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.
SORRY FOR A SECOND POST BUT IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE INSTA COMMISSION SCAMMERS HAVE REACHED TUMBLR LMAO
If you are an artist and take commissions please read, these scams prey on innocent and desperate people and are frankly scummy.
Oh Jesus christ not them
To add on, there is another scam going around that may or may not be the same one, but still figured I’d detail it, as it tends to open up the same way.
the scammer will demand to pay through odd channels. crypto, or pop up virtual wallets - so far I’ve seen skrill, metamask, and dwolla. This specific scam relies on them exploiting your unfamiliarity with the platform, and scamming you out of money by “helping” during the sign up process, usually through asking for personal information such as your email, and phone number, and either sending fake phishing links through them, OR sending fake messages saying they paid for your premium membership, and asking for you to pay them back for it once you have set up your account.
