’t get paid on tumblr. It’s safe to assume their pictures are stolen and that person on tumblr is fake. Furthermore if the name of the account is like Ivygirl005 or something like that. That literally means that the 5th account they’re scamming with. That’s how they keep track. It’s extremely obvious. Oh here’s another obvious example of they have telegram all over their blog. Most real people will have linktree or list the ways you can get in touch with them through various platforms. Not just feed you telegram.
#scammers#scammer alert#scammer awareness#we have to police our own communities#so I went on a rant but it be like that sometimes#I just hate scammers that much#they piss me off#trans#transgender#trans pride#transisbeautiful#mtf#transgirl#girlslikeus#mtf hrt#maletofemale#transformation
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Hello this a long shot call, am a citizen of Palestine. I am here to request for your support to help get my insulin, I was diagnosised with type 1 diabetes and due to current situation in Gaza I'm unable to get my insulin injection as a result I'm here begging for little financial support to help me purchase insulin for this week.My donation link is available on my pinned post
This is a scam account. Nice try. Free Palestine.
#scammer awareness#palestine#palestine scam#only a paypal link and not a gofundme#quick google search of the message shows up under other blogs slightly changed around a bit#and when you check the blogs that sent the similar messages they arent accessible#going to see who's reblogged this and let them know if they've donated to file a dispute
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https://www.tumblr.com/oddfoxstudio/772364876570034176
weepingtrashheart (previously scentedtacomaker, bluecloudllama, sostudentbarbarian, fulldelusioncupcake, craftyangelcollective, jovialnightcat, and myavenuesheep) / eUnice'margwel' is a documented scammer.
here is their post archived november 16th as myavenuesheep: https://archive.is/v0vdE
here is fulldelusioncupcake on november 19th: https://archive.is/va4o8
here is craftyangelcollective on december 14th: https://archive.is/m1BVx
coincidentally, the eUnice'margwel’ paypal account was linked in this post to run an entirely different scam: https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/763314716539060224/vettedverified-as-a-scam-please-report-their
https://www.tumblr.com/scam-alerts/767165985387118592/scammer-alert
https://www.tumblr.com/slenbee/769631048907833344/list-of-current-scammers-part-3
https://www.tumblr.com/u-reblogged-a-scam/769874949281349632/do-not-donate-your-money-to-or-reblog-any-posts
https://www.tumblr.com/kyra45/772044953892339712/eunicemargwel-linktree
some past tumblr accounts that have run this scam were nuttykittenglitter with the paypal name Virginia Adungo, eunice-2-magwerl with the paypal account name Magwerl Onyango, alfayothesoftwareaudit with the paypal name Alfred Onyango, pinkkidcreator with the paypal name Eunice Odira, shadypersonnut with the paypal name Eunice Eqira, and perfectpiratewonderland with the paypal name Jamillah Vilinga
would you mind deleting their scam from your blog, or clearly labeling it as a scam so it doesn't spread to others? please remember you can use the tumblr search box to search the username/paypal account name/text used by people asking for money to check if they’ve been proven to be a scammer
Thank u very much!! My blog,unfortunately,is a constant target for scammers and I am actively trying my best 2 get rid of them so any help is much appreciated
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nako700/Sophia Magubo is a documented scammer
www.tumblr.com/kyra45/735885456768679936/this-is-a-longshot-would-you-be-willing-to-help
www.tumblr.com/12percentspider/753054401165410304/nako700-is-the-current-url-for-vero-og-as-of
would you mind deleting their scam from your blog, or clearly labeling it as a scam so it doesn't spread to others? in the future, please remember to search the username/paypal account name/text used by the people asking for money in your inbox
please familiarize yourself with the posts of some current scammers while they are still under these usernames: taheeeramohamed, stevmwita, thoughtfulfestivallove, keenladysussymerrriine, lucymkiraa, swagprincessfire, nashonimudaki, marryum-aljabill, quoradigestere, atomiclovedestiny, choppedphilosopherwitch, nako700
i really recommend looking at their pinned posts in order to better recognize scams, not just using this list as a blocklist, because once they are terminated they each will immediately remake their scams under a new username
OMG THANK YOU
I’m so used to dealing with bots so I was in that headspace
I was suspicious but didn’t want to harm anyone
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🐝Scams to Bee Aware of on Tumblr: 🐝
(posted: 2/6/25 - Updated 2/12/25)
The art commission scam.
