I recently fell victim to an online art scam. A couple months ago I was reviewing one of my social media platforms and became aware of a message being sent to me through the platform form another “creator”. The message read ” I came across your page while scrolling and I think you would be perfect for a mural I am painting. With your permission, I would love to paint you. I would be happy to give you compensation.” I checked the profile and saw that they had many posts showing off beautiful paintings, so I agreed. After agreeing it occurred to me that I should check when the posts were uploaded, when I realized that the posts where all uploaded on the same day months prier, it became clear that the message was a scam. I encourage my readers to be safe while on the internet and be careful with scams.
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Thank you for making aware of this type of scam now I will feel safer knowing what to look out for!
Ofc,happy to help!!
Wow I have received txts like this too on my socials and I never even thought twice about it.
Its scary how often this scam happens.
Es muy agradable, un hermoso complemento y un buen piropo a tu persona, cuando un artista de cualquier tipo ( pintor, dibujante, músico etc) te quiere como musa!. Pero también es un inmenso riesgo el permitirle a alguien que no conoces, que dice ser un pintor y quiere TU PERMISO para? No sabes cómo te va a usar, que tipo de pintura va a hacer . Con ropa, sin ella, con que valores morales usará tu imagen. Es muy importante que no te dejes llevar por lo increíble que pueda ser algo que no conoces el futuro resultado. En especial en esta época,
Gracias por su comentario! Eso es muy sierto.