If I hated Instagram before, I hate it even more as of today.
I just dodged a scam attempt.
Someone pretended to want to buy one of my paintings and then sent me fake PayPal payment mails. 😡🤬
God bless Nostr and bitcoin, I've never had any scam attempts here. 🫂🙏
If you think the bitcoin world is free of scams, I have a decentralized bridge to sell you
First of all, beautiful paintings. Second of all, who sees a painting they want and then tries to scam the actual artist?
Usually you are excited to have a relationship with the artist. This is so opposite of how the connection to a piece of art should go.
And what do you say to a guest who compliments the painting on your wall? “Thanks, I got it from an artist who I scammed. I sent them a fake PayPal payment.”
This scammer only wanted my money, not my painting.
This is the pattern of the scam:
Ah, that makes more sense. My dad is 90 and still uses email. I have to monitor his inbox daily for scams - of which he gets about 3x a week.
Very hard for him to distinguish between real and scam emails.
The elderly are easy targets.
If only there was such a thing as karma.
Sorry to hear--yet glad you didn't get snared! Pat yourself on the back for remaining vigilant! It's becoming increasingly dangerous out there....
