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    The Mural Painting Art Scam is Now on TikTok

    March 19, 2024 - By 

    Instagram’s most popular art scam, where a scammer pretending to be an artist contacts you and asks to use your photos for a painting, mural or work of fine art has made its way to TikTok. I was contacted by the account in the photo below, which has already been shut down, but if there’s one, then you know there are more! This may have been happening on TikTok for a while, but I have a smaller account there, so scammers aren’t trying as hard to get it. The accounts that send out the requests are often real artist accounts…

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    Facebook Podcast Event Scam Targeting High Profile Pages

    February 26, 2024 - By 

    If you have a successful Facebook page, watch out for this podcast event scam that will offer you $2,000 – $5,000 for your time, and then steal your page after a Zoom meeting. After that, it’s very hard to get your page back as it’s nearly impossible to speak to a live person at Facebook, and that’s the key to getting help. They go by many names in many different industries, but the hook is always the same- some management team of a popular podcast wants you to be on their show, and they want to pay you big money.…

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    Uprise Media Really Wants My Facebook Page

    February 15, 2024 - By 

    I've gotten five e-mails this week, all from different people at Uprise Media with the subject line: Earn money from Facebook: Understanding the basics of monetization. They are offering me $1000 upfront and 10% revenue share, but the whole thing screams scam. The only issue is that I haven't been able to prove it yet.

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    Steven Bartlett Online Podcast Scam

    October 26, 2023 - By 

    Steven Bartlett is the latest name to get spoofed in the Tony Terry / Robby Robinson Facebook podcast scam. If you’ve gotten an e-mail inviting you to be a podcast guest on Facebook live for $3,000, delete, block, run away as fast as you can. Steven Bartlett is a real person and not associated with this scam. They have stolen his name and are just using him, posing as his manager. The E-mail from Steve Bartlet This is what the Steven Bartlet Scam e-mail looks like: Dear Candy Keane, This is Steven Bartlett’s Management. We are happy to invite you…