Are you an artist? Were you DM'd, sent an ask by a blog with no posts or little to no content, or had a comment on a post asking about a commission and to DM them? Did they ask you to draw their son, daughter, or pet? Did hey offer you $200-$500? If so, you should learn about this scam and how to avoid it.
The sugar baby/daddy scam. / Free money scam.
Did you make a post asking for donations? Did someone DM you wanting you to be their sugar baby or promising you money in exchange for something? Did they tell you that you need to send them money to verify you want to 'do this' or pay for 'shipping' or 'transaction' fees? You're about to get scammed!
The muse scam.
If you post photographs frequently, you may find your posts receiving comments from 'artists' saying how 'inspired' they are and how eager they are to make art or a mural for your work. This is a fake cheque scam and you should avoid it at all costs!
The (read more) / Click here! scam.
If you see a post ending in a link that says (read more...) or Click here! This is an attempt to get you to click a link that will lead to a malicious website in an attempt to steal your information, or possibly even install malicious files onto your phone or computer.
is Now Hiring! Scams. ✨New(ish)✨
See a post like this on your dash or in a tag you frequent? Was the user once a normal user and now they're spamming ads like this in unrelated tags? This likely means that user got their account hijacked by clicking the link via a different post. Avoid clicking links like these at all costs!
HRT Medicine / Therapy services ✨New(ish)✨
This scam is targeting transgender people, and is likely stealing peoples personal information and likely their credit card information. If you see or find a blog like the above commenting on your posts, in #transgender or other such related tags, block and report them immediately. (Selling stuff like this is illegal btw.)
Recruitment for the Illuminati.
This scam tries to recruit people into the Illuminati by offering people mass amounts of wealth, homes, and even cars. This is all an attempt to steal your money, or worse, your identity...
Recovery Scammers.
If you make a post talking about how you've lost money, be it bitcoin, crypto, or were scammed in any sort of way, you may find yourself receiving an ask from a recovery scammer. These are people claiming they can offer 'recovery services' while claiming to be 'ethical hackers' that have 'back end knowledge' to online services. Claiming they can retrieve your money, account, photos, and other such lost items. All you have to do is give them your account information and some money! :) (Do not do this, obviously.)
These scammers also target people who post in #scam and/or other related tags like #scams or #scam alert, posting things like this in the comments on peoples posts:

Dropshipping Websites. (Curtsy of @ai-art-thieves)
See a post of an object or a piece of clothing by a popular tumblr user that has 10k+ notes, does it say 'I got this here!' or '>>GET YOURS HERE<<' at the bottom with a link to a store? That user is a part of a dropshipping advertising scheme and are being paid to advertise these scummy websites. These websites are usually malicious in the manner that they sell cheaply products. In the worst case you'll get a bootleg or flawed product, or even a different product completely, or in even worse cases, you'll never get it at all.
(Or they will steal your information in the case of those shopify websites that popup online with deals you 'just can't refuse!!!' So buyer beware.)
Campaign boost/mutual aid support scams. (By @kyra45)
If you or anyone you know has posted looking for donations, and you receive an ask, DM, or even a comment about someone offering to 'assist you in boosting your account/campaign,' all you have to do is pay them <amount>, then this is a fake check scam you should definitely read up on and learn about to avoid.
Pet donation Scams. (by @kyra45)
See a post about someone needing help with a vet bill? Do they stress the pet is in peril and will die soon? Is their PayPal from the Philippines yet the vet bill is from the United states? Those are just two things to look out for with this scam.
