Artstation NFT email scam for artists explained

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[@VincentFikacz]

Truly one of the worst scams, because it prays on hopes and dreams of beginner artists. I've got this email too and it gave me hope for a second that my work is worth something. Thank you for explaining this shenanigans

[@douka3993]

After 3 minutes of creating my artstation portfolio I got an email saying I'll pay you 3k euros, best few seconds of my life 😂

[@snoino2959]

My artworks were so bad that scammers didn't even bother messaging me..

[@annag5855]

trust me, they will

[@CharlesMccowns]

I tend to browse portfolios looking for artists to hire on Artstation. You are amazing and deserve better Niko. Sorry you have to deal with this kind of bullshit. It makes it harder for legitimate developers looking to find artists to pair up with. Love your work man. Thanks for warning people about this.

[@bassemb]

Thanks for trying this. I keep getting these emails and I was curious where the conversation would go.

[@Epic_rain]

happened to me and to be honest they almost got me and at my very vulnerable state since i lost my job a few moths ago. I wish these stuff stop

[@kennethreyes7545]

i hate this feeling, i think i get you in that part, that you are down and will still get kick harder but in a more disgusting way, by people being nice and then abuse.

[@ZugZugArt]

Thanks for the video! Receiving those emails almost every day... But never talked with these guys...

[@jomo2483]

I've found the best way to deal with these scams. And you should probably do this for all your online businesses to safeguard yourself legally. Tell them you need a contract.

[@michaelaligan2501]

how do they reply usually?

[@Hidet0shialt]

immediately detected this as scam, glad to find a video confirming my suspicions xD

[@unicornbbq]

Great video. This has happened to me. I stopped at the point they told me to go to a website to sign up to something. A waste of my time, but I have been wondering how the hell they worked their hustle. Thanks.

[@DanMProductionsBois]

I am dealing with one of these right now. It's to the exact text you said. Unreal. I think they are bots. Thanks for the video.

[@MrBrigadierArchived]

I didn't see any scammers with official manners (like additional contacts, language, even faked proof of them or take patient for the next reply instead of "dude we really care if you can do it all and right now"), but they really go that lazyness... I don't know why, but after once I replied the only "nah uh" they started to mail me something like once per 1-1.5 month instead of weeks. Modern scammers lost even their own ethics

[@fabian3224]

Yeah I cant stand this stuff. Thanks for taking the time to shine more light on this theme.

[@anonykitsune]

phew, their message looked so genuine i almost fell for it, thanks! (literally just started and posted 1 artwork, and they said "I am deeply impressed by your WORKS" lmao why was it plural, i only had 1 artwork)

[@boraycobanoglu1372]

i received this too. thanks for bringing to every artist's attention. they offered me 10k ☠

[@marcelowiek]

Hi Nico, "I plan on purchasing" your entire Blender courses (that's not a scam) lol

[@SpeedChar]

If it's not a scam just do it, don't brag :)

[@marcelowiek]

@@SpeedChar In fact I've purchased 4 of them already and 3 Zbrush courses back in time, I'm a huge fan of your work hehe

[@SpeedChar]

@marcelowiek thank you man hope you watch them and practice :)

[@pushpiedits]

Hello Pushpendra Singh Chouhan, I hope this email finds you well. This is Beckie Hill from Artstation, I just wanted to reach out and let you know how much I love your art. Your unique style and creativity really resonates with me. I was wondering if you have any pieces available for sale? I would be absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to purchase some of your artworks and support your talent. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Best regards, Beckie Hill (Thank you man for saving me from this scam 🙌🏼❤)

[@O_rik]

Thank you for your warning video! I also got such message several times!

[@ashimashi9011]

Thank You for the Info, Amazing Niko

[@kwinwinst]

are you doing a course for every area like the head anatomy course ? if so id buy every single one !, i absolutely loved the long and repeated aspect of it and my head sculpts got soo much better thanks to it

[@rorycchan]

theres the female anatomy course already on udemy

[@kwinwinst]

​@@rorycchan yeah i have it , i meant an entire course focused on one particular anatomy feature like the head anatomy one.

[@shawnkwan9752]

Thanks bro, whenever I upload my artwork on artstation, I get similar scam emails offering $3500 per artwork! Holy shit!!!

