This April Fools, instead of tricking you I've made my target a single person.
Let me tell you the story of how I not only wasted a scammer's time for days, but scared him really bad by making him live through a bespoke body horror story (🧵)

April 01, 2026 - 17:22 UTC

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Holy hell. 🤯
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10/10
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incredible work
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THIS IS HYSTERICAL LOOOOL
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I still can't believe he went for it lmao
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this is horrifying and im all here for it
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HOLY SHIT THIS WAS AN AMAZING READ
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Thank you! :)
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standing ovation for your dedication
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Messing with people is like catnip to me
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Like many good scams, this starts with a random DM on Tumblr. A man claiming to be a Canadian wildlife photographer (with a stolen profile pic) asks to buy the rights and ownership to my art. I first think it's an NFT scam, but I'm surprised to see it's one I hadn't seen before, so I keep prodding.
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This gets funny when the scammer claims they sell the rights to artwork to companies such as "Samsung, Oxford, iPhones etc"... and there's government officials involved?
So I ask him which pieces he'd want to acquire, to see if he'd come up with a reason for "iPhones" wanting weird horror.
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Ah yes, the three genders. Samsung, Oxford, and iPhones.
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You just know the guy on the other end is feverishly googling if this is real and transmissible electronically 😂
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HAHAHA I really hope he looked up where this epidemic was and whether it could reach him
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This is absolutely beautiful. The scammers absolute determination to still sell you on their bullshit even while you're posting horrific shit is hilarious to me
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That's the best prank ever
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@allstarserena.bsky.social Look Outside
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Damn I thought this kind of scheme happened to commissioners, not artists. They're so insistent it drives me nuts. It's like digital mosquitoes.
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That dude deserved to get pranked. Ngl
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marvelous
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Ed. Buddy. My guy.

you frighten me.
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Good :)
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It's too clean. Only gum tissue can weaken itself to permit teeth to emerge. These teeth would need to tear their way out of the skin.
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True, but I don't like bloody body horror. Clean is scarier imo
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we should all aspire to be so unhinged 🖤
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High praise, thank you :)
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Hello, Eduardo.
I've been trying to get in contact with you. I supply artwork to kindergartens across America, Canada, and Oxford (I'm not sure which one or if the uni).

We'd love to license your work!

Sincerely,
[Insert American sounding name]
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Sounds great! I'm sure the kiddos would love what I have to offer and that this arrangement will not result in any deep-seated traumatic memories :)
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the typos from the teeth on their fingers are a great touch. love this
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Had to commit to it fully, of course ;)
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👑👑👑👑👑
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You're scary as your pieces
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You calling him