Donation / Mutual Aid scams. (by @kyra45)
One of the most common and well known scams on tumblr to this day. These scams mainly revolve around brand new accounts made within a day or week reblogging very few posts and then suddenly asking for money via donations through PayPal. These blogs will send out the same copy/paste ask en masse to dozens if not hundreds of people, change their name frequently over the course of days if not weeks, and will even lie about being Palestinian, stealing stories from legitimate gofundmes, and even having conditions such as diabetes while not even knowing how it works.
Here is a current list of documented PayPal scammers: Part 3
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Some helpful blogs to follow:
@kyra45 @ai-art-thieves @u-reblogged-a-scam
Tags to follow/check if you need to check on scams:
#scam #scams #scam alert #scammer #scammers
I also have a very extensive list of scammer call out posts on my main blog, @slenbee under my #scam tag which can be found here if anyone's interested in scrolling through it. Just note that I kindly ask that minors do not follow that blog as it is my personal blog and is not a blog dedicated to scam busting/documenting.
You're 100% ok with looking through the scam tag and reblogging things from it, as well as checking out the links on my pinned post. :)
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I think that's it for Tumblr scams, If I think I need to add more later I'll update the post and make an update note about it.
Take care everyone and don't get scammed!
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Check out the Index of important posts I've made!
Here's a post on some tips and tricks on spotting scam blogs.
How to guide: Reverse Image Search. (now with web extensions!)
Scammers pretending to be Palestinian v6 by @kyra45
#scam#scams#scam alert#donation scam#scammer#scammers#scam awareness#paypal scam#insulin scam#online scams#commission scams#donation scams#internet safety#scam warning#pet donation scam#pet scam#art scam#commission scam#scam list#scams on tumblr#Illuminati
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Commission scams: A guide on how to avoid them and find legit artists
Hello! I am writing this guide in order to hopefully help people spot scammers and art thieves, to teach people how to deal with them and to give people ways to actually get real artists for commission work.
For those who do not know, there is a recurring, extremely widespread type of scam where someone will advertise their commissions using stolen artwork, or (sometimes) traced or AI-generated pictures. This started (as far as I know) on Twitter, but it is currently in all sorts of social media (I have found them in Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky and Tumblr) and also on Discord servers, often large Discord servers requiring no invites or that are easy to find through Discord advertisement places.
These do obviously hurt both, the people seeking to buy a commission (who will either get their money stolen, or given a product that is not of the quality that was advertised), and the artists whose work is being stolen, who are not getting the work themselves. It is important for people to learn how to identify these people, and to quickly take action when possible. This post is kind of lengthy, so please press the Keep reading button below for the full guide! (And please do share this post around if possible- This is a very common scam and I have met far too many people who have fallen to it or have got their art stolen due to it, including friends and myself.)
So, how do they work? (in Social media)
In my experience, a lot of these scammers either run multiple accounts or are part of a larger scheme, operating in organized groups that follow similar tactics. They will very often use automated means to advertise en masse. Those in social media will make accounts that post some example artwork, often with a myriad of tags, in styles that do not match (see first example, featuring my stolen art :'')). They very rarely post anything that isn't stolen artwork, or have any actual real following they interact with properly. They will then very often spam heavily through replies (such as it happens in Twitter), posting hundreds of really similar messages in a short period of time. In the second example, you can see an account from one of these scammers that is using automated posts to garner attention, which are shared by similar accounts (notice the same exact wording between the first and third post). The third example (in the Replies tab) shows how one of this accounts replies "Hi" to every single message they get.
They will often seek posts from people who are searching for commissions, answering them (often with a "I do commissions, DM me") or other variants of that. (They often only share their "art" on DMs to not be caught stealing by the original authors.) You can see an example of that on the first screenshot below. On Twitter, Instagram and pretty much any place where you can DM people, they may also come to your DMs, often starting with a "Hello" or something so you answer to them, and then they will suddenly share their commission information (as seen in the second picture).
In any case, they rarely have publicly available commission sheets, and will only disclose their prices on DMs. They may share more stolen artwork in there. From there on, they will often speak in fairly broken English, and try to lead you to commission them. They will haggle the prices if they can- But they tend to be fairly steep, with them going up to $300 a fullbody, which tends to be unusual in people without a fairly established following or popularity.
