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❗️❗️Ways to counteract scammers❗️❗️
Posted 5 months agoGreetings,
Given how prevalent it has become I wanted to give some avenues of protection regarding these scams taking place on Telegram and Discord mostly. The first point of attack would be information. You are welcome to yoink this for your own personal use or make one of your own. For anything that has an auction, whether adopts, YCHs etc, I would post this in the description, and wherever your comments you intend to have the bidding so that your bidders are aware.
ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ʙᴇ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴇ ᴏғ sᴄᴀᴍᴍᴇʀs. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴀ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ sᴄᴀᴍ ᴏɴ ᴛᴇʟᴇɢʀᴀᴍ ᴀɴᴅ
ᴅɪsᴄᴏʀᴅ ᴏғ ɪᴍᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀᴛᴏʀs sᴏʟɪᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ ʙɪᴅᴅᴇʀs ғᴏʀ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ, ɪ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴜsᴇ ɴᴏᴛᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴɴᴇʀs.
Here is a picture of the code layout https://i.gyazo.com/a95ffea56b69084.....e659c5710c.png
For the color I grabbed it from here- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/10988173/ just make sure if you're typing in the color name vs the hex code, that it is all lower case. I am also using a lower caps, and the H4 sizing for it.
This way you can spread information and awareness as these scammers are banking on the notion of your bidders thinking it's you. It's a good idea to ensure what methods of contact or Social media you do have or your preferred method of contacts for winners for their and your protection.
While I use telegram and discord, You will know it's me as I have my socials links, and I've been on both for a very long period of years, I also have a server on each platform. However with winners, I do not contact them through that and go with notes for the sake of a trail and tracking system for both of us. I only Invoice my customers which again are custom invoices that have a lot of markers and links on them so you know it's me.
I will never ask for "Friends and Family" That's usually a huge red flag and one of your first indicators. And while I take multiple forms of payment, I have custom invoices for each and every one to protect my clients and myself. Auctions are fun and a nice way to give possible clients something special, so we as artists, lets try to protect that by spreading awareness and this information.
I was given this by the lovely 
Of this scam in action, they were so kind as to provide a video capture and evidence so you may be made more well aware.
https://youtu.be/VcIJl1UG3Ts?si=362Z6Gxlz03G5pfz
Thank you soo much for this this will definitely be helpful for others to see it in action.
Another something to cover, while you can report these people, they rarely contact the Artist, but they do contact bidders trying to hit them with
• "You're the winner, You've won" Send payment via friends and family.
• Auction has ended early Send payment via friends and family.
You understand the gist.
But being aware of this scam and help protect each other, and while we can report these accounts, it's easy to make another sock puppet and keep changing names and trying to impersonate. One of my own went through 4 different names in less than ten minutes.
• So be aware of who it is contacting you.
•One of the main ways we can nip this in the bud, is make it not viable for them.
•Don't feed the trolls, report them, and do not give them money.
•Do your due dilligence and ensure who you are sending money too is the actual person, and not an impersonator.
Be safe out there, happy bidding,
Cheers Noct.
𓄿𓄿 Farewell Year of the Dragon𓄿𓄿
Posted 10 months agoThis year felt like nothing let up for a long while, from political, to ethical, to just overall. In truth I am beyond exhausted which is why I'm glad this year is finally coming to a close. I chose to focus purely on creating things, not only to finish my queue which is now almost 98% complete. I'll be working on a few other details before re-opening for commissions for the first time in awhile. I want to ensure all pieces desired are complete, refunds are taken care of, and I want to augment my working process and TOS to better suit myself and my clients' needs.
That being said, I intend to rework some of my business practices in light of scamming and other nefarious things that have been taking place across various platforms. I have an official email linked to my website that I'll be using google doc forms to ensure both parties are protected. I care a great deal about clients and potential clients and frequent customers, I don' want them to fall victim to nefarious practice.
Another small accomplishment it was I took control of my physical health to help me more with my mental health. And have almost reached my goal weight that I started back four years ago. And while motivations changed, and I yo-yoed a bit I feel a lot better than I did. I've become more active, and also have come to terms with some of my own self searching and journey of identifying myself. While I still wish to see a doctor and take care of myself better this was a huge milestone for me as a personal goal. My next is to try and get back into school for tech, namely cyber security, or web development, both interest me highly and can still aid me in my art journey.
So for once I'm ready to tackle 2025, and I hope you all will take the ride with me. Welcome new watches, and thank you old friends, lurkers, watchers, and the like. I love you all dearly and myself and 
intend to tackle this new year together. 💙
Cheers and much lovs,
Myself and Rune
💙 💙Bluesky and other Socials 💙 💙
Posted 12 months ago
Rest in peace big purple
Posted a year agoI just saw news posted here - https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10923887/
But it still does not feel real, having seeing him getting assed around by the system
for the better part of two+ months it's genuinely upsetting to me to see he had met
this fate. He made a site where I am able to exist, to grow, and be comfortable in my
own skin. And I hope at the very least he can rest easy now.
