I'm sorry if this isn't the right place to post.
Today I got a message from this user;
"Greetings! My name is Regina or just Reggie and I'm from Missouri, I would really like to chat with you for a while and share thoughts about cosplaying and art.
One reason I want to chat with you is that I eventually want to work something out with you to help me make a painting of you in one of your costumes, I want to try something new with my art and I will start with Cosplay paintings. I have a small art gallery here in Missouri where I sell my work, I do this for a living and I often hire people (non cosplay models) for my work, if you are interested in something like that I could also give you a paid job to pose for a set of about 6 paintings, let me know if you are interested in that!
My CI profile is a little empty since I'm no cosplayer or photographer, but I have Facebook and other ways to contact me, you can ask for my cellphone or Skype, in the meantime there should be a Facebook button in my signature ( http://www.facebook.com/reggie.dhrty ), I have samples of my work in my photos.
Thanks for your time in reading my message, I hope to read from you soon.
Reggie."
THEY ARE A SCAMMER! She asks you to pose over video calls on skype, asking for sexual poses. If you refuse, she blocks you. If you go along with it, she then refuses to pay - if you press the issue she threatens to post the videos/photos online. Her art gallery does not exist and she uses a fake name. PLEASE, DO NOT RESPOND TO HER. I've sent a message asking to get her account deactivated but I thought it was best to warn people straight away too.
There is further information here and here.
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| 24 Aug 2012 - 20:27 | 89833 |
| quixoticschlemiel Joined: 26 Feb 2012 Posts: 119 | WARNING - SCAMMER! |
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| 24 Aug 2012 - 20:29 | 89834 |
| Ros3ify Joined: 30 Jan 2011 Posts: 162 | Thanks for the update __________________ Love With Your Heart And Soul |
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| 24 Aug 2012 - 20:56 | 89835 |
| _Aeon_ Joined: 05 Feb 2011 Posts: 196 | Got sent that, thought it seemed dodgy and ignored it, thanks for confirming |
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| 24 Aug 2012 - 21:19 | 89837 |
| Karakulz Joined: 04 Mar 2012 Posts: 177 | I got this too, This is the 3rd time in 3 months ive recived one of these messages. Why do I keep attracting all the weirdies >.> __________________ ![]() |
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| 24 Aug 2012 - 21:30 | 89839 |
| NixieThePixie Joined: 12 Jan 2010 Posts: 2010 | I never get things like this. Clearly, I am not pretty enough (probably because I mainly cosplay men) |
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| 24 Aug 2012 - 21:47 | 89840 |
| Kiri-Kiri-Kun Joined: 08 Feb 2011 Posts: 65 | I got this message, told him I didnt have facebook. then he asked for my skype and I was like naaahh..
He seemed sketchy from the first message. this thread just confirms it XD |
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| 24 Aug 2012 - 22:27 | 89841 |
| Ice-climber Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 638 | Anyone mention this to admins and such? |
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| 24 Aug 2012 - 22:38 | 89842 |
| Ros3ify Joined: 30 Jan 2011 Posts: 162 | ive messaged the admins the user is potential dangerous to Under 18 users on the website, as well as over 18s __________________ Love With Your Heart And Soul |
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| 24 Aug 2012 - 22:57 | 89844 |
| Han Hyuga Joined: 02 Nov 2010 Posts: 819 | Well, you know what they say; if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. XD
But as long as you don't give them any personal details you should be alright! |
| 24 Aug 2012 - 23:14 | 89846 |
| quixoticschlemiel Joined: 26 Feb 2012 Posts: 119 | Quote Ice-climber:
Anyone mention this to admins and such? I have, first thing I did. |
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| 25 Aug 2012 - 00:24 | 89850 |
| InfiniteJester Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 434 | ah yes I got this message too, literally a few hours ago. I figured it was something like this though and didn't reply |
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| 25 Aug 2012 - 14:40 | 89885 |
| Carmina Joined: 09 Jul 2011 Posts: 460 | Quote NixieThePixie:
I never get things like this. Clearly, I am not pretty enough (probably because I mainly cosplay men) I generally cosplay boys but I got one too! Been wondering whether it was something dodgy... Thanks for confirming. |
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| 25 Aug 2012 - 15:50 | 89889 |
| roguearcanis Joined: 31 May 2009 Posts: 69 | Yeah, I also got one of these. Seemed dodgy anyway, but thanks for the heads up and confirmation. What a creep :/ |
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| 25 Aug 2012 - 16:56 | 89891 |
| Lady Bahamut Joined: 04 Apr 2009 Posts: 547 | I got this too, I just ignored it as I assumed it was some kind of spam ^^; __________________
May 2013: Epilogue/Final Syaoran (Mark 2) - Tsubasa |
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| 25 Aug 2012 - 16:59 | 89892 |
| Captain_Marvelous Joined: 19 Aug 2008 Posts: 1480 | I got one! O_O I presumed it was china trying to sell me "Super mega happy time wedding dress" XD __________________ ![]() |
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| 25 Aug 2012 - 18:13 | 89895 |
| Delusional Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 249 | Thanks to all of you who flagged this up. I've disabled this account but ask people to keep an eye out for anything like this appearing in the future too.