They will often give you a payment method that does not allow for refunds- Such as sending the money to "Friends and Family" in Paypal. This is actually illegal for commercial work, so if you get an artist telling you to pay them through such a method, please do be incredibly wary: Professionals will use methods that do have an option for refunds.
2. How do they work? (on Discord)
On Discord, they will often enter in servers where there may be a place for them to advertise, or servers available through Disboard and other Discord-community searchable sites. Then, they will often not interact at all with the community itself, but they will jump to advertising channels and post about "seeking for work". I have found out that scammers operating on Discord do only very rarely also have socials, so look out for that. Do reverse searches if you can. Legit artists don't tend to join Discords solely to advertise, so look up "from: [name]" on Discord and check how they have interacted in the server, if they have done that in any way. See the first and second example for an example on how they behave. First example has art from @ydteus (in the second message, the dragonborn's source is unknown.) Second example is from one of these accounts who entered on a Streamers' Discord. Streamers and VTubers are very popular targets for these scammers. Third example (with art from absent_lambeth on instagram, and unknown for the second picture) shows another important point, which I'll explain below.
Many of these scammers do not have solid commission sheets showing examples and prices for them. The third one even mentions "it is under construction", fully knowing a commission sheet is expected. Not every professional artist has them, but most do. It is often expected that people who do commissions will have some sort of Terms of Service at the very least, even if they do not have a commission sheet.
3. What do they do?
They scam you. You may never get any art from them. You may get traced art, or art that is not of the quality they advertised, because the art they used for promotion wasn't theirs on the first place. Or you may get an AI-generated picture, too. In either way: You will find yourself with +$200 less in your pocket and no way to seek a refund. So, it's very important you know how to spot them BEFORE they scam you. I have known people who have lost their money
4. How do I actually spot them?
Simply put, they do not act like normal artists would. Let's make a handy list of suspicious behaviours to look for, though.
Most people who draw commissions won't directly DM you unprompted to ask you to pay them for work. If you get such a DM- Report as spam and block.
Most of them don't act like bots, either. If you're on Twitter or similar pages, seek for extremely repetitive posts, hundreds of Replies in their Replies tab that are copypasted or very similar. If you see that, report as spam and block.
Reverse search is sadly very unreliable nowadays, but it does not hurt to try. A lot of them will modify the picture so it doesn't show in reverse search, but try it- And seek if it links to a different account with a different name.
As an ESL, I hate to say this, but the grand majority of them have really broken English, so look out for that. Not every person with broken English is a scammer, but it is something common amidst them. You will notice they fail to communicate general information. Try to ask them for Terms of Service, for example: They will probably be unable to provide you anything (if they do even understand you.)
You will rarely find them on your own unless you frequent specific tags, such as "commission" or "openforcommission". Or even using completely unrelated tags in their posts. I found one of them using a tag about someone's death to cop violence on their anime art. These people mostly only interact with their fellow scammers, but not with artists you'd find through other means.
As mentioned above, they won't provide you a payment method that allows for refunds the grand majority of the time. If someone tells you to send them money "as friends and family" in Paypal, or through something life Ko-fi's donations (although this one is rare), do not pay them. This is a general advice: Do not use payment methods that do not allow refunds for people you don't know.
Ask them for a commission sheet, a webpage, their Terms of Service and other things. Professionals should be able to provide at least one of these, usually.
5. What do I do if I find out they have stolen art/if my art has been stolen?
If you have found stolen art, let the original artist known ASAP if you can find them. Ask for help from friends if you cannot find them.
If you're the artist, DMCA claim. Every page has it, it is required for them to have it. If you search "dmca form (and the website's name)", it should show up. Bsky only has it in mail form right now, but it's there. A DMCA claim is a Copyright claim, and as long as you can show that you posted your picture somewhere before they did, you can do it. The form may seem scary, but it is not all that much. They will ask for your legal full name, address, a mail + a telephone, the url of the post stealing your art, an url to where you posted it first, and to sign/agree to some terms. DMCA claims tend to be processed swiftly (in about a day) because websites can get in trouble if they allow for copyrighted content to be stolen. And you actually do have rights to any picture you have created without needing to trademark it or anything.
