Hello. This user is going around stealing images off the internet and passing themselves off as a beta reader: https://www.tumblr (.) com/samuelreads/
And people are falling for it.
Note: This is a long (some what passionate but rambly lol) post so i apologize but I do feel it's important to read. :)
I've cut it down with a readmore though.
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Hi there anon!
I've reported this account myself after taking a look at it, but usually if anyone approaches you offering a 'service' of some kind (art, medicine, and fundraising help included) that's usually a big red flag to avoid them.
Given now new they are and how they are likely using stolen (or AI) images, I'd say that's also another flag.
As usual, this post is not a call to mass report, merely to spread awareness. However, if a blog like this does contact you or has contacted you in the past, always remember to report a post of theirs that they've made as the following:
something else > unlawful use > phishing.
Then explain in the given text field: why you are reporting the account, and what type of scam is being performed.
For example, the right method of reporting scam accounts is:
If one of those art commission scammers left a comment on your post, sent you a DM, and/or sent you an ask saying "Can you DM me if you're open for commissions?" You DM'd them back, and they tried to perform the art commission scam, and you knew it was a scam, and all they had posted on their blog was a picture of a dog?
You would report that post they made of the dog, not their blog, as something else > unlawful use > phishing, and in the text field you would say something like this:
This is a scam account attempting to perform the art scam/artist scam/commission scam on me. Please check their Dm's as they've left this same comment on other peoples posts too.
Or, you could go more in depth with something like:
I'm an artist and this account <method of contact ie sent an ask/left a comment> in which I contacted them about an art commission. They asked me to draw their son/daughters pet and said they'd pay me <amount>. I knew/realized this was a scam because <reason ie fake paypal email, ect>. Please check their DM's.
Do not just say "this is a scammer" and not explain why.
Your report will likely be ignored.
Reporting a blog/ask/DM as 'spam' and calling it a day is also sadly not the best way to go about reporting scams. Unfortunately blogs themselves can't be reported for phishing, which honestly I think needs to be changed/updated.
So if you are someone who reports blogs, comments, communities and ect, please do not just 'one and done' scams with a 'spam' report.
The more people are thorough and actually report them as they should be, the better and faster these issues get taken down.
This goes the same with scam comments like the 'verify your account' scam. Please make sure that if those pop up again as some 'new' scam, report those, don't just block them or make posts about it.
Sorry for rambling, I do hope people understand where I'm coming from with stuff like this. Just remember that anyone can make posts like i do. It doesn't take anything special to help spread awareness about scams.
Even if you (the person reading this!) decide that one day you want to make a post about scams to spread awareness, if you want to share it with me or any of the other few blogs who do this kind of thing, please do! Everyone writes and explains things differently, it's why I use color text for emphasis and and Kyra doesn't haha.
Helping spread awareness is a group effort, the more information that's out there, the more people know about scams. And the more people that know about scams, the less likely they are to fall for them.
Thank you for your ask and I hope you and everyone reading has a great day and week ahead!
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I am so sick of these "beta reader for hire" scammers that are incapable of basic grammar when you talk to them. If I wanted my work run through AI, I wouldn't pay some rando for the privilege!
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Wow, these "beta reader" AI bots are getting SOPHISTICATED -_- Just remember if you get cold-called (well, messaged) by some random account wanting you to PAY them to "beta read" for you, it is 99.99% likely a scam. The extreme majority of "beta readers" are unpaid, it's done as a favor (or an equivalent exchange), NOT a job, and the minuscule amount of beta readers who are trusted enough to get paid for it certainly do NOT go out of their way to contact random other writers on the internet with no previous conversation!!
