luxebytes is a scammer

[luxebytes]

Who is Vani/Luxebytes?

Vani / VanillaKitsune / Ashketchumsays / Vanimute / luxebytes / stripesandteth is a chronic scammer that has somehow been able to avoid accountability. She has stolen upwards of $10,000 and still making GFM, Kickstarters, and a Patreon to assuredly steal more money.

She has been reported many times on ArtistBeware, and has yet to refund many people. Some have been waiting for 10+ years for art.

Document by VexstacyArt detailing her actions:

Beware Luxebytes/AshketchumSays/Vanillakitsune

"What did Luxebytes do?" "Well this is their first offense" "Everyone deserves a second chance" Here's what they did and they're well past

Twitter post by MonkiArt detailing her actions: https://twitter.com/MonkiArt/status/1681036381399789570

If you have more info that is not listed above, please reach out.

[luxebytes]

Vani is also trying to make a comeback on instagram @lux.ebytes (https://www.instagram.com/lux.ebytes/)

honestly, this is ridiculous. them trying to play the victim is actually ridiculous

[toyhouse-venting]

The PSA on Vani/Luxebytes at the moment is absolutely insane. With such a record of neglect, poor business practice/behaviour, and scamming, you’d think someone like that would be deplatformed… My condolences to everyone who’s had awful experiences with them.

The PSA

[stripesandteeth-receipts]

Animal Neglect

stripesandteeth/luxebytes/London has a long, tired history of mistreating their animals, neglecting them and putting them in situations which are actively bad for them.

People who have lived with them and roomed with them at cons have actively spoken up. One roommate indicated that London barely feeds their cars and that London's two cats would stand outside of their door hungry every morning.

Others indicate that London took their elderly cat to a convention and didn't feed them, freshen their water or change her litter and left it to them instead.

A third account indicates that one of London's cats is allergic to other cats, yet actively chooses to adopt more cats to place near the allergic cat, and took a photo of the cat with a face that (by the looks of their drippy eyes) are in bad shape. Furthermore, London attempted to make this animals heartbreaking state "cute" by making a merch design out of it:

Lastly, London evidentially adopted a Malamute puppy only to abandon it.

[monqii]