This is truly awful of those blasted scammers trying to use dirty tricks to scam people, we all definitely need to be careful indeed! Always stay vigilantly at all time, and report if something feels suspicious!

Just an old trick and easy to spot, but I'm aware

Those scammers are the worst I hate them

Kinda gross that these kinda PSA's need to even be a thing in the first place, but yeah, as a good general rule it is always best to confirm with the artist via their *official* channels only to help avoiding becoming a victim yourself.

Sorry to hear that you are experiancing these kinds of issues mate.