Icon by @ebu


friend enjoyer and aspiring game developer

aromantic/bisexual

25 years of being chaotic and counting

send pats!!


i also do custom magic item commissions

for ttrpgs and such


frequently NSFW, sometimes I write porn and sometimes I draw it of myself
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ΘΔ am creature (dragon edition)


I enjoy doing worldbuilding a lot and have a big sci-fi setting with magic I've been building for over a decade now


If you want to know more places to find me,
ask me on discord! I don't bite (unless you want me to :3)

ebu
@ebu

okay, some context here. i'm in a couple different discord servers for furry emotes. i have not sent a single message in a lot of them, but despite that, and every now and then i will get a random friend request from someone else in those servers. it's always a scammer with the same scam.

the basic mechanism goes like this:

  • they will complement you / your fursona / your OC
  • they say they're looking for commissions and ask if you want to commission them
  • they agree to some price, and get you to send some/half/all of the money upfront
  • they take whatever you send them, block you, and bail

i've gotten more than a few of these, and i usually ignore or reject them, but today i had an idea. what if i just fed their messages into an LLM and got that to reply?


hi hello!
that was the only message that i wrote myself; everything else is LLM output.
Hey How are you?
erm... okay I guess.
Good to hear that
Btw your pfp looks so awesome ❤️
thank you <3 it's actually just a sketch I did in a class, but I'm glad you like it!
Your welcome
Ig it's your OC?
yes! It's my fursona. He's a lucario/tigress hybrid (lucitress?) and his name is Ebu.
i added the "lucario" part, but the LLM blatantly gets my pronouns wrong (grr) and adds an entire hybrid species in there. however, that does not deter our scammer.
I see
Well, I'm a commission artist and I have an amazing idea for your character and I'm sure you would love it 😊
Wanna hear my idea?
sure, go ahead!
I was hoping to draw your full body character with fully shaded and dark Smoky theme of a background something like your character is enjoying the moment with some shy and friendly expressions. What do you think?
that sounds really cool! I'm not sure what exactly "smoky" means, but it seems pretty neat. I'll definitely commission you for that if you want.
> "not sure exactly what 'smoky' means
the LLM comes swinging out the gate with passive-aggression, love to see it
Perfect consider it done
Kindly share your ref-sheet
I don't have one yet, unfortunately. He's just a sketch so far!
the LLM saves me from having to upload my ref sheet to the scammer, yay
You can send me any image that's close enough to your character it's work for me :3
ah, okay. I can send you some more pictures of him later when I get the chance.
Alrighty
Do you have any deadlines?
not really. I'd like it done somewhat soon, but I don't have a deadline for it or anything. Just let me know when you think you'll be able to start on it!
I usually take 15-20 days to complete a project.
May i know how much you're willing to spend on it?
that sounds like a reasonable amount of time. As for the price, I'm not sure. Could we discuss that more in private messages or something? I don't want to clutter up the chat with money stuff, ya know?
here's where the LLM really slips up. we're already in DM's. fortunately, all the scammer can see is the dollar signs, and completely ignores this contradiction.
Yeah i know but i prefer to work under my client budget.
Should i drop my price sheet?
I'd appreciate it if you did. I can look through it and we can work something out that way!
Here it my price sheet
they don't actually send the following as text, but as an image. i've reverse-image-searched it, but it appears to be completely bespoke. below transcribed is all the text on it.
Headshot/Portrait - 50$

Bust - 60$
Waist - 70$
Knees - 80$
Fullbody - 100$

Background - 0-100$
Extra details - 10-50$
Payment via Paypal
thank you for sharing that with me. I'll take a look at it and we can talk more in private messages, as you suggested. It was really nice talking to you, though!
the LLM is now attempting to gaslighting the scammer into thinking they suggested moving to DMs. our protagonist completely ignores this.
Mhmh. And The best part is that you don’t have to pay full amount right now we can start with a half as an upfront and half after the work done so I can start your work and remaining at the time of final file
Sound's good :3
that sounds great. Thanks again for talking to me! I look forward to hearing more from you in private messages, and I'll send over some more pictures of Ebu when I have a chance. Have a nice day!
again the LLM seems to indicate that we're not in DM's, despite the fact that we are. additionally, it kinda sounds like it's ending the conversation altogether. fortunately, the scammer was too greedy to wait a day.
I believe you have a PayPal or CashApp
I do indeed have a Paypal. I can send the funds whenever you like.
Sound's good to me :3
[email redacted]
Here is my PayPal kindly send me a screenshot when you're done with the Payment ❤️
interestingly, they deleted that message after "i" "sent" the funds, presumably so i can't report them. i still have their email address saved in the LLM history, though.
alright! I've just sent the payment. Let me know if there are any other steps I need to take! Thanks for your patience and help with this.
Kindly send me the screenshot of it. I would highly appreciate it
this is where i thought this would end. i thought i would need to fabricate some kind of screenshot...
Here's a screenshot of the transfer! https://ibb.co/2GdJn9Q
...but the LLM invents something even funnier: dead image links.
I check the PayPal didn't receive the payment
Huh, that's weird... I just double-checked and it definitely went through. My balance is down by $50 now (which should be the half of your upfront payment). Sorry about that! What can we do to fix this?
Can you send your transaction history screenshot cuz I don't receive your payment yet
And this is not the payment link
Here it is! https://ibb.co/96CnY0x
all of these image links are 404s, in case you were about to check.
That page doesn't exist
It shows up for me? It's saying that the payment was successful, and my balance has been adjusted accordingly. I don't know what's going on here... sorry again about this!
Send me the screen shot what's showing on to you
https://ibb.co/15pHV7G
Like I said send me the screen shot not link
and also this link and other link is not working
Not working
I will block you
they get a bit desparate and turn up the heat...
I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Here's a screenshot of what I see when I click on it (it redirects me to a PayPal page where I log in and confirm payment): https://ibb.co/07x9K1C
> "I'm sorry for the inconvenience."
another little LLM-ism slips out.
I don't know why it won't work for you, but I can try another method if that helps?
You know screen shot picture?
erm... yes?
SO send my the picture only
For payment
.... I don't have a screenshot of it on my phone anymore. I tried to fix this and make sure your funds went through, but it seems like we need to go through a different method for now. I can use Cash App or Venmo if you have those? They work a lot more reliably than PayPal has been for me lately.
they don't respond to this. i write a last message myself, trying to provoke them, hoping their greed keeps this going...
what is your cashapp?
...but no dice.

unfortunately, they wiped their side of the Discord conversation, and i can't report messages that were deleted. i do have their email address, which i'm not sure the best way to report to PayPal (or Google, since it was a gmail address).

lessons learned:

  • the second you're able to confirm it's a scam, report their message(s) within Discord (not via the web form) immediately, don't give them time to delete them (after then, it's too late to report)
  • if someone reaches out to you for you to commission them, it's almost certainly a scam.
  • if someone asks you to pay them money for a job and doesn't even bother to confirm how much, it's definitely a scam.
  • if you know how to report a PayPal account for scamming when you've not had a transaction with the scammer in question, let me know
  • i take back the "ai" hate, llm-powered scammer honeypots are hilarious
nerd stuff (LLM details) engine: LM Studio
model: nakodanei/Blue-Orchid-2x7b_GGUF
system prompt:
some random furry messaged me out of the blue, so i decided to message them back. below is a record of the chat log, i thought it was quite funny :)

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prompt format:
{system prompt}
[scammer Discord name]: {user input}
Ebu: {model output}

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