You may also want to ask your friends to help you report the account and/or posts. Often, reporting it for spam will give you the best results. DMCA claims will take down the offending posts, but sadly, reports in most major places are rarely taken seriously, but they may limit an accounts' reach or auto-flag it as spam in DMs, so it is still a fairly effortless option to follow. DO still DMCA claim them though.
6. Where do I actually find real people to commission?
Your best bet is through other real people. Let me explain some good methods for this.
Do you have friends who are artists? Ask them if they have commissions open, or if they know other people who take them. Artists almost always know other artists, and they can quickly find you someone you can trust.
Did a friend of yours get a commission? Ask them who was it from if you like the style, and they may be able to get you a link to their social media!
Do you follow artists for any sort of content you're interested in? (General art, fanart/fandom stuff, people you look up to, etc). You can check their work first and see if they have commissions, or if they share art from other people, and then check those.
Scammers really don't partake in fandoms or have art-related posts go viral (some get some follower-begging bait going viral, but that's it). Chances are that, if you found a cool art in your dashboard or timeline, it is from a real artist.
I think places such as VGen need verification for artists and have ratings. I am not personally experienced with it, but you may want to check that out.
You can always ask people to double check with you if you found someone but are doubtful about them being legit. If you are part of any community, do ask there! If you have artist friends, tell them! A lot of artists are acquittanced with the scam issue.
I have seen people do lists of artists available for commissions in places such as bsky, too. These can be an option, but always do verify that the people doing the list in the first place do seem like an actual person.
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This is a very long post, but I really wanted it to be very thorough. I would greatly appreciate if you could share it around, as it is a very widespread issue that not many know how to identify. If you do find out scammers in Discords, please DM the servers' admins and link them to this post so they can get banned, in order to prevent scamming and art theft.
If you have any question or you need someone to help you verify an artist being legit or a scammer, my DMs are open for that too. I have talked about this a bunch in other places and I am fairly experienced with these cases, and I would be very happy to be able to lend a hand and find you an artist, if you do need the help. Thank you for reading!
#commission#commissions#scam alert#scam awareness#scam#scammers#art#digital art#art commissions#info#artists on tumblr
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Some tips on how to spot scammers‼️
These scams can be under the pretext for *getting medication*/*getting a group of people to a safer location* or whatever new variations that may pop up in the future!
Not all of these are telltale signs that the person is a scammer but just some things I have seen in common. Make sure to always do your own research first before reporting/reblogging!
1a. Their accounts are barely a week old and has liked nothing much but posts of people answering positively to their scams sent to your inbox
1b. Only liking/reblogging posts related to the scam they're trying to sell
2. Linking a *go fund me* but it actually leads you to their paypal account under a different name
3. Lack of precise information/vagueness. Their last few lines are always along the lines of; please donate/help where possible because all they care about is money!
4. You've interacted; reblogged/liked/commented with whatever content recently so they send you their stolen paragraph from an actual person who's in need of help. eg. Charity, free Gaza
5a. Inconsistent pronouns being used eg. Sometimes using 'i' and then switching to "them" or "they"
5b. In addition to inconsistent pronouns, there could also be randomly placed quotation or exclamation marks - meaning they copied it from someone
6. You could also try reverse google searching the images/paragraph they use by simply putting quotation mark followed by the paragraph eg. "paragraph"
7. Copying the paragraph and pasting it on Tumblr search. You'll instantly find proof by looking at others posts
8. Always check against a vetted source to know if their account is reliable
Always report scammers posts and accounts too!
As always, don't be so trusting/gullible of everything you see online! Always check its legitimacy before liking/reblogging or asking others to help them out!
Not everyone is a scammer, but it's important donations go to people who actually need it!!
