WARNING TO OTHER ARTISTS ON TUMBLR
Recently I have been the victim of a Phishing Scam. Blame on me for being to trusting but in the end they had stolen both my services and my money.
They ran a PayPal scam, getting hold of your email [which can be used to look up payment app users] and then sends legit looking emails under [email protected].
The user name of this person is
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To identify if the emails are legit look for transaction numbers, and if your still unsure contact PayPal service yourself and they will confirm if there is a record of such emails linked to your PayPal account.
If i can help others not fall into this trap then good.
I won't stop doing commissions but better beleive I will have stricter policy's in place now.
PSA - They've swapped the words in their username and are attempting to commission multiple pet portraits.
Artists, always trust your gut. If something feels off, investigate and stay safe!
Consider whether you're really the right person for their request, look up the usernames of fishy commissioners, reverse image search the references you recieve, and look at their blog for suspicious behaviour. Those are what protected me in this case
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