⚠️‼️PSA‼️⚠️
COMMISSION SCAMS!!
For whatever reason I had TWO separate commission scammers contact me on two separate accounts in one night. I’ve heard about these incidents on Twitter and Instagram before, but now they’ve seem to have taken to tumblr!!
Common warnings of commission scams to watch out for
-Asking for a commission thats extremely different from your usual art: If the commissioner asks you to draw something that severely strays away from what you usually draw, it’s probably for a reason. Most real commissioners will wanna commission people who make art already similar to what they want to receive. (for example I pretty much exclusively draw Sonic the Hedgehog characters at the moment and had one person ask for a full body, fully rendered photo of a girl in a dress and the other ask for a drawing of a dog for their son— which is a very very common scam request. Not at all like what I draw!!)
-Offering a large sum of money, way greater than what you WOULD have asked for it: A common amount of money to be offered is 200 dollars. If something is too good to be true, it probably is. People wanna get the most bang for their buck. 200 for an artwork of your son’s dog is a LOT. Especially if they follow it with “sorry for low budget.”
-Their profile only has 1 or 2 posts, or no posts at all: Some people will only make reposts, and some people will only make posts, however it’s uncommon for people on this app to have NOTHING to their profile. Reblogging is a major part of this app, most people will have a decent amount. Their profile shouldn’t look new with the default settings and no pfp.
-They’re asking to only pay over echeck OR they’re asking for your PayPal EMAIL ADDRESS: PayPal is a secure way of payment and gets rid of the possibility of being scammed out of thousands of dollars like the common echeck trick they use where they send over too much money and then scam you out of about that same amount. It’s good if they’re asking to use PayPal, however they should be asking for your PayPal USERNAME, not full name and email of the account. You can PayPal (and Venmo) things by username. Email won’t help you.
-Offering to pay before the artwork is completed (not requested by artist or part of any policies) Nobody is THAT eager to give away their money, especially for such an “expensive artwork” that is being commissioned to a teen or young adult that may never finish it!!
I hope this post can help steer even one person away from getting scammed!! It’s a scary world out there and I love all of yall! Let me know some of your experiences. Are you also getting these sort of messages? Have they all moved onto here now??
Accounts to look out for (both scammers)
The first one tried to contact me on two separate blogs.