I think it's just discord, because I've been following them on discord through 5 or 6 profile name changes, and 3 username changes now. I had just checked and I was about to come warn you, but it is good you already know about the scammer
I ran into that on Xitter once, actually sent a tip to the wrong paypal.
Scammer must have had a bot searching paypal as a keyword, then they just cloned the user icon and a nearly-identical user-name.
I got a screenshot of the comment before they deleted it, reported them to Xitter, and all they got was a short suspension.
However, I reported the transaction to paypal, it went to arbitration, and after they never responded the charge got reversed.
So at least there's that! But that account is likely still farming. Banning it wouldn't even slow the scammer down, but it sucks that so many sites don't even try.
I recommend encouraging your clients who contact you, here on this account, to create a passphrase and tell it to you here via PM if you're not going to keep conversation here.
If they are contacted by anyone claiming to be you on Telegram or on Discord, they should know to ask the "you" there what the passphrase is.
If the phrase cannot be repeated, then they know to close contact (and maybe report them) since it's not you.
I've dealt with a scammer trying to intercept me from my win on a YCH recently. He couldn't repeat the passphrase I sent to the artist via FA notes, and this tipped the artist off to a scammer action in progress. It's kinda bad lately, this is happening all over. Direct messaging in first-place locations like FA, or in the email directly specified by you, are safer now than Discord or Telegram (both of which can allow name changes which is why they're being used for these interceptions.
They did this to me too. They created a fake Telegram account to get money from my YCHs, pretending to be me and demanding payment from my current YCHs.
Apparently, they're still doing this... It's a shame how human beings have nothing to do. They have no capacity to do anything useful with their lives, and they keep trying to take it from others.
Scammer must have had a bot searching paypal as a keyword, then they just cloned the user icon and a nearly-identical user-name.
I got a screenshot of the comment before they deleted it, reported them to Xitter, and all they got was a short suspension.
However, I reported the transaction to paypal, it went to arbitration, and after they never responded the charge got reversed.
So at least there's that! But that account is likely still farming. Banning it wouldn't even slow the scammer down, but it sucks that so many sites don't even try.
If they are contacted by anyone claiming to be you on Telegram or on Discord, they should know to ask the "you" there what the passphrase is.
If the phrase cannot be repeated, then they know to close contact (and maybe report them) since it's not you.
I've dealt with a scammer trying to intercept me from my win on a YCH recently. He couldn't repeat the passphrase I sent to the artist via FA notes, and this tipped the artist off to a scammer action in progress. It's kinda bad lately, this is happening all over. Direct messaging in first-place locations like FA, or in the email directly specified by you, are safer now than Discord or Telegram (both of which can allow name changes which is why they're being used for these interceptions.
Apparently, they're still doing this... It's a shame how human beings have nothing to do. They have no capacity to do anything useful with their lives, and they keep trying to take it from others.
one could also argue that this scammer is a lazy bastard who cant be arsed to do a real job