Scammer Board of Shame

[Bimbanana]

On other notes, I think many members need to be more careful with who they share their novel for feedback.

I've only been here for few weeks (yet i already ruled it) and several times i saw suspicious account engaging in feedback sections, looking for new works with certain word counts/chapters.

1. They mostly new accounts
2. They offering feedback
3. Sometimes they stupid enough to add the amount of chapters they are looking on their thread.
4. Sometimes they stupid enough to ask how many word counts that you already made
5. Their own novel is only few chapters and clearly a translation works.

Basically, if the account looks new, you really have to be more careful.

 

[Hal82]

Well, hello there....

 

[CharlesEBrown]

They seem to be getting bolder - saw a video ad on Facebook for a company that, if you send them a chapter of your book, will illustrate "a few key scenes" and come back with an offer to illustrate the rest of the book. They aren't coming to us to scam us, they're begging us to go to them...

 

[LutherinTaralom]

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ya she or he this person I fell for it they are even on or were on Deviant art to lol same name. Wanted to charge me 1000 for book art

 

[LeilaniOtter]

"Could we connect" could qualify as the most used phrase by scammers in the whole internet. *^^*
Ditch them.

 

[Worthy39]

Honestly, I wasn't sure about this one when I got it, I did like, an hour of research and they seemed pretty legit, but I tried contacting this person by replying to them, and by going to their discord, which was pretty active, and got nothing after several months. So I'll assume it was a scam.

 

[Hal82]

Oh, I reported them the moment I´ve read the message. Gotta say - admin here´s working fast. Didn´t even take half a day to get the scammer banned ...

 

[TheKillingAlice]

"Could we connect" could qualify as the most used phrase by scammers in the whole internet. *^^*
Ditch them.

Escpecially since it already sounds super fishy. If you get along with someone, but it just so happens that you can't get around to write a lot with them, connecting somewhere else will come more naturally, or am I the odd one out?
I used to be on some website dedicated to a single anime, so I could watch the episodes on it, because that specific anime got axed in my country more than a decade ago, even though it's still up and running in Japan. I only skim through the episodes, filter out the filler, and check what's most important to see how much they have moved toward some sort of goal. Since the story moves slower than Moses through the desert, I would do this, like, every five years. Year One, I actually found someone on the forum there, which I didn't frequent for long, but we kept writing. Obviously, we replied every five years. Last I checked, I saw her last response, which was, again, years old, and she left me an email, because she thought we might never actually catch up like this. NOW we do write on Discord. Still a better love story than Twilight.

 

[LeilaniOtter]

Quite possibly the worst place to look for someone to "connect" with is online. I've seen a lot of crime shows and murder porn; I would daresay I'm an extraordinary detective in my own right (Just not licensed or certified). You're much better off just going out into that big beautiful world and presenting your best self. Someone will notice.

But bear in mind, you could still be viciously slaughtered and wind up the headline of a crime show or murder porn episode.

Sometimes, though, we all need to take a chance.

Escpecially since it already sounds super fishy. If you get along with someone, but it just so happens that you can't get around to write a lot with them, connecting somewhere else will come more naturally, or am I the odd one out?
I used to be on some website dedicated to a single anime, so I could watch the episodes on it, because that specific anime got axed in my country more than a decade ago, even though it's still up and running in Japan. I only skim through the episodes, filter out the filler, and check what's most important to see how much they have moved toward some sort of goal. Since the story moves slower than Moses through the desert, I would do this, like, every five years. Year One, I actually found someone on the forum there, which I didn't frequent for long, but we kept writing. Obviously, we replied every five years. Last I checked, I saw her last response, which was, again, years old, and she left me an email, because she thought we might never actually catch up like this. NOW we do write on Discord. Still a better love story than Twilight.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Quite possibly the worst place to look for someone to "connect" with is online. I've seen a lot of crime shows and murder porn; I would daresay I'm an extraordinary detective in my own right (Just not licensed or certified). You're much better off just going out into that big beautiful world and presenting your best self. Someone will notice.

But bear in mind, you could still be viciously slaughtered and wind up the headline of a crime show or murder porn episode.

Life goals?

 

[LeilaniOtter]

And this, of course, leads me to talk about how not to be murdered in a relationship - especially marriage.

Number one: Never have children. Don't even think about it. The world is crowded enough as it is, and you're not doing things any good contributing to the crowding. Raise cats instead. Cats can't grow up and kill you for your inheritance.

Number two: Forget monogamy. Arrange an agreement between yourselves wherein both of you may stray and have sex with other people. Let's face it; you're going to want to, they're going to want to, so let's just nip things in the bud and all have sex whenever and with whomever.

Number three: Be poor. You very rarely see poor people being slaughtered by their spouses. So just don't worry about making a lot of money. You're better off not fighting over finances, which can lead to death.

Finally, no life insurance for anyone. State explicitly during the wedding vows that neither of you will view each other's deaths as a convenience or financial opportunity. This goes along with rule three, don't be rich.

There...that SHOULD keep you both safe from murder.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

And this, of course, leads me to talk about how not to be murdered in a relationship - especially marriage.

Number one: Never have children. Don't even think about it. The world is crowded enough as it is, and you're not doing things any good contributing to the crowding. Raise cats instead. Cats can't grow up and kill you for your inheritance.

Number two: Forget monogamy. Arrange an agreement between yourselves wherein both of you may stray and have sex with other people. Let's face it; you're going to want to, they're going to want to, so let's just nip things in the bud and all have sex whenever and with whomever.

Number three: Be poor. You very rarely see poor people being slaughtered by their spouses. So just don't worry about making a lot of money. You're better off not fighting over finances, which can lead to death.

Finally, no life insurance for anyone. State explicitly during the wedding vows that neither of you will view each other's deaths as a convenience or financial opportunity. This goes along with rule three, don't be rich.

There...that SHOULD keep you both safe from murder.

My wife listens to a bunch of those crappy YouTube channels with AI generated "stories" that offer the following advice:

1. Keep any large sums of money secret until you MUST reveal they exist
2. Always have hidden skills.
3. Document everything
4. Have a close friend who is or knows either an honest cop or a great attorney (or both)

 

[LeilaniOtter]

My wife listens to a bunch of those crappy YouTube channels with AI generated "stories" that offer the following advice:

1. Keep any large sums of money secret until you MUST reveal they exist
2. Always have hidden skills.
3. Document everything
4. Have a close friend who is or knows either an honest cop or a great attorney (or both)

I would say #4 is probably most important. Have someone willing to investigate your death on hand 24/7, and who you suspect. Also, keep a document secure inside a secret bank vault only you know about, to be opened upon your suspicious passing. Just having some sort of a fail-safe like that can prevent your murder too. No one's going to kill you if you've already pointed the finger squarely on them ahead of time.