Rebloging this cuz it might be helpful to someone
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.
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)
And they began to insist that I checked my email. I looked in my spam folder and found the following email.
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.
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.
Are you suuuurrreeee thooooo
hey! :)
Ello! :0
I don't bite, @leon-neon shush
I’m dying-
Apollo: I want to be like a caterpillar.
Beanix: Explain.
Apollo: Eat a lot, sleep for a while, wake up beautiful.
Ema: You know they have a lifespan of a week, right?
Apollo:
Apollo: That's just another highlight!
Favorite non turtle in TMNT??? (Mines Casey)
Probably rise April
I HAVE A THOUSAND AND ONE REASONS TO BELIEVE YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
I will List none of them, because you shouldn't need convincing.
Have a cookie *hands you a magical cookie that suits whatever dietary needs you have*
Hmmmmmmm, not a very convincing argument…… here’s a cookie that suits any dietary needs YOU may have so we can eat together
Hi, I’m a random goddess.. how are you? Have you been drinking enough water? And hope you have a great day. And also I send you a blessing
Hello random goddess, I’m doing alright, I should probably drink more water, thanks for the blessing, I hope your day is great too!
Ive been summoned, I dont know any gays that haven’t already been mentioned tho 😭 you have all my moots lol
Big fan of women. Invested in women in the 40’S and the stock has only gone up, due to the…
Stock
Time to invest in bitch coin!
YAYYYY, also I’m bringing my moots too if that’s ok:3
You. Me. Picnic. Friends. Eat. Happy tummy :)
What do you say? I'm gonna invite all my moots. You should invite yours too
YES!!! MY MOOTS COME HERE LETS HAVE A PICNIC!!!!
We missed you toooooo ):
I’m eepy from being at school for 13 hours so that one terf I was talking to uhhh I dunno maybe touch some grass
@c0nstantlyscreaming @duckwithdeviousintent @chernobylcatfish09 @mast3rsw0rd I miss u guysssss❤️❤️❤️❤️
170 posts