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« on: January 06, 2024, 19:51 »
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I got this weird email sent from Fine Art America:

I'm interested in buying a few of your artworks for my exhibition, about 5-10 artworks.  But I'm only interested in buying them as NFTs.

Ill offer $2500 for each of these artworks I purchase from you as Id love to purchase these artworks as digital artworks(NFTs). Do you have a knowledge about this or should I explain further?


This is a typical NFT scam, intending to convince greedy gullible "artists" to pay hundreds of dollars on "specialized" NFT sites, to register their "art" as a prerequisite for these promised sales, which will never happen.



« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2024, 04:54 »
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This is a typical NFT scam, intending to convince greedy gullible "artists" to pay hundreds of dollars on "specialized" NFT sites, to register their "art" as a prerequisite for these promised sales
Why hundreds of dollars? I've heard of amounts as low as $10.

« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2024, 05:43 »
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This is a typical NFT scam, intending to convince greedy gullible "artists" to pay hundreds of dollars on "specialized" NFT sites, to register their "art" as a prerequisite for these promised sales
Why hundreds of dollars? I've heard of amounts as low as $10.

You missed the point. Scammers don't scam with legit sites. They have their own.
They prey on greedy, ignorant and gullible victims.
« Last Edit: January 07, 2024, 05:52 by Zero Talent »

« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2024, 07:38 »
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This is a typical NFT scam, intending to convince greedy gullible "artists" to pay hundreds of dollars on "specialized" NFT sites, to register their "art" as a prerequisite for these promised sales
Why hundreds of dollars? I've heard of amounts as low as $10.

You missed the point. Scammers don't scam with legit sites. They have their own.
They prey on greedy, ignorant and gullible victims.
Why are they scammers? This does not follow from your first post. No one is asking you to spend hundreds of dollars. You can do this for a few dollars.

« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2024, 10:02 »
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This is a typical NFT scam, intending to convince greedy gullible "artists" to pay hundreds of dollars on "specialized" NFT sites, to register their "art" as a prerequisite for these promised sales
Why hundreds of dollars? I've heard of amounts as low as $10.

You missed the point. Scammers don't scam with legit sites. They have their own.
They prey on greedy, ignorant and gullible victims.
Why are they scammers? This does not follow from your first post. No one is asking you to spend hundreds of dollars. You can do this for a few dollars.

As seen also on other topics, you still don't get it.

They will ask you to "register" your "art" with their website. If you propose a different one, they will do their best to convince you that theirs is better. If you don't want to do it, or start asking too many questions, they will drop you and move to the next potential victims, some gullible individuals who believe that these offers are about their "art" and not about their ego, greed and ignorance.

https://artsology.com/blog/2023/03/update-on-the-nft-scam-directed-at-artists-via-instagram/

https://medium.com/@fedorvasilev/nft-scam-on-instagram-b8fcd3d9ce0b
« Last Edit: January 07, 2024, 10:17 by Zero Talent »

« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2024, 10:17 »
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They will ask you to "register" your "art" with their website.
You didn't write this in your first post.
It would be good if you published here the entire letter that you received.
 ;)

« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2024, 10:27 »
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They will ask you to "register" your "art" with their website.
You didn't write this in your first post.
It would be good if you published here the entire letter that you received.
 ;)
That's what I said and what I shared was the entire "letter".

You obviously didn't properly read my warning, didn't think it through, or refused to acknowledge facts contradicting your preconceptions. As usual.

Why are they scammers?
This shows that you may have fallen for this scam. Now you know about it.
You're welcome!
« Last Edit: January 07, 2024, 10:40 by Zero Talent »

« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2024, 10:52 »
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Zero Talent, maybe I didnt understand something, let other authors correct me here. But in my opinion, you yourself refuse 2500 dollars for each image.  :)

« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2024, 11:32 »
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Zero Talent, maybe I didnt understand something, let other authors correct me here. But in my opinion, you yourself refuse 2500 dollars for each image.  :)

Lol. As I said, you don't think it through.
You are one of those gullible "artists", whose ego, greed and ignorance these scammers are preying on.

Even if your initial gullible reaction was to believe the honesty of that "offer", insisting to believe it after I gave you 2 links describing in detail how the scam works (there are more), is only another proof of your stubbornness and refusal to change your mind, no matter what evidence you are faced with.

