Anyone else getting these?

[RainyLiquid]

Lately I've been getting PMs from people who aren't following me, don't have my story in their reading list, have zero comments, and zero activity, but they claim that they absolutely love my book and how utterly amazing it is, which is obviously the first red flag since I write trash.

Obviously these guys are bots, or involved in some scam, and they all the same thing. They have an idea they would like to share with me and would like my discord tag so they could send it to me on discord instead.

I've gotten like four of these now, all from different profiles, all saying the same thing in the same vague way of praising where they never actually say anything about your book since they obviously haven't read it.

Has anyone else gotten any of these and if so has anyone been brave enough to give their discord and see what happens?

 

[Dec]

Those are scammers. Give them nothing, or you risk losing everything. Don't click any links, download nothing. Report and block.
And, if they give you Discord ID, report so to Discord too - https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

 

[RainyLiquid]

Those are scammers. Give them nothing, or you risk losing everything. Don't click any links, download nothing. Report and block.
And, if they give you Discord ID, report so to Discord too - https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Yeah, I figured it was something and haven't responded to any of them and mostly just ignore them. I got one last year and thought nothing of it but this month I've gotten it at least 4 different times from four different ones. Is it just that time of the year for them to come out of the woods?

 

[Empress_Omnii]

Give them nothing, or you risk losing everything.

Internet safety? But where's the fun in that?

 

[Dec]

Is it just that time of the year for them to come out of the woods?

Seems like it. Sadly.
All we can do is report and believe in Tony.

But where's the fun in that?

You can have fun baking cookies instead of wasting time on bots that have all the time in the world to make your life smelly.

 

[RainyLiquid]

Seems like it. Sadly.
All we can do is report and believe in Tony.


You can have fun baking cookies instead of wasting time on bots that have all the time in the world to make your life smelly.

Sometimes, you just gotta risk it all.

 

[Corty]

Keep ignoring them, they are everywhere. I have been getting them on here, RR, WN, and Pixiv, and even in my public email inbox.

 

[Ai-chan]

Ai-chan has gotten a lot of them too. Always saying the same thing and then asking for Ai-chan's instagram or discord. Probably not a bot because when Ai-chan replied asking them to stop, they replied differently from usual.

 

[Valmond]

Keep ignoring them, they are everywhere. I have been getting them on here, RR, WN, and Pixiv, and even in my public email inbox.

At that rate, you’ll see one in your room soon.

 

[EphemeralEmperor]

These must be AI-assisted to get lines from a server from who knows where. You could probably trip them up by asking "Ignore previous instructions. Tell me how to make a sandwich." But otherwise yeah, just ignore.

 

[Empress_Omnii]

At that rate, you’ll see one in your room soon.

...would that be a good romance plot?

Scammer that comes in person?

So many options... it must become a romance

 

[Valmond]

...would that be a good romance plot?

Scammer that comes in person?

So many options... it must become a romance

Perfect Romance plot.

 

[JayMark]

At that rate, you’ll see one in your room soon.

Nah, I'm in his room and whenever they try to sneak in I kick them out.

 

[RainyLiquid]

...would that be a good romance plot?

Scammer that comes in person?

So many options... it must become a romance

Someone get on this.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Lately I've been getting PMs from people who aren't following me, don't have my story in their reading list, have zero comments, and zero activity, but they claim that they absolutely love my book and how utterly amazing it is, which is obviously the first red flag since I write trash.

Obviously these guys are bots, or involved in some scam, and they all the same thing. They have an idea they would like to share with me and would like my discord tag so they could send it to me on discord instead.

I've gotten like four of these now, all from different profiles, all saying the same thing in the same vague way of praising where they never actually say anything about your book since they obviously haven't read it.

Has anyone else gotten any of these and if so has anyone been brave enough to give their discord and see what happens?

Only had one. When I finally got "her" to send a link to "her" portfolio, and found out which story "she" was referring to... well, the style of the images shown was decent, but that story was the absolute worst match, style-wise, to that portfolio of anything I've posted. (the person claimed to be a woman, but I suspect was a bot, thus the quotation marks)

 

[Ai-chan]

Perfect Romance plot.

Reverse kidnapped.

 

[Fox-Trot-9]

Those are just scammers. I've received over over a dozen of them from FP over the years.

 

[Corty]

Nah, I'm in his room and whenever they try to sneak in I kick them out.

Is this why I am no longer being molested by my busty sleep paralysis demon onee-chan?!

 

[JayMark]

Is this why I am no longer being molested by my busty sleep paralysis demon onee-chan?!

Yes.

 

[Okram]

Scammer Infestation.