#avoid scam

Por favor lean, esto puede ayudar a evitar que alguien más sea estafado.

Hoy quiero compartir una experiencia muy desagradable que acabo de vivir con la cuenta @vigilantscoutvalkyrie (y en Discord bajo el nombre Alem Blount).

Me pidió una comisión y todo parecía normal, hasta que utilizó un correo falso de PayPal para hacerme creer que me había enviado una cantidad de dinero exagerada y luego me presionó para que “le devolviera” parte del supuesto pago. La idea era que yo reembolsara un dinero que nunca existió.

Al contactar con el soporte de PayPal, me confirmaron directamente que era una estafa conocida y por eso procedí a denunciar la situación.

No solo perdí tiempo: emocionalmente me afectó muchísimo. Estaba pasando por un momento muy complicado y esta persona jugó con eso para manipularme. No quiero que nadie más pase por algo así.

⚠️ Por esta razón, PayPal ya NO será método de pago en mis comisiones en parte porque es muy complicado y atrayente para estafadores.

Lo lamento por quienes sí son clientes honestos, pero mi seguridad emocional y económica tiene que ir primero.

Comparto esto para que la comunidad esté alerta. Nuestro trabajo como artistas vale, y nadie merece sentirse así mientras uno intenta ganarse la vida haciendo lo que ama...

Y sí, duele. Duele mucho confiar y que se aprovechen de uno, especialmente cuando ya estabas luchando por mantenerte en pie. No voy a fingir que todo está bien: esta situación me rompió un poco por dentro. Me hizo sentir ingenua, tonta y usada

Pero ¿saben qué? al carajo con eso seguiré dibujando y Aún así sigo aquí.

Sigo dibujando. Sigo intentando.

Sigo creyendo que existen personas buenas allá afuera que valoran el arte y el esfuerzo.

Me caí, sí… pero también aprendí. Y aunque algo dentro de mí esté triste, otra parte todavía tiene esperanza.

Porque por cada persona que lastima, siempre habrá otra que apoya, que respeta y que agradece lo que hacemos.

A los artistas que estén leyendo esto: No dejen que una experiencia así les apague la luz.

pero me ayudaría mucho

este es el usuario me ayudaria mucho que lo denunciaran.

I dont know how it works in other countries but please keep this in mind. These scams happen a lot, my grandma had three anxiety attacks because she got calls from scammers and kept forgetting that my mom looked into it and found it was a scam.

If you owe the US IRS money, you will get a very official letter. No call, no email.

If you owe money on a loan, they dont have to mail you anything but request that they do.

If someone calls you and says "can you confirm your address etc. So we can confirm we have the right person" tell them that you want the address they have on file to confirm it is one of your previous addresses first. If they wont give it to you hang up. Dont fight about it just hang up.

Computer security has two points of reference: On the one hand, there is security based on traffic (connection control), and on the other hand, security is based on the user ( user admission control). But another step is necessary, teaching safety to the end-user. And spotting a scam is not difficult. For this reason, Autos.com has prepared a decalogue with tips to make it even easier to identify them:

Step 1: An eye-catching price

Question the authenticity of the ad when the price of the advertised vehicle is excessively cheap for the car, which is also usually fairly new. As the proverb says, a true guide to common sense: "nobody gives four pesetas hard".

Step 2: The seller resides abroad

According to the OCU, advertisers from London, Germany, and some African countries stand out in the fraud ads. In 90% of the fraud ads, the vehicle being sold is outside of Spain so that the buyer can only see it in photos.

Step 3: Contact only by mail

Advertisements stating that the seller can only be contacted by email are not very secure. We must be wary of sellers or buyers who cannot talk on the phone (they use different excuses). Sometimes the offer includes a phone number, but it is incorrect, it does not exist, it is a fax, an answering machine or it is foreign.

Step 4: Writing the ad

In most cases, these ads come from poorly executed translations, so the wording is not correct at all.

Step 5: The seller's response is not very credible

One of the arguments used for the scam by the seller is usually that he sells the car cheap because he has gone to live in England and it does not serve him because he is driving on the left side. Also, they can make mistakes such as telling you about another vehicle, since they respond with the same message to all the baits they have placed.

Step 6: Money Transfer Companies

The scammer requests that an amount be sent through a company specialized in international money transfers. This service is a very efficient method of sending money abroad to people you know, but it is not designed for transactions with strangers, as the recipient of the shipment cannot be traced. There are three secure forms of payment: transfer (payments between recognized banking entities where the payment can be traced); cash on delivery (proof of payment is provided that can be consulted from the Post Office); and the credit card (you can trace it to a private address).

Step 7: Beware of sending money

Please do not send money as entry, guarantee, postage, or any other reason. There are many cases in which after making that payment, the seller disappears without a trace.

Step 8: Middlemen are not to be trusted

Be wary of people posing as brokers on used car ad pages. They intend to help with the transaction and offer to let you deposit the money to them, which will be returned to you if you do not agree with the purchase. These intermediary "companies" make themselves known through a web page with a very professional image, but that does not exist. As the OCU indicates, do not trust companies that do not have a physical address or that only provide a mobile number to contact. Read the site's privacy and security policy carefully to find out what they will do with your data.

Step 9: If you plan to sell your car

Be suspicious if the buyer offers you an amount higher than requested and asks you to pay the difference. Especially with buyers from other countries, who offer to buy your car by payment by bank check. When you receive the check and before taking any steps, check that it has funds and that it is authentic.

Step 10: Home delivery is not secure

As the Civil Guard indicates, he is suspicious of this type of offer. The presumed seller says that he does not mind sending the vehicle to the buyer's residence, but that in exchange he only wants to know if the buyer has the money, so he asks him to make a transfer through a company specialized in international money transfer, but putting a fictitious name as beneficiary. The scammer could see on this company's website that the payment has been made, even though they cannot

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