Oh My Word The Amount Of Times I’ve Gotten “are You Available For Commission?” Commented On Art

Oh my word the amount of times I’ve gotten “are you available for commission?” commented on art that I posted 2 seconds ago. Instant red flag for such a quick reply.

Also check out the pages of anyone who tries to commission you through tumblr! If they have 0 posts or reblogs that’s an instant sign it’s an empty bot acc

Stay safe from scammers!

Hey guys let me tell you about advance fee scams

I hope y'all are familiar with these in this day and age, especially my artists out there, because they're incredibly common.

About half an hour ago I posted a drawing and tagged it #artists on tumblr, and very quickly received this comment.

Hey Guys Let Me Tell You About Advance Fee Scams

My scam radar went off immediately, due to the generic blog name and lack of any emotion in the comment, but I decided it might be an entertaining venture so I dmed them. They asked for a drawing "of these", and sent me a random selfie. I got the details and told them it would be $15, and they promptly offered me $300. At this point I know it's a scam, but I play along for funsies and give them my paypal. Shortly, they send me this image for "confirmation" (I blocked out my email)

Hey Guys Let Me Tell You About Advance Fee Scams

And they began to insist that I checked my email. I looked in my spam folder and found the following email.

Hey Guys Let Me Tell You About Advance Fee Scams

This is fake. This is not a thing. And the "you're to refund the $200.00 back" is the scam. They send vaguely official-looking emails at you to "prove" that they sent you the money, then have you send them $200 (or however much the scam is for). Then, surprise surprise, you're out $200.

I continued to play along for a bit, and in the second email "Paypal" told me that I had to refund the $200 before they could "credit the $300 to my account", along with these lovely threats.

Hey Guys Let Me Tell You About Advance Fee Scams

And yeah, it's silly. But it's not silly if you don't know and get scammed. So. Spread, please! And thank you very much to @mlaurel for the opportunity to get these screenshots.

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