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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.

These scams are also rife in the art world and ultimately exploit the artist. 

1. Receive an invite or find an open call
2. They tell you it's free to apply
3. You automatically get accepted
4. The acceptance feels great and then you see the extortionate cost to display

These places are preying on new artists to make money for their show.
Legitimate galleries and shows will never apply these tactics.
Don't fall for the trap

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Honestly I get irate at the opportunity boards for allowing these scammers through the door and lost their "competitions". Any legit organisation will have received the funds to put together an open call, competition etc with the rare exception of things like Beautiful Bizarre or similar high end establishments, then the fee is justified for the name attached to it and the vast prize money on offer (BB is $75,000)

Excellent points! So many scams out there.