BLUESKY ARTISTS/ART COMMUNITY, PLEASE BEWARE OF THIS SCAM TACTIC! This is happens on all social media but it happened here to me, so be wary! When you talk about either commissions or adoptables in public, a fake account may message you and try to steal money from you! (Thread!) - ThreadSky

ufokiyo.space • 137 days ago

BLUESKY ARTISTS/ART COMMUNITY, PLEASE BEWARE OF THIS SCAM TACTIC!

This is happens on all social media but it happened here to me, so be wary! When you talk about either commissions or adoptables in public, a fake account may message you and try to steal money from you!

(Thread!)

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faintobscurusvt.bsky.social•131 days ago

This is crazy, like the url is so similar yet so different. Your mutual is ii while this scammer is II, it could really make someone believe they are the same person even tho they are not.

So many vtubers are also getting impersonated on this platform too.

disneysonic1991.bsky.social•137 days ago

Thank you for the tip. I already fell for a Discord scam a week ago and only joined Bluesky yesterday so this is extremely helpful!

ufokiyo.space•136 days ago

No problem, hope these scammers get taken care of!

vinylyl.bsky.social•137 days ago

That’s so scary what

How did ppl think of this omg

ufokiyo.space•137 days ago

Impersonation is one of the largest factors of all scams. Scammers always try to impersonate something you already trust, like a family member or a company..

burabin.bsky.social•137 days ago

Oh god its happening all over again,,, on the bright side we’re more vigilant now w/ most people using skeb or vgen 😭

ufokiyo.space•136 days ago

And all of us can make block lists as well! We can group together suspicious accounts.

supnovagy.bsky.social•136 days ago

📌

millipedemotel.bsky.social•132 days ago

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hinosolae.bsky.social•131 days ago

This is so scary and the people scamming are so sad. Thank you for sharing:(

estelleartss.bsky.social•137 days ago

omg this is so scary :( thank you for sharing this!!

ufokiyo.space•137 days ago

I had a mutual on Twitter fall for this when trying to pay for an adoptable.. these people need to go make an honest living.

estelleartss.bsky.social•137 days ago

for real… i hope your mutual was able to get their money back

empressofthe6.bsky.social•137 days ago

Damn, think they were picking up on the way Sky Follower Bridge worked.

ufokiyo.space•137 days ago

In trying to find mutuals? Oh no.. you might be onto something.

ufokiyo.space•137 days ago

GRAMMAR MISTAKE! Ahhh, I meant this happens without the is*!

I blame my headache and me not being used to the UI yet..!!

ufokiyo.space•137 days ago

In the first screenshot you can see me messaging my mutual, and the next two are the scammer & their fake account!

I have seen this happen to other artists over on Twitter as well, these fake accounts constantly swap profile photos and names to match the artists they're impersonating.

ufokiyo.space•131 days ago

Also please, if you have accounts like this messaging you DO share the PayPal email around as it's a known scammer's email.

mxfee.bsky.social•131 days ago

@alt-text.bsky.social

ufokiyo.space•131 days ago

My bad for not including alt text, but I do think a description of the images is in the post directly under this thread which I hope helps.

ufokiyo.space•131 days ago

Oh right, also wanted to say I'm genuinely sorry (I know my tone comes across weird since I use grammar)! I'm trying to make a good habit out of using alt text now. Is it alright to post descriptions under current posts which I might've forgotten to put alt text on?

mxfee.bsky.social•131 days ago

💜 adding underneath definitely helps! I also recommend enabling the toggle under Settings > Accessibility which will prompt you every time you post. I know I struggle with remembering things so having the app remind me is helpful 😊

ufokiyo.space•131 days ago

Thank you for letting me know, I didn't realise there was a setting for it!

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