#scammers

Sorry for double posting but APPARENTLY those commission scammers have showed up on Tumblr at least for the first time for me.

For those who don’t know what I am talking about, there were/are commission scams going on in Instagram and even places like Artstation where people would pretend to be interested in your work and try to commission a pet or portrait for the sake of trying to get your bank details. Here’s how to (somewhat) sniff them out:

1- They don’t seem to be an average customer/ person that would be involved in your fandom, or has a blank template for an account or don’t even follow you.

2- They ask you to draw a portrait or a pet picture either for themselves or their children/family.

3- They promise to overpay you (in the hundreds) and do not listen to you even if you firmly state the price is cheaper.

4- They are constantly asking for your email name, or private details regarding things like banking details or passwords or other private information others should not know.

5- They try and over reassure you they mean no harm, try to guilt you into giving them the info, or become aggressive over you not giving them what they want.

( second persons account was hacked by the people doing these scams as an fyi )

Not quite sure what they do but from what ive seen im pretty sure they hack into accounts and im also pretty sure they ask for money

Either way just wanted to make a post saying block and report any accounts leaving comments like this and dont trust it basically lol, theyve got nothing good for you and everything and anything they say is bullshit

I'd appreciate it if you reblogged this post! I almost fell for that shit!

A Tumblr user called me saying they reported my account by accident and I needed to call a Tumblr support on Discord: Jarell Perry (this Tumblr user account was already hacked, now I know that)

Then I called this guy on Discord. I was desperate cause in the "warning" said my account would be blocked in 24 hours. But the whole conversation was REALLY strange, even more when he gave me, OUT OF NOWHERE, his "certificate":

Here is the "certificate":

He asked, then, for me to change my email and I was like "what kind of support would ask this crap?"

Besides my suspicions, TWO things saved me to fall for this shit:

>>> Another Tumblr Warning: I decided to search a little more and found ONE, ONE POST ABOUT IT ON TUMBLR, by @stuffymcstuffsworldthesecond (here is the link, please check it too and repost).

>>> The original person that called me was hacked: I even went a little further and searched the tumblr user on Google (I needed to contact them some other way to confirm the message) and, guess what, they have an Instagram account AND A NEW TUMBLR ACCOUNT, cause the first one was HACKED!! THE ONE THAT WAS TALKING WITH ME!!! (Here is the post explaining it, also consider to follow this artist, their art is amazing! The NEW and SAFE account is @cypher-030)

THEN, I reported both the scammers and blocked them! Apparently, the hacked Tumblr account that called me is already banned at the time I write this warning! But must be more of them!

EVERYONE, DON'T FALL FOR THIS! If this happened with you, it would mean a lot if you reblogged!

Also, my followers: I will NEVER send a message about anything like this for you on private! I almost NEVER talk on private, I just talk on comments, asks and hashtag reblogs! Please please, know that!

I will mention all my moots here cause I think this whole scam warning is REALLY important!

@illytian @bapple117 @mark-the-snark @mimzy6bunny @bigmegachad @thiamsxbitch @empressnom @neighborhood-cryptic @niafromheaven @batgirl68649 @sunnydeedraws @melodylyricx @ruthlessness69 @autismdonkid @chaoticlycollected @i-am-a-living-god @jaestelle @eliothedud9000 @becacomum @recycledglass @andistarbee1 @gh0st-keeper @pinkydoggy83

Be safe everyone!

TUMBLR SCAMMERS ARE NOW IMPERSONATING TUMBLR

EVERYONE DO NOT TRUST THESE MESSAGES

If you get mentioned under ANY blog that says they're Tumblr staff. DON'T FALL FOR IT!!!!!!