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(Update 10/9) Scam targeting writers

Aug 29, 2024

Anyone on here that writes, careful of this. There's people around doing a very specific scam that used to follow a certain progression each time, but it doesn't seem they do it that way any more. Here's what I know of that process:- They send a PM with the subject "Greetings!", where they ask how things are going with you- They ask whether they're bothering you- They compliment your stories, also asking if you're the one that wrote them- They say they have an idea for your stories, and ask if you want to hear it- They say they want to turn your stories into comicsThat's as far as I got. If they don't use that, they give a bunch of generic unspecific compliments because they're talking through a template. Here's the people that have tried this on me:- MikkiDraws01- TakouraDraws- Dreamiisarah- TripsyBack - Gigiall (Also on Artstation)Note that they only seem to be on DA and/or IB. Feel free to comment the names of any you find.