First Draft Club

The Anatomy of a Farcaster Scam (and how to avoid them)

1. An account you’ve most likely never interacted with will send you a DC. 
2. The DC will compliment you or your work and ask for some type of collaboration, consulting job, testing, etc. 
3. If you reply, they may throw out a large number for compensation and ask to have a call to discuss terms. 
4. Usually, right before the agreed meeting time, something will go horribly wrong. The Google Meet or Zoom link they sent won’t work. 
5. You will panic. 
6. They will pressure you that if you can’t meet in the next few minutes, they will need to move to the next candidate on the list. 
7. But magically they will have a solution: they have another video conferencing tool that you can download right now and they know it works. 
8. You click the link without a second thought. 
9. You’ve been scammed and now they drain your wallet with malicious software. 

Let’s show a real life example.

This is not art but I'm fairly certain that most of you have DMs similar to those detailed in this excellent cast of @pichi's. Read about the anatomy of a FC scam 👇 and stay safe!

Pi-chi.eth (she/her) Artist /animeoutcasts
Hosting: /sakura /kyoto /momiji  /anime-manga /farcasterunion

https://portrait.so/pichi

Art born shapes seer. *Art is that thing that touches that thing that you think is your soul*

deca.art/Alleytac |🎩🌞-'|
seize.io/alleytac

User friendly carbon based lifeform :: Procedural 3D animator  :: Generative degen :: 
linktree.yatima.xyz ::

Who wants harmless art?

Unfortunately, none of them have a Linux version of their video conferencing software. Who knows how many jobs I've lost with these mfers just for being a Linux user. 😂 😂

• Multidisciplinary Artist 
• Photographer 
• Dark Art lover 🖤 
• Woman without a parachute🤍

red3.me/sashelka.eth

Documentary and travel photographer 📸, storyteller of daily life. Believing NFTs 🔥 
  https://linktr.ee/yavuzsariyildiz

Street stories ,dog mom ,foodie & I’ve got that VIP edge 👻 Host of /competitionalert •
Co-host of /veg &  /moxie-mintclub 
linktr.ee/Milibooo

This girl is writing me every 2 weeks. Same message, wtf what's in their head? If I don't answer once, twice, thrice do they think I will finally answer? They are incredible in their insistence.

Yeah i have tons of dms like this . I don’t even open dms from unknown people.

Collecting stories at Beams https://paragraph.xyz/@beams ✨ 🔦 Always playing, always learning ✌️ https://deca.art/Ashaverse

I delete them without bothering. No dream job will come through DM, that's for sure.

Awesome thread from Pichi, as always. The only DC I received along these lines was a year ago and I refused politely to get involved. I wonder how come I didn't get any ever since.

Thanks for being so involved in the life of FC community!

Thanks for sharing and spreading awareness!

69 $DEGEN

Car guy always ready to travel and take photos 📷 rodeo.club/@arago

Good for you. Beware of any dm from an unknown person. Scammers are really everywhere but they love it into your dm's

I knew it was scam ! I had several of these messages. Didn't answer though.