No surprise. You are already well known for refusing to acknowledge any facts contradicting your preconceptions, even when the reality is screaming in your face.

When the next Nigerian Prince will ask you for help to save his fortune, go for it!
« Last Edit: January 07, 2024, 11:41 by Zero Talent »

« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2024, 13:55 »
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Zero Talent, maybe I didnt understand something, let other authors correct me here. But in my opinion, you yourself refuse 2500 dollars for each image.  :)

Lol. As I said, you don't think it through.
You are one of those gullible "artists", whose ego, greed and ignorance these scammers are preying on.

Even if your initial gullible reaction was to believe the honesty of that "offer", insisting to believe it after I gave you 2 links describing in detail how the scam works (there are more), is only another proof of your stubbornness and refusal to change your mind, no matter what evidence you are faced with.

No surprise. You are already well known for refusing to acknowledge any facts contradicting your preconceptions, even when the reality is screaming in your face.

When the next Nigerian Prince will ask you for help to save his fortune, go for it!
Zero Talent, stop campaigning for Democrats in all topics!  ;D ;D ;D
Yes, you provided links to several private stories. Perhaps your case is also fraudulent, but you havent checked it. Either you write that your videos are sold for more than $1,000, or you write about fraud. You decide for yourself whether your photos are worth that kind of money or not.  :)
As for the NFT market, it is near $100 billion. You wont believe it, but besides scammers, there is a real market, deals, money.  :)

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« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2024, 14:20 »
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I got this weird email sent from Fine Art America:

I'm interested in buying a few of your artworks for my exhibition, about 5-10 artworks.  But I'm only interested in buying them as NFTs.

Ill offer $2500 for each of these artworks I purchase from you as Id love to purchase these artworks as digital artworks(NFTs). Do you have a knowledge about this or should I explain further?


This is a typical NFT scam, intending to convince greedy gullible "artists" to pay hundreds of dollars on "specialized" NFT sites, to register their "art" as a prerequisite for these promised sales, which will never happen.

I received two offers for things I have for sale on Amazon. I have nothing for sale on Amazon. (deleted)

Got this last week:

OpenSea Offer Alert

A new offer has been placed on one of your NFT listings.

    Offer Details:
    Offer Details: 0x85hB2P
    Offered by: Fluchy


Link is to someplace not Open Sea where the url is Name-Name for a site that's real is NameName (without the hyphen) and the one with the hyphen is blacklisted and blocked. The real one is up and doing fine.

Good that you tried to warn us, because Cons rely on the greed and gullibility of people who make money on their own side jobs.



Of course some people will believe this is a real story.  ::)

« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2024, 14:35 »
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Zero Talent, maybe I didnt understand something, let other authors correct me here. But in my opinion, you yourself refuse 2500 dollars for each image.  :)

Lol. As I said, you don't think it through.
You are one of those gullible "artists", whose ego, greed and ignorance these scammers are preying on.

Even if your initial gullible reaction was to believe the honesty of that "offer", insisting to believe it after I gave you 2 links describing in detail how the scam works (there are more), is only another proof of your stubbornness and refusal to change your mind, no matter what evidence you are faced with.

No surprise. You are already well known for refusing to acknowledge any facts contradicting your preconceptions, even when the reality is screaming in your face.

When the next Nigerian Prince will ask you for help to save his fortune, go for it!
Zero Talent, stop campaigning for Democrats in all topics!  ;D ;D ;D
Yes, you provided links to several private stories. Perhaps your case is also fraudulent, but you havent checked it. Either you write that your videos are sold for more than $1,000, or you write about fraud. You decide for yourself whether your photos are worth that kind of money or not.  :)
As for the NFT market, it is near $100 billion. You wont believe it, but besides scammers, there is a real market, deals, money.  :)
Yes, you didn't understand. And that's Ok.
The problem is that even now, when you were presented clear examples, you insist in believing that the "offer" was genuine.
Yes, it was as genuine as the "offers" made by that famous Nigerian Prince.
I'm sorry, but those like you deserve to be scammed. Maybe this is the only way to learn a lesson, if common sense and logic are not good enough.

Fyi, I asked the scammer for more details ("please tell me more"), but my email was probably too succint and didn't match the gullibility pattern the scammer was after, so there was no follow up.