[@florianristea]

artstation is full of scams and even fake accounts. I've got followers that have no artwork, account made hours ago and they are following 0-5 people. I wish i was so important to be 20% of their interest in art

[@spacegoonstudios8185]

Am dealing with this scam as we speak, thanks a lot bro you saved me 😂😂😂😂😂

[@gil6657]

Thank you for the info, Niko!!!!

[@mikerusby]

yeah I had this and I am pretty sharp normally , but this caught me off guard. i started to realise pretty soon it was a scam and just ignored them

[@Howlin09]

@speedchar Is it possible to send you a 3d model that a fan had been working on? for you to review and grade it and even correct it. It would be a great way to detect a lot of begginers mistakes and teach a lot in that way.

[@Ckeyad]

as soon as I exhibited a couple of simple works, they already wrote to me🤣 Ty for video🥰

[@madisongeronimo6859]

Yikes! I was emailed by them and I was kinda buying into it but I know nft are suspicious and I didn’t emailed them back after talking with them

[@mathieu499]

but Niko, if we post our art anywhere on internet without our name on our turn table or render, aren't we now taking the risk to have those render and video taken out without our consent to be used somewhere else ? is there a way to verify our art isn't already stolen and used somewhere. For instance, on instagram some people add my turntables to their favorite, should i be worried that someone actually download my stuff ? should we all start to add a signature on all our render / turntables ? >_

[@SpeedChar]

Some put a signature, some not, it is personal choice :)

[@mathieu499]

i think i'm gonna add a signature from now on cuz i'm concerned someone can already download all my portfolio and sell it somewhere else XD@@SpeedChar

[@jordainchambers3723]

Thank you so much bro; you just saved a life❤❤😢 they can go to hell now.

[@AA-rr9ly]

im going to link this video to the email scam

[@BeastSri]

Brother Niko u r the best 😍

[@mzisxx6977]

Thank you for the video. I just received a similar email.

[@andreascala2898]

Hello. iO love your courses and I would like to buy them all too. But they're only in English, right? Is it not possible to translate them into Italian as you do on youtube?

[@speedcharlive]

I dont thik it would be easy or even possible to translate so many hours on any other language :). But thank you!

[@andreascala2898]

OK, I get it. If you happen to translate something into Italian, I'll buy. The whole 8-in-1 package. I sincerely hope !! Is it really too interesting what you do!! It's a shame to miss it!! You're really formidable!! Hello and thank you for replying.@@speedcharlive

[@KaushikDas-l4x]

Hi bro! Can you please give us a tutorial on how to sculpt cliffs like in genshin impact in blender, there are almost no tutorials for this on KZbin.

[@kamruzzamanuzzal3764]

I just had an email like that, so searched it on youtube if there are scams like this or not (it's first for me) and it seem it's scam. They said they want to buy my art, but I was confused, cause all my artworks on artstation are already up for sale. why email me then? felt fishy, and saw your vid. reported that mail

[@m2ryushin]

Thanks for your video, I almost got scammed.

[@curtis_wulf1771]

I had the same Scamer two weeks ago

[@curtis_wulf1771]

He wanted to pay me 2 eth for my three models, i was interested in but then i understood that is kind of scam, cramer recommended me pay gas fees as NFT models in order to buy my all 3d models , he recommended the site artclub

[@3dartdesign372]

Yes I received email from scammer busters 😂

[@mahanhej8122]

hey niko,can you do a live sculpt of Guts(berserk)

[@AA-rr9ly]

omg thats the exact same name that emailed me lol

[@asdfg86asdfg]

I was approached by a guy that "wants to help me get more likes on artstation" once :D

[@atroz8058]

Gracias por la info

[@user-16.l914]

i've had a message on instagram about the same thing a couple of days ago lmao

[@ЖмыхАирлейнс-о8м]

thanx man

[@historish165]

i send this video to every NFT email i get =D

[@speedcharlive]

Thank you for making me a target for skammers revenge :).

[@harshraisaxena6724]

Someone was paying me 400$ per nft 😂😂😂

[@kodesh8751]

Torpido

[@Masterofmultiverse]

The real crime is the hearts they break by their false compliments 🥲