#furry scam

[pup-b]

When did art scammers get smart enough to pose as a legit user. they have a normal active account that seems like a real collection of things that suit their interests, they followed me and liked my art, then sent a dm and talked with me on and off for a Week before finally asking me to comm them. I was So certain they were real that instead of blocking myself I took the time to be like "hey if you ask people in a DM out of the blue for a comm they will think you're a scammer, try making an ad post instead" only to find they blocked ME anyways if you're a furry watch out for @sparklycupcakezombie (hyperlink here) cause this could legit fool someone

[hollifo]

What's the term for the phenomenon of people DMing you to ask YOU to commission THEM? Because ho boy do I get a lot of those - on insta and now on Tumblr too - and every single one of them have a "portfolio" of badly traced, pillow shaded, overly watermarked pieces that is indiscernible from the last.

When I've called some of them out on having pieces that are literally identical to the last DMer, they claim "oh that's my friends art" - so what is it? One, rogue, desperate entrepreneur under HUNDREDS of accounts? A collective of scammers? Has anyone else gotten these DMs?