Remember that these are photos not videos. And yes, when you get $300 for a video on SS rest assured that the buyer paid 3 to 4 times more for it (depending on your level).

I wonder where you saw any reference to the Democrats in this thread. This must only be in your head. Maybe "delirium", as you said it yourself to others, when they asked you to face inconvenient truths.

Lastly, I already told you that I will happily vote for true old school republicans like Nikki Haley or Chris Christie, instead of Biden. Unfortunatelly they stand no chance in front of the overwhelming maga majority, and I will certainly never get this chance.

As always, you don't pay attention to facts contradicting your preconceptions.

PS. For gullible and stubborn individuals like you, I recommend this podcast: https://darknetdiaries.com/. The "pig butchering" scam (last episode) is also an interesting one.
« Last Edit: January 07, 2024, 14:59 by Zero Talent »

« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2024, 14:49 »
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i get 1 or 2 of these each month as comments on FB here's my std reply:

Which images & what price are you offering for the license to make NFT from my images? I do sell exclusive rights for NFT as long as the buyer takes complete control after I supply the  images I also require a 30% deposit made to my paypal account.

I've been so disappointed that no one wants to take my generous offer! usually the scammer can't even name an image they want and try to get me to upload to their scammer site. i confirm that's an evil site & i then out them as a scammer ii my public reply (usually in an FAA group)


« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2024, 15:01 »
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As for the NFT market, it is near $100 billion. You wont believe it, but besides scammers, there is a real market, deals, money.  :)
irrelevant - no one claimed there was no profit in NFT

successful NFT come from those with means to advertise & promote. 

i know it's useless to ask you this, but please show ONE successful NFT from a stock image.

legitimate NFT are comparable to self-hosted sites - they wither without substantial SEO investment & other marketing

« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2024, 15:07 »
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then, there are the 'legitimate' scammers willing to  bilk their own followers, such as an indicted ex-president

Former President Donald Trump has made between $100,001 and $1 million in income from NFTs, his new financial disclosure showed.

Trump last year announced his first NFT collection, a series of $99 digital trading cards featuring cartoon drawings of him in various heroic postures and outfits.
  {my emphasis}

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/14/trump-made-a-bundle-of-cash-selling-nfts-financial-filings-show.html

« Reply #15 on: January 07, 2024, 17:02 »
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then, there are the 'legitimate' scammers willing to  bilk their own followers, such as an indicted ex-president

Former President Donald Trump has made between $100,001 and $1 million in income from NFTs, his new financial disclosure showed.

Trump last year announced his first NFT collection, a series of $99 digital trading cards featuring cartoon drawings of him in various heroic postures and outfits.
  {my emphasis}

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/14/trump-made-a-bundle-of-cash-selling-nfts-financial-filings-show.html
What is the deception, fraud and why are indicted?

« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2024, 17:04 »
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As for the NFT market, it is near $100 billion. You wont believe it, but besides scammers, there is a real market, deals, money.  :)
irrelevant - no one claimed there was no profit in NFT

successful NFT come from those with means to advertise & promote. 

i know it's useless to ask you this, but please show ONE successful NFT from a stock image.

legitimate NFT are comparable to self-hosted sites - they wither without substantial SEO investment & other marketing
The Fine Art America website is not only a stock image. I dont even know if there is a stock image on this site.  :)

« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2024, 17:08 »
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Fyi, I asked the scammer for more details ("please tell me more"), but my email was probably too succint and didn't match the gullibility pattern the scammer was after, so there was no follow up.
Now your topic can be considered clear. This is the phrase you should have started with.  ;D

Zero Talent, you write a lot of flood.  ::) ::) ::)

« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2024, 17:19 »
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Fyi, I asked the scammer for more details ("please tell me more"), but my email was probably too succint and didn't match the gullibility pattern the scammer was after, so there was no follow up.
Now your topic can be considered clear. This is the phrase you should have started with.

This is progress.

A small piece of advice: to avoid future embarrassments, when things are not clear for you, it's always better to ask follow up questions, instead of fighting the obvious.
There is no shame in that.

