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Telegram Scammer Impersonating Me
a year ago
Hello,
Someone came to me and brought to my attention some impersonator pretending to be me on Telegram and contacting people about commissions. While I do use Telegram to communicate with my commissioners and ych buyers, I will always first contact you here on this account first, unless I already know you and we've done business before. I will also never come to you about a past ych unless you come to me first about it. PLEASE double check spellings in someone's username, as they are very sneaky and are usually just one letter off from the artist's username.
I go by DuskyAnimations on Telegram.
Below are screenshots of what the scammer is going by and also my real Telegram account.
I am sorry this has happened, it is just horrible that this keeps happening and is affecting so many artists. Please be careful out there and be wary of who you contact and send money to.
Scammer: https://i.imgur.com/nG4Bwwl.png
My real Telegram: https://i.imgur.com/cGQKMB2.png
EDIT: They either deleted the account or were banned. Thanks for checking out this journal everyone, but still do be cautious and remember to make sure you know for sure who you are messaging.
Stay safe out there
❗❗ EDIT: So far, I've contacted and spoken to the ones who were scammed by this guy. But I fear there may be more. I urge you that if you were contacted by this person about a commission, or a ych, and you sent them money, please let me know and I will do what I can to help. I suggest filing a dispute case on Paypal if this is the case.
If you are unsure, you can double check your Telegram messages and make sure that the conversation/chat you had with the fake me is still there. If it isn't, then it was the scammer.
Some other big 🚩RED FLAGS🚩 to look out for with scammers:
🚩- Paying for a commission with the Friends & Family option on Paypal and sending money directly to my Paypal account. I will never do this, and only send Invoices
🚩- Contacting you asking if you'd like a commission. I will also never do this, unless you had a backorder in my queue and have already contacted me about it, only then will I ask again if you would still like the commission. And still, even then, double check to make sure it is really me
Thank you for all of your time
Someone came to me and brought to my attention some impersonator pretending to be me on Telegram and contacting people about commissions. While I do use Telegram to communicate with my commissioners and ych buyers, I will always first contact you here on this account first, unless I already know you and we've done business before. I will also never come to you about a past ych unless you come to me first about it. PLEASE double check spellings in someone's username, as they are very sneaky and are usually just one letter off from the artist's username.
I go by DuskyAnimations on Telegram.
Below are screenshots of what the scammer is going by and also my real Telegram account.
I am sorry this has happened, it is just horrible that this keeps happening and is affecting so many artists. Please be careful out there and be wary of who you contact and send money to.
Scammer: https://i.imgur.com/nG4Bwwl.png
My real Telegram: https://i.imgur.com/cGQKMB2.png
EDIT: They either deleted the account or were banned. Thanks for checking out this journal everyone, but still do be cautious and remember to make sure you know for sure who you are messaging.
Stay safe out there
❗❗ EDIT: So far, I've contacted and spoken to the ones who were scammed by this guy. But I fear there may be more. I urge you that if you were contacted by this person about a commission, or a ych, and you sent them money, please let me know and I will do what I can to help. I suggest filing a dispute case on Paypal if this is the case.
If you are unsure, you can double check your Telegram messages and make sure that the conversation/chat you had with the fake me is still there. If it isn't, then it was the scammer.
Some other big 🚩RED FLAGS🚩 to look out for with scammers:
🚩- Paying for a commission with the Friends & Family option on Paypal and sending money directly to my Paypal account. I will never do this, and only send Invoices
🚩- Contacting you asking if you'd like a commission. I will also never do this, unless you had a backorder in my queue and have already contacted me about it, only then will I ask again if you would still like the commission. And still, even then, double check to make sure it is really me
Thank you for all of your time
Good thing you keep us updated.
I paid him
I should've been suspicious when you sent me an FA note AFTER I communicated with that guy on TG
I hope you can sort things out, I'm wishing you the best. Again, so sorry you have to go through this. ):
We will just have to be more vigilant from now on, we'll get through this together!