I have been scammed for the very first time, and I feel very much like a grade A fool.

The case was simple enough. I had a supposed 'artist' approach me to commission them and I fell for it. What makes me feel especially stupid was that I could sense that something was off in the back of my head, but did not act on it. Perhaps the saving grace was that I only sent half of the payment, five dollars, before I looked back at the account a few days later and discovered the truth.

It isn't an overly dramatic case, $5 isn't that much to me in the end, but I still feel aggravated by the fact that I let it happen. The only thing I can think of to do is to inform Paypal so that the account is closed, but that is it and I don't suspect I will be refunded or the person caught.

At any rate, do not accept any commission terms from this account  simsime. The person seems to have gone under and other users have addressed things on the shouts page, but still, just in case.
All I can do now is get things moving and learn from this mistake.


Good luck to you all.