Reblogs are appreciated to help spread awareness 🙏🏼 With that said, Free Palestine, Congo, Haiti, Hawai’i, Sudan
#from the river to the sea palestine will be free#charity#scams#scammers#gaza#gaza genocide#medication#psa#donations#help#send help#free Palestine#free congo#free haiti#palestine#congo#haiti#please donate#donate if you can#mutual aid#community aid#spread awareness#insulin#crowdfunding
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Today on: Holy crap that's 100% a scam.
Boy howdy did I find another gold mine of scams/scam bots in the "hiring" search. This is the funniest example:
My thoughts:
Struggling with your classes? Can't pass the test? Hire totally real (no fake) and totally smart (no dumb) people by giving us your real name, credit card, and login information, and we'll do your work FOR you! No guarantee you'll pass, but hey, you paid us anyway!
Disclaimer: This is obviously a joke I'm making here, do not go to these websites and do not actually pay for something like this. Also please don't use ChatGPT for your class work in school and college...
My thoughts: HMMMM yes let's book a totally real plane off of tumblr dot com! What could go wrong?! :D
My thoughts: I would not trust that thing near my house... at all.
My thoughts: Wanna get robbed or kidnapped?
This is how you get robbed or kidnapped.
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Will probably make some of these posts in the future, just thought people would get a chuckle out of them.
Again, obvious disclaimer: Do not click on these links.
No matter how good of an offer it is, it's likely a scam.
Always make sure to report these posts too if you see them.
#scam#scams#scam awareness#scam alert#online scams#scam warning#scammer#scammers#please don't fall for this kind of thing....
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GUYS IF YOU SEE THINGS LIKE THIS DO NOT CLICK THEM THESE WILL LEAD TO A VIRUS. Pages like these are just entirely filled with links to viruses and tempt you to click on them!
To be fair the link could be not leading to a virus but I wouldn’t risk it. every single link they post is to the same website and it will probably lead to a virus!
A way you can prevent yourself from falling in this trap is holding down over the link and seeing what the link is. if it is from a page you find seems sketchy then DONT CLICK ON IT.
Do this for all of the links you want to click on on Tumblr, even the good tumblr pages can do this and you can never truly trust anyone online.
I would suggest you even do this for my page because I am no exception. I am just a stranger to most of you and you should always be careful!!!!!

#BE AWARE OF SCAMMERS AND VIRUS BAITERS LIKE THIS#BE CAREFUL#scam#scammers#fake pages#virus#virus scam#link to virus#sweet home#cha hyunsu#cha hyun su x reader#gojo x reader#toji x reader
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Commission I did for someone who tried to scam me.
WARNING:
Artists please avoid @iloveartworks
They tried to scam me out of $200 through fake PayPal emails. Don't be stupid like me and give out your email so someone can look up your account on PayPal or Venmo. The signs were so obvious and I was too blind to see what happening, thankfully they never got the money.
They also had multiple names for different transactions. Three names were used for sending and recieving on PayPal and Venmo. So be wary of that as well.
(The pics take place after I told them my account name and they claim it didn't work so I gave them my email instead.)









#i feel like an idiot#but at least they didn't get any money out of me... just my time 😞#stay safe#important#be aware#commissions#scam alert#scammers
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Friendly reminder for all artists out there to be careful with things like this:

Untitled blog, basic pfp, basic banner, no info, no posts or the only post is answering an ask about the comm request with “DMs please”, mass follows (mainly beginner) artists, mass likes posts saying this exact thing in the comments with no reblogs or actual interest shown in the art. It’s usually a scam/bot.
Usually if someone is interested in a commission they’ll show more interest in your account/art and will act much more human than this.
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Friendly Reminder:
If you feel uncomfortable with any conversation with someone online...
Block them.
If you receive very suspicious and unappreciated messages.
Report then block them.
This is the line you must not cross. For your own safety. For the safety of others.
You don't even have to say anything to them before you block them. They're not your responsibility. Their feelings do not matter when compared with your safety.
Block. Report. Do not budge from this rule.
