It’s too early to Tell!

dni: Sanders siders. Thats it thats all!

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meirl

[thejoanglebook-deactivated20210]

Me as the sole survivor of the apocalypse, commenting "last" on every YouTube video.

[i-wrotethisforme]

My PIN number to this day is my second grade best friends birthday. There are people I don’t talk to anymore whose families are still in my prayers. There are shirts I wear to bed from exes of 8 years ago who are married now with kids. And I haven’t found a macaroni salad recipe better than my college boyfriend’s moms’. Our lives are made up of so many people and when people become parts of our lives, some parts remain long after they leave. And in the same exact way, it’s comforting to know there are so many lives you’re still a part of that you have no idea about.

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[orquidia]

musicians girlfriends!

[ecoplasma]

first try at animating a walk cycle

[missypena]

SCAM ALERT!! Told Magazine Inc / New Media International are scams targeting vulnerable creatives. 

They lure you in with a very professionally worded email promising an interview with their magazine, saying you were nominated for it by one of your followers. Their website is also very professional on the surface, but if you look closely you’ll notice weird things about it. Lots of photoshopped stock photos of models wearing their logo, no real content or articles, blurry images of text where articles might be.

If you say yes, they send you a link to a questionnaire where they get your personal information, along with some questions about your art peppered in. Then they’ll ask you for money so they can mail you a copy of the magazine with your interview when it’s out, and that’s where the biggest part of the scam is. Once you send them money, they disappear.

I made it to the interview phase before going NAH, (I asked them a ton of questions about where the heck their articles were and why their magazine didn’t appear in any Google searches - they ignored me and just sent their next copy/paste email in the scam - a real editor would’ve addressed my questions). Then I found more artists talking about this scam on Twitter, but I haven’t seen anything about it on Tumblr. So, here you go.

There’s a lot of scams aimed at creatives right now because many us are more vulnerable than ever. Of course I’d love a sweet interview to boost my online shop sales while my entire convention schedule is canceled. But we can outsmart them by doing research, asking questions, and warning others.

Twitter link with more info HERE.

[missypena]

Bumping this because the Told Magazine Inc scam has been sending lots of emails to artists again this week. Watch out for them, and ignore or block their emails if you get one.

[missypena]

UPDATE: So “Told Magazine Inc” emailed me today with this threat, all because of this tumblr post. 

I’m not sure how seriously I should take it, since it’s a bunch of very harsh emotional threats and doesn’t come off as very… professional? On one hand, I’m still 100% convinced Told Magazine Inc is a scam organization, (as of today, googling them still doesn’t bring up anything unless you do so in quotes, their website doesn’t even load, and the third hit is my tumblr so lol). On the other hand, if they’re horrible enough to try to scam small artists out of some money, then they’re horrible enough to try to sue a small artist for exposing them as a scam. I won’t be removing this post as of yet, and will be reaching out to several local lawyers for consultations on the matter.

EDIT: At the suggestion of another tumblr user, I’ve reported Told Magazine Inc to the US Federal Trade Commission for attempting to scam small indie artists. I don’t think anything will come of it, but I’m glad something is officially in their records now! Since I’m not confrontational, I’m just going to ignore TMI’s fake C&D and collect any other emails they send in the future as potential evidence against them.

EDIT 2: Well… it’s been 24 hours. :)

[missypena]

Hopefully the last time I update this, but you know what would make Told Magazine Inc really mad? If you filled out a Scam Alert review here: https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/toldmagazine.com

Apparently they used to be High Alliance Magazine. After some digging, I can tell most of the images up on their website, (now changed to toldmagazine.com and working again) come from renamed covers and “articles” from High Alliance Magazine, another scam doing the exact same thing Told Magazine Inc is doing. The “top stories” page on their website is a parade of Instagram models they successfully scammed when they were High Alliance. Also this 5 star review for High Alliance on Scam Alert looks oddly familiar…

I bet they would also hate it if you reported High Alliance’s Instagram page for being a scam under ‘…’ > report user > it’s inappropriate > report account > posting content that shouldn’t be on instagram > scam or fraud. https://www.instagram.com/highalliancemagazine/?hl=en

Anyway, again, hopefully this is the last update. I want to thank everyone who reassured me that their angry C&D email was indeed just a very miserable person blowing hot air. I’m still not going to respond since they aren’t worth the time, and have now set up filters to delete all future messages from [email protected] and [email protected]. Thanks again, and keep spreading the word and watching out for your fellow creatives. They’ll likely change the name of their scam again soon.

[theoreocat]

Re-blogging another artist/creator who received the scam email I got under another magazine name. It’s a whole huge thing!

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[deadpoetsstuff]

the number of times I think about starting a new life where I'm a librarian is UNREAL.

[aroacedavestrider]

hey guys my brother took this picture of his friend kicking their other friend into lake erie please get it famous as a meme format its their goal to go viral

example

[packsnack]

had to get this out of my system. 😔

[neilnevins-deactivated20240617]

“hey what was 2012 like”

[pangur-and-grim]

someone really just looked at cats, said “this should be dumber and more capable of evil” and then made rabbits

[dawnblade]

i just learned from animal crossing that pondskaters stay on top of the water by secreting an oil from their feet

that seems kinda obvious in hindsight. i always figured they were just, like, light enough to not break surface tension

[undeadnecromancer]

They do it by using fucked up and evil magic and they hate god

[tomorroejones-deactivated202209]

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[tonysopranobignaturals-deactiva]

I love memes like this because it implies billionaires aren’t people

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[cliopadra]

Ah yes. Me. My Husband. And his £200 000 Queen obsessed 1933 Bentley.