I hope he crosses his rainbow bridge safely, he will be missed.
Farewell Ol Neer.Semper in Memoria Semper in Cordis
Posted 4 years agoWe have lost someone very dear to us. This morning as of 3:30 am our beloved Spooze 
Was taken from us by this virus. She lost her battle with Covid Pneumonia.
I can only hope in the advent of this...she goes to continue to shine her beautiful light up in the cosmos above. And hoping she keeps the seats warm in the afterlife for us when we cross our rainbow bridge.
I have known this beautiful soul since 2010 when I first started on Deviant Art. Was fresh out of high school, and trying my luck with art online and totally had a Senpai Notice me moment when we met.
She had gorgeous traditional pencil works, a comic even as she was a writer too and she followed me. She began to comment on my works, and we started to talk, Started to hang out, and it really blossomed
as one of my first friendships outside of School. Where we began to engage each other about our head stories, universes, worlds. Aside from my significant other, I never really shared with anyone these things.
And to feel her genuine desire and love and want to learn more, I cannot begin to describe the joy it made me feel. And in return learning more about her beautiful worlds, her characters, and her wondrous
headspace. She was fantastic, full of creative genius in many ways, and pushed me out of the miserable slump that was my high school years. She was kind, funny, full of life and tenderness, how I wished she
sort of became the big sister in my life. I could confide in her, and she could do the same with me, to have that level of trust aside from my significant other was something I never dreamed I could have. She
was a person I could spend all day with and we would never get bored. And it led to all manner of fun things from writing to art, to eventually even games. And it became an everyday thing of worldbuilding,
fun, enjoyment, and laughter.
Soon we came together in a group of friends, 
and 
joining together in the game of Monster Hunter World. Whilst not my first MH experience it was my first being
able to play with friends, and enjoy an online PC gaming experience. But these treasured souls made my crabby ass enjoy every second of those 1000+ hours put into that game. So many memories invoice,
in writing, that led to the creation of our group known now as 
Spoozy and I had begun to build our canon story together, something I treasure even now as it has grown into a sharing between all of us. Together had we began to weave the strands into a beautiful tapestry
of colors, layers, and beautiful emotion. But despite these events, her memory will live on, and I will keep her worlds and characters going. Her story deserves to be heard.
A maker of worlds, a wondrous artist, and a fantastic creator of characters spanning from omnipotent to her extraordinary beasts and fauna. But the most important was she was the best friend anyone could
ever ask for. Full of humor, full of love, and would always be there when you needed that special person. An ear to listen, and a heart that cared. Her memory will live on through us.
My heart feels filled with lead with the weight, my emotions a vast maelstrom of unpredictably violent outbursts. The devastation I feel, no amount of floral language could describe...
I wanted more than anything, more than my own well-being for my friend to come back to us. Especially as she spent most of her birthday and new years in the hospital. We hoped beyond hope that she
would come back to us, our beloved Goose. But in the end, whether she lived, she would suffer, and if she died it would silence her suffering. Cruel perhaps...but I did not want her to suffer anymore.
And I respected her decision to not live a life on a ventilator. And the decision was made to let her go peacefully.
There is so much memory and good that illuminated within my life from her touch. The world is so much dimmer now without her. But I know she heard our voices in the end, and she knew she was loved
and cherished.
Rest in Peace, Spoozy.
You will always be in my thoughts, my memory, my heart, and my soul. I cannot thank you enough for being a blessing and wondrous companion in my life.
You will never be forgotten, and your legacy will live on.
Until we meet again, keep the seats warm, and I'll handle the food. Keep shining forever bright.
Much loves Noct
I will need time to mourn before I return to work and will be silent from most social media.
Please do not come at me with antivax, political agendas, or conspiracy trash. I will not hear it.
My friend is dead because of entitled pissants like you. I do not want to hear or see such ignorance that ultimately led to the death of one of the kindest people I have ever known.
She did not deserve this and I will not have such entitled mockery darken this page.
Please get vaccinated, if you're sick stay fucking home. Wear a mask, bring your sanitizer. Stop endangering lives with your weaponized stupidity. I can't take this shit anymore.
Your rights are not being violated. But you have just denied my friend the right to live. Fuck you.
In Loving Memory
You shall always be a part of our grand cosmos.
Rest in peace, our beloved Spoozy.
🤍 🤍
12/17/83 - 01/23/22