PS:
I dont even know if there is a stock image on this site.
FYI, all my FAA photos are also sold on all my stock sites.
Another example when it's advisable to ask questions first.
« Last Edit: January 07, 2024, 17:31 by Zero Talent »

« Reply #19 on: January 07, 2024, 18:00 »
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As for the NFT market, it is near $100 billion. You wont believe it, but besides scammers, there is a real market, deals, money.  :)
irrelevant - no one claimed there was no profit in NFT

successful NFT come from those with means to advertise & promote. 

i know it's useless to ask you this, but please show ONE successful NFT from a stock image.

legitimate NFT are comparable to self-hosted sites - they wither without substantial SEO investment & other marketing
The Fine Art America website is not only a stock image. I dont even know if there is a stock image on this site.  :)

more obfuscation & ignorance (why am i not surprised?)

first, i asked you to show any stock image that had been successful as NFT as you implied, which you avoided by answering with a non sequitur

second, there are many, many hundreds of stock images on FAA - all of mine are (about 1500) and there are many others on both FAA &FB groups who do both

« Reply #20 on: January 08, 2024, 03:48 »
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This is progress.

A small piece of advice: to avoid future embarrassments, when things are not clear for you, it's always better to ask follow up questions, instead of fighting the obvious.
There is no shame in that.
You probably haven't noticed, but I kept trying to ask you questions.  :)

« Reply #21 on: January 08, 2024, 03:51 »
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As for the NFT market, it is near $100 billion. You wont believe it, but besides scammers, there is a real market, deals, money.  :)
irrelevant - no one claimed there was no profit in NFT

successful NFT come from those with means to advertise & promote. 

i know it's useless to ask you this, but please show ONE successful NFT from a stock image.

legitimate NFT are comparable to self-hosted sites - they wither without substantial SEO investment & other marketing
The Fine Art America website is not only a stock image. I dont even know if there is a stock image on this site.  :)

more obfuscation & ignorance (why am i not surprised?)

first, i asked you to show any stock image that had been successful as NFT as you implied, which you avoided by answering with a non sequitur

second, there are many, many hundreds of stock images on FAA - all of mine are (about 1500) and there are many others on both FAA &FB groups who do both
1. I don't know what images Zero Talent sells on this site. He didn't provide any links to them. These may not be stock images.
2. This site has a lot of artwork that can be sold as an NFT.
3. This is not a stock site.
4. You are asking a question to which you yourself do not know the answer.
 :)

« Reply #22 on: January 08, 2024, 12:11 »
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1. I don't know what images Zero Talent sells on this site. He didn't provide any links to them. These may not be stock images.

I already told you that ALL my FAA photos are also sold on ALL my stock sites.
Cascoly told you the same.

But you are stubborn and unwilling to change your prejudices, even when confronted with evidence screaming in your face. We already established that.

You can easily do a reverse search on many FAA photos and discover them on stock sites, but you are not willing to listen.

See below another example from a different contributor, selling his stock photos on FAA.


« Last Edit: January 08, 2024, 13:56 by Zero Talent »

« Reply #23 on: January 08, 2024, 15:16 »
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1. I don't know what images Zero Talent sells on this site. He didn't provide any links to them. These may not be stock images.

I already told you that ALL my FAA photos are also sold on ALL my stock sites.
Cascoly told you the same.

But you are stubborn and unwilling to change your prejudices, even when confronted with evidence screaming in your face. We already established that.

You can easily do a reverse search on many FAA photos and discover them on stock sites, but you are not willing to listen.

See below another example from a different contributor, selling his stock photos on FAA.
1. I was having a discussion with Cascoly, not with you.
2. I wrote to him about the time when you had not yet written what you were selling and explained the meaning of my posts.
3. Your opinion may be subjective regarding the artistic value of your photos.
 :)

« Reply #24 on: January 08, 2024, 15:35 »
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1. I don't know what images Zero Talent sells on this site. He didn't provide any links to them. These may not be stock images.

I already told you that ALL my FAA photos are also sold on ALL my stock sites.
Cascoly told you the same.

But you are stubborn and unwilling to change your prejudices, even when confronted with evidence screaming in your face. We already established that.

You can easily do a reverse search on many FAA photos and discover them on stock sites, but you are not willing to listen.

See below another example from a different contributor, selling his stock photos on FAA.
1. I was having a discussion with Cascoly, not with you.
2. I wrote to him about the time when you had not yet written what you were selling and explained the meaning of my posts.
3. Your opinion may be subjective regarding the artistic value of your photos.
 :)

more nonsensical replies - you can't even remember that you were replying to Zero well before i entered the conversation!
 


 

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