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scammer back at it again
4 years ago
a scammer i made a journal about months ago made a THIRD alternate account to evade suspension, doing the same 'offer high-priced commissions, take your commission request to a cheaper artist, use your money to buy it, give it to you claiming they made it, and pocket the massive price difference' scam again.
more info; https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9870922/
fa doesn't seem to care and refuses to just ip ban the fucker apparently (or maybe they're using different ips somehow, but considering the accounts are all just suspended rather than banned... i'm not happy with how fa is handling this)
so! as a reminder;
- do not buy from spamming solicitors. (if all the shouts on their page are people thanking them for saying 'nice gallery', they clearly don't actually mean it and are just trying to get their foot in the door with as many people as possible to pressure someone into buying from them)
- do not buy from artists who do not have a consistent watermark/signature that is on all their work. (either the art isn't theirs or they're woefully inexperienced)
- do not buy from new accounts (less than a year old) unless they are really cheap and/or someone you actually know and trust vouches for them. (so if you never get the art it won't be a huge deal and/or there's no room for a price difference for them to be profiting off of)
- do not buy from artists who do not have a public price sheet. (some more professional artists don't have one because working for big companies is a bit different than personal use stuff, but usually it's pretty obvious when that's the case)
- and lastly, never let an artist pressure you into buying ANYTHING from them. you don't even have to give them an excuse; if they make you uncomfortable or ask for something you don't want to give, just don't respond, and if they keep pestering you, block them. there's plenty of artists on here who WON'T do that for you to choose from. cut your losses. take care of yourself.
and to people who scam like this; you should be ashamed. instead of lying and stealing and scalping, you could be an actual member of the community, making art yourself or helping artists from other sites reach a wider audience. but no. you choose to be literal trash by shitting all over the hard work and years of practice and study those artists are doing. you're choosing to throw their and your customers' kindness and trust back in their faces by lying to them and stealing the money they'd be happy to give you if you chose to work honestly like the rest of society.
more info; https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9870922/
fa doesn't seem to care and refuses to just ip ban the fucker apparently (or maybe they're using different ips somehow, but considering the accounts are all just suspended rather than banned... i'm not happy with how fa is handling this)
so! as a reminder;
- do not buy from spamming solicitors. (if all the shouts on their page are people thanking them for saying 'nice gallery', they clearly don't actually mean it and are just trying to get their foot in the door with as many people as possible to pressure someone into buying from them)
- do not buy from artists who do not have a consistent watermark/signature that is on all their work. (either the art isn't theirs or they're woefully inexperienced)
- do not buy from new accounts (less than a year old) unless they are really cheap and/or someone you actually know and trust vouches for them. (so if you never get the art it won't be a huge deal and/or there's no room for a price difference for them to be profiting off of)
- do not buy from artists who do not have a public price sheet. (some more professional artists don't have one because working for big companies is a bit different than personal use stuff, but usually it's pretty obvious when that's the case)
- and lastly, never let an artist pressure you into buying ANYTHING from them. you don't even have to give them an excuse; if they make you uncomfortable or ask for something you don't want to give, just don't respond, and if they keep pestering you, block them. there's plenty of artists on here who WON'T do that for you to choose from. cut your losses. take care of yourself.
and to people who scam like this; you should be ashamed. instead of lying and stealing and scalping, you could be an actual member of the community, making art yourself or helping artists from other sites reach a wider audience. but no. you choose to be literal trash by shitting all over the hard work and years of practice and study those artists are doing. you're choosing to throw their and your customers' kindness and trust back in their faces by lying to them and stealing the money they'd be happy to give you if you chose to work honestly like the rest of society.
if you haven't already, you can probably get more/better information from some of the folks who have commented on the main journal this one is referencing- both artists who were stolen from and customers who were scammed.