The sheer amount of PMs in my inbox this morning concerning this account shows how vigilant you guys are - ignoring messages such as these and contacting any admin about this kind of thing is always the best thing to do, and means we can deal with it as swiftly as possible. Even if you're not quite sure if something is a problem, notifying us means that it's on our radar if it anything does happen. Here's hoping we don't have many more of these kinds of people! |
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| 25 Aug 2012 - 18:57 | 89898 |
| TheGyroCaptain Joined: 08 Dec 2011 Posts: 118 | Got this quite a few times I also keep getting one about Christian Louboutin shoes o_O |
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| 25 Aug 2012 - 22:05 | 89909 |
| Delusional Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 249 | Quote MartyMcFlurry:
Got this quite a few times I also keep getting one about Christian Louboutin shoes o_O They really like posting about shoes...or handbags. Best one we've had so far is golf clubs I think. If this was a user different to the one mentioned above, please can you let me know the name? (We can only catch them if they post in the forums or if someone reports them to us! |
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| 26 Aug 2012 - 09:52 | 89926 |
| TheGyroCaptain Joined: 08 Dec 2011 Posts: 118 | Quote Delusional:
Quote MartyMcFlurry:
Got this quite a few times I also keep getting one about Christian Louboutin shoes o_O They really like posting about shoes...or handbags. Best one we've had so far is golf clubs I think. If this was a user different to the one mentioned above, please can you let me know the name? (We can only catch them if they post in the forums or if someone reports them to us! I can try and make a little round up , something about the typingbstyle makes me sense milanoo. |
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| 26 Aug 2012 - 09:54 | 89927 |
| TheGyroCaptain Joined: 08 Dec 2011 Posts: 118 | Just got this o_O
Hello Dear,My name is Rose , i have a warm and friendly feelings as i saw your profile today ,so i decided to leave a massage for you. if it Touches you to be a friend you can write back in my email address roseatif.2008@gmail.com so that i can send to you mt pictures and tell you more about me.i believe we can start from here to know each other better.Hoping to read your reaply to my e-mail address above.Regards,from Rose |
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| 26 Aug 2012 - 14:02 | 89950 |
| ClosetFanGirl Joined: 14 Aug 2011 Posts: 148 | Quote MartyMcFlurry:
Just got this o_O Hello Dear,My name is Rose , i have a warm and friendly feelings as i saw your profile today ,so i decided to leave a massage for you. if it Touches you to be a friend you can write back in my email address roseatif.2008@gmail.com so that i can send to you mt pictures and tell you more about me.i believe we can start from here to know each other better.Hoping to read your reaply to my e-mail address above.Regards,from Rose My sister also got this one, I don't think she replied or anything, we just thought it was a bit weird. |
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| 26 Aug 2012 - 21:37 | 89975 |
| Wolves_Kiss Joined: 21 May 2012 Posts: 46 | Ewww. I havn't got any of these messages probably since I havn't finshed any costumes yet, Thats so creepy 0.0 Thank you everyone for posting this thread. I'll keep a look out for any werid messages. Thanks again!! |
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| 27 Aug 2012 - 16:04 | 90006 |
| Butterfly-Goddess Joined: 07 Mar 2010 Posts: 149 | Thanks for the warning |
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