Hey, everyone! A warning!! ⚠️
Some of you may know @/rainoverthewindow! They’ve done a lot of art for a bunch of different fandoms like TLoZ, Pokemon, FNAF, Professor Layton, etc.
⚠️ They just lost their account to a scammer.
To put it simply, I know @/rainoverthewindow irl and I was there when it happened.
⚠️ The scammer acted as if they had accidentally reported the @/rainoverthewindow account, and proceeded to convince my friend to speak to a fake Tumblr support representative, give away personal information, and then they took over the account. THEY ALSO TRIED TO GET BANKING INFORMATION.
I’m writing this on behalf of @/rainoverthewindow, as they can now no longer access any of their accounts. They want to warn their followers to be wary of any odd messages from their account during this time!! Also, to spread awareness so that this doesn’t happen to anyone else.
@/rainoverthewindow is trying their best to get their accounts back at this time. It’s possible they will have to make a new account altogether. If this does happen, please continue to support them! In the meantime, they can be found on Instagram @/sharpes_masque.
Please share this post so others can see it!
Given that the actual account is compromised, I am not directly tagging the account, nor am I interacting with the posts on the account, so this is the only way I and @/rainoverthewindow can reach out to their followers. I will tag the fandoms they often drew for in the hopes that some people who knew them will see this post. Thank you!
‼️ TLDR: @/rainoverthewindow ‘s account has been hacked. They want their followers to be wary of a scam going around trying to steal account and personal information, and to not interact with messages from their account. Please share for reach!
⚠️ They were also the mod for the Bestest Brackets account!!
Please ignore any interactions from this account as well!!
Tagging some bracket blogs that interacted with @/bestest-brackets in the past to spread awareness: @tournament-announcer @yen-sids-tournament @best-kirby-character-tournament
They’re mostly worried about this blog’s followers, since they had almost reached 500 before getting hacked. Stay safe, everyone!
As of right now, both of the accounts have been taken down, and @/rainoverthewindow is actively working with Tumblr staff to restore access. I’m going to keep this post up to try to make sure others don’t fall for this though!
UPDATE: @/rainoverthewindow ‘s account has been returned to them!!! Thank you to everyone who helped spread the word, and please stay vigilant!
