SIR SPAMALOT

Discussion started by JimPlatt

Whats with all the spammy project offers? Had about six or seven 'botty' projects offer to me last 2 days! Anyone else experiencing it? I'm guessing its someone up to no good!

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Posted about 1 month ago
5

I also received a message yesterday, stating that a big company was interested in me after seeing my profile. They asked me to download a file from a very suspicious link, I am 100% sure that it contains some sort of virus... This is the first time that has happened to me

Posted about 1 month ago
4

You can always uncheck the box in settings that says "Allow buyers to send me custom 3D Job requests".

JimPlatt wrote
JimPlatt
......rather leave it check as I've had some small job offers from this........but until now, there has never been so much spam!
TazMan2000 wrote
TazMan2000
Is it just me, or has CGT integrated the "Allow buyers to send me custom 3D job requests" into ALL communication? I swear it was a separate checkbox a few days ago. What if I just want to sell models, and not do any other jobs? My schedule doesn't allow me to do projects with deadlines. I only design and upload when I can. I don't want people to send me any offers whether it is for jobs, or discounts on my models. Take it or leave it is my motto.
Posted about 1 month ago
2

Yeah I just got my first one from a Stacy Fox of Dreampoint Studios subcontracting for Respawn Entertainment. Funny thing is, it probably should've given me a virus for all the attempts I've made trying to open the thing. Dunno if uBlock is catching it or if my scriptblocker is, it just redirects me to example.com. Running a scan with Defender regardless.

TazMan2000 wrote
TazMan2000
The "meat" of the offer is exactly the same, even though the company and contact information differs. Don't click on ANYTHING. It's obviously a scam.
energonhotshot04 wrote
Yeah, I had my doubts from the beginning because everything I do is 3d printable for action figures. It was just the first time I've gotten one of these and googling the details didn't bring up any hits. Defender and Malwarebytes came back clean so whatever it was didn't get through my blockers.
Posted about 1 month ago
1

I wanted to warn everyone about those scam attempts yesterday, but my message was instantly reported, not sure what to think about that. Anyway, i contacted the support and they said they're working to fix the situation.

Posted about 1 month ago
4

I clicked on the link they sent, and another panel popped up. I immediately clicked "OK," and I lost all the passwords in "Google Password Manager." Unfortunately, my antivirus was turned off. They accessed all the cryptocurrency platforms where I stored my funds. Luckily, I changed the passwords before they could transfer anything.
Which accounts I use 2-factor security, he can't get in even with the password.
I reported this issue to the CGtrade website support team right after clicking on the malicious link. The next day, they said they would try to prevent this issue from happening again. However, yesterday, someone else sent me a private project with identical content. It is one person but using multiple accounts.

JimPlatt wrote
JimPlatt
They/them will be using a bot I'm guessing!
Posted 29 days ago
4

I just received a notification through email about another scam offer, but when I checked my messages here, it was gone. It looks like CGT is doing something about it, but having some difficulty in preventing these new accounts from sending these scam offers.

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