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bif

(22,697 posts) Mon Dec 19, 2022, 12:48 AM Dec 2022

Someone offered me $200,000 in NFTs for my paintings

On InstaGram. Do these folks actually think I'd fall for a scam like that?

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Someone offered me $200,000 in NFTs for my paintings (Original Post) bif Dec 2022 OP

i used to get a lot of those when i was trying to sell my work. mopinko Dec 2022 #1

Yep. I get that all the time. bif Dec 2022 #4

I offered you 150,00 jpak Dec 2022 #2

It works often enough to give it a try on you. marble falls Dec 2022 #3

mopinko

(70,092 posts)

1. i used to get a lot of those when i was trying to sell my work.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 12:55 AM

Dec 2022

not nfts, but scams like- can i send u this big check and u can give me change.

bif

(22,697 posts)

4. Yep. I get that all the time.

Reply to mopinko (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 09:08 AM

Dec 2022

I tell them I need a certified cheque or money order. And a physical cheque, not an email. One of the scammers yesterday said she'd send me a cheque and after it cleared she'd have her "shipping agent" collect the paintings. I told her I'd ship it to her so-called agent. She gave me a fake address. Busted! Her IG account mysteriously disappeared suddenly!

jpak

(41,757 posts)

2. I offered you 150,00

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 01:03 AM

Dec 2022

Ugh

marble falls

(57,080 posts)

3. It works often enough to give it a try on you.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 02:13 AM

Dec 2022

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