#quotidian convos#scams#online scams#romance scams#psa#scammer#scam alert#information#scam warning#phishing scams#donation scams#online safety#internet privacy#online privacy#internet safety#grooming#online grooming#online#online danger#internet rule#internet rules#internet etiquette#internet#facts#online rule#online rules#be safe#stay safe#be aware#self awareness
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deep sigh
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Please stop answering these obviously fake asks. Please stop promoting them to your followers. Don't accidentally dupe yourself or your followers in sending money to scammers.
#i reported/blocked one and a few hours later they poked me again with the same message and avatar but a different username#learn to see a real call for help. this isn't it#I just want people to be aware. I see too many people promote these asks#I had one a while back where the 'writer' (speaking in 1st person) needed a bone graft because their hand got hit by an explosive bullet.#further into the *same* message the text turned to caps and they spoke of a 'he' who was hit by an explosive bullet in his arm (not hand)#and that 'he' needs surgery immediately or else his arm needs to be amputated and 'we don't want that to happen do we???'#the tonal and 1st to 3rd person shift along with the inconsistencies in that one message made it clear it was fake#scammers#tumblr bots
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I've seen a lot of people making posts about this, but I'm making my own just in case someone out there didn't know about this or is naive enough to fall for it, especially small artists since they seem to be the ones that are always targetted.
I don't know if these "people" are real people or if they're bots, but I've gotten quite a few comments like these on my art and they always follow the same pattern: comment with poor English/grammar (note how they spell "commission" in singular and the use of spaces) ➡️ asking to talk via DM ➡️ insisting on taling via DM after you tell them that you're not open for DMs.
I played along a little just to get these screenshots, posting this because the ones I've seen in posts by others were blank/empty blogs, with no posts, no descriptions and default PFPs or either with AI generated images in the posts, but this one seems to have legitimate photos (at least they don't look like AI to me, the first one seems to be an actual photo with a filter) so I thought it wouldn't hurt to warn artists because I suspect they'll only keep "evolving" to better emulate a regular Tumblr user.
If you're a small/inexperienced artist and want to start doing commissions, here are my tips:
-Do NOT give out your email. -Do NOT accept DMs from people that seem suspicious. -Besides making a post with prices and other info, make a Google form for potential clients to fill out. If you want you can use the one in my pinned post as an example. -If you use PayPal, accept payment only via invoice (I think you can only do that if you have a business account but it's super easy to make one or convert your personal account to one). This protects you from potential scams since you're the one sending it to the client and you don't need to give out your email or any other info. -Do not entertain scammers. As I mentioned above, I just played along to get screenshots, but just report and block them.
(If anyone has other tips feel free to add!)
#important#psa#art#digital art#art commisions#scams#scam#commission scams#scammers#scam warning#scam alert#scam awareness#online scams
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IMPORTANT - Art Commission Scam
I have updated the art commission scam post with critical and terrifyingly new information that has come to my attention. (Thank you @elrealelchunk!)
Scammers are now threatening to send your private information to law enforcement if you do not send them money.
This is 100% a scare tactic. You do not have to comply.
Your information is safe. Remember, they are scammers.
Just remember the golden rule:
You should never have to give money to get money.
Please make sure to share the updated version of the art commission scam post, and if you know artists, or even follow artists, ask them if they are aware of this scam, and if they're not, please make them aware of it by sharing this post:
This is just... so horribly disgusting. The fact that this can really mess with someone mentally and make them lose out on hundreds of dollars. How much of a deplorable excuse for a human being can you be to try and scam someone like this.
PayPal would never say something like this to someone, and the fact they're stooping this low just infuriates me.
Art tags are added and are relevant because as many artists as possible need to know about this as this would affect their livelihood.
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SCAM ALERT!!!
if nobody ever listens to me again i dont care but hear this people pf tumblr! DO NOT INTERACT WITH THOSE WORK FROM HOME ADS FOR AMAZON/FEDEX WHATEVER! They are trying to steal your information! PLEASE PLEASE LISTEN TO ME!
REPORT AND BLOCK! FOR YOUR SAFETY!
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