Desiderius Price Posted March 14 Report Posted March 14 Sigh, the “comic drawing offer” has hit my WIP Milliways story (you know, the one I hastily wrote to test out the new-story feature). TBH, it seemed very upbeat on the praise to such a short drabble. Quote
BronxWench Posted March 14 Report Posted March 14 Did you delete it, or do you want me to take care of that? Quote
Desiderius Price Posted March 14 Author Report Posted March 14 6 minutes ago, BronxWench said: Did you delete it, or do you want me to take care of that? Be nice if you did (or I’d have to fire up the password manager to get my archive password). Figured it best to report, let you ban the user/IP. Quote
JayDee Posted March 15 Report Posted March 15 They just spam that crap all over. I feel bad for vulnerable users who might think it is genuine and get scammed :( Desiderius Price and BronxWench 2 Quote
Desiderius Price Posted March 15 Author Report Posted March 15 1 hour ago, JayDee said: They just spam that crap all over. I feel bad for vulnerable users who might think it is genuine and get scammed TBH, the flattery can be nice. The last one I got on AO3… the spammer took a moment to read the chapter (or had AI do it), And according to what I’ve read, the request to other websites for comms, will eventually lead to $$ demands. Not sure if they *actually* produce AI generated art or not, but $$ and fanfiction mix as well as gasoline/matches . JayDee and BronxWench 2 Quote
BronxWench Posted March 15 Report Posted March 15 After poking around a bit, this is a big issue on some other archives as well. I did check Discord for that person’s handle, and got nothing, which should be the first red flag for anyone thinking about an offer like that. The only thing we can do is to remind everyone to be ever so paranoid about offers that sound too good to be true. Real artists will never spam review boards looking for work. JayDee 1 Quote
Desiderius Price Posted March 15 Author Report Posted March 15 Could’ve been a legit account that got hacked. AFAIK, Discord’s pretty responsive to complaints. As to art, find a real artist (there’s likely websites for that), or figure out chat GPT yourself. BronxWench and JayDee 2 Quote
JayDee Posted March 15 Report Posted March 15 I definitely had very similar reviews on my two ff net stories years ago, the scam’s gonna be getting old enough to drink soon. InBrightestDay and BronxWench 2 Quote
InBrightestDay Posted 1 hour ago Report Posted 1 hour ago (edited) On 3/15/2026 at 12:12 PM, JayDee said: I definitely had very similar reviews on my two ff net stories years ago, the scam’s gonna be getting old enough to drink soon. I got a message like this a few months back, something like “I’m an artist who read your stories and would love to do a few pieces based on them!” I was legit kind of hyped at first, but then I noticed how suspiciously non-specific the wording had been, like they were excited about stuff in the stories but didn’t say what in the stories they were excited about, and didn’t name any of the stories they’d been reading. I’m sort of glad to know my instinct not to reply was probably correct. Edited 1 hour ago by InBrightestDay Quote
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