Hi! Just wanted to see if anyone had a similar experience.
The short story is I almost got scammed into purchasing cover art from someone who contacted me on this site.
The full story sequentially and how I figured it out:
- The user TaleTreaderr79 who has now deleted their account on scribblehub, messaged me about liking my stories and asked to talk on discord with handle teresa_butler160
- When I talked to them and asked them what they liked, their answers always sidestepped my question and had no specifics, reading a lot like chatgpt responses in their language
- We started talking about pricing and they sent me an invoice on paypal, where they had a completely different name: Fazean Shoaib @FazeanShoaib
- This made me suspicious, so I messaged them on instagram to make sure it was actually the artist and not just one they made up for discord, they haven't messaged me back, but I am now suspicious of even their art work after this next part
- They have about 3 different styles of art on their page, with one style artistically being a lot better, and that being in the middle, rather than the most recent, which would be expected for artist growth
- I reverse image searched their best image and found that this piece of artwork was not made by this person. I haven't found the original image. Which together could be a mistake by google, except for this next part
- Looking at the captions on the art piece, the text for it reads very computer generated, and most importantly, this art is from a specific fandom and names the wrong character
So, overall, watch out for these names, and look out for this scam in general. Having such a cohesive and well established profile doesn't mean its not a scam.
<3
The short story is I almost got scammed into purchasing cover art from someone who contacted me on this site.
The full story sequentially and how I figured it out:
- The user TaleTreaderr79 who has now deleted their account on scribblehub, messaged me about liking my stories and asked to talk on discord with handle teresa_butler160
- When I talked to them and asked them what they liked, their answers always sidestepped my question and had no specifics, reading a lot like chatgpt responses in their language
- We started talking about pricing and they sent me an invoice on paypal, where they had a completely different name: Fazean Shoaib @FazeanShoaib
- This made me suspicious, so I messaged them on instagram to make sure it was actually the artist and not just one they made up for discord, they haven't messaged me back, but I am now suspicious of even their art work after this next part
- They have about 3 different styles of art on their page, with one style artistically being a lot better, and that being in the middle, rather than the most recent, which would be expected for artist growth
- I reverse image searched their best image and found that this piece of artwork was not made by this person. I haven't found the original image. Which together could be a mistake by google, except for this next part
- Looking at the captions on the art piece, the text for it reads very computer generated, and most importantly, this art is from a specific fandom and names the wrong character
So, overall, watch out for these names, and look out for this scam in general. Having such a cohesive and well established profile doesn't mean its not a scam.
<3
