![【PSA】SCAMMERS-[IMG=YUZ]
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HELLOBAA~ :sheep:
We have been noticing
that there has been a
lot of scammers ing
art communities like
our community, BAA.
In this PSA, we'll be
discussing about how
to recognize scams
and how to avoid it.
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What does scammers do?
Scammers will go in artist's dms
asking for commisions.
Some will steal the art-work as soon as
you give it to them and then leave and
others like the ones that are more
worrying will ask for personal information
to give money for the commission.
They will not give the money through
PayPal and if given the information
they need, they will steal money
from the who fell for it.
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Recognize possible scammers
It's sad to say, but most scammers
are really new that just
ed the community, most of the
time, they won't have a profile and
will simply slip in the dms of multiple
to ask for commissions.
If a asks for other unknown
ways of payment, or asks for another
form of payment that is not in your
commission wiki/post, we recommend
being careful.
If a asks for confidential information
like your full name, bank details, etc..
:bangbang: DO NOT, under any circumstances give these informations for your own safety.
Giving those details to these s can lead
to them stealing real currency from you
and other unpleasant things.
We strongly recommend taking screenshots
of your conversation and reporting it to any
staff . We will then deal with the
.
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Who to if someone reaches out to you and asks for personal information or gives you another unknown way of payment?
•✦Any of the following staff :
˗ˏˋ꒰ Beily (Agent / Leader)
˗ˏˋ꒰ Dekuso (Leader)
˗ˏˋ꒰ Starry (Curator)
˗ˏˋ꒰ Alice (Curator)
˗ˏˋ꒰ Frost(Curator)
˗ˏˋ꒰ Chi(Curator)
•✦Or the staff help chat:
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Other small tips/solutions to help preventing the possibility to get scammed:
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For art-theft, you could put a policy where the who commissions you pays half pefore you start, and then half afterwards. For even more prevention, put a watermarked version, and give it to them to show you have completed the commission, give them the unwatermarked finished art-work after they payed the other half.
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You could use a , hide it in your commission wiki or in your TOS ( Of Services) so that only people who has viewed those can commission you. If they don't put the (Which can be simple words or even just an emoji), they most likely haven't checked your and is most likely a scammer.
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With that, the staff team
wishes you to stay vigilant.
If you have any questions
or need advice, feel free to
comment bellow or go in the
dms of any of the staff
.
That is all for today and see
you all next time! Have a great
day/night baa ~ :sheep: :sunny: 🌙
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Background made by thewitchystuff on tumblr
Comments (2)
We need to more more careful now
Watermark EVERYTHING, as i do since i started pulling a pen on paper.