PSA:

If someone DMs you with talk about windfalls like this, its a scam

These people are not looking to help, they are looking to play on insecurity and need

Its hard to turn away from an offer of money when many are strapped for cash and they KNOW it. Its why they do it

Here's how it works

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PSA!

Another scam example for you all:

If someone messages you, the artist or creative, expressing an interest in your work and immediately attempts to get to to move to a service like Telegram or Whatsapp, its 100% a scam.

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‼️ARTISTS BEWARE‼️
This person going around on bluesky and discord is impersonating artists and scamming people under adopt posts!

They keep changing accounts here, but on discord they go by raccoondrewchett, and possibly use Hoonikaaa@gmail.com (Izy Nikole Juaniza) on Paypal

Boosting again

bsky.app/profile/notk...

#art #commissions #vtuber #artist

Oh it's fucking on.

I exposed an AI grift on my blog rather mildly and they have been trying to bully me into taking down my blog post.

I have been informed they have published a counter blog post promoting me as an AI artist.

I had already expected some retaliation in some form.

We have a live example of why they're called "pig-butchering" scammers! They're called that because they use the whole pig, ie, they don't just take a little money from their victims, they slaughter them and use them all. I'm gonna be slow on this thread because I'm doing exhaustive alt text, but:

⚠️PSA ABOUT SCAMMERS

There's been an uptick in impersonators who target users with easily swappable handles (i's for l's, o's for 0's, varying repeated letters, etc)

They will always
1) block the original artist
2) target users who have replied with interest, either thru QRPs, replies, or DMs

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AM repost. Just a few hours ago they emailed me a doctored screenshot of my site as if they had succeeded in taking legal action against my site. Fuck these people. Let's keep it going so every artist knows to stay the hell away from them.

Important note from the bird site, especially for artists:

With the rise of AI and other technology it’s imperative that we all stay vigilant and think critically when reading and sharing things online. Educating yourself is the best defense to disinformation

Here’s a handy link of tips to improve media literacy

www.library.cornell.edu/about/news/g...

Got a tip that this account is impersonating me and trying to scam folks in DMs. Please block and report. Thank you!
@vibianasceret.bsky.social

ATTENTION:

There is a user going by "nickserv.murdick.net" mass adding people to lists for unknown reasons, I have reason to suspect that their intentions are malicious.

I suggest blocking them to inhibit them from adding you.

This screenshot was taken from a user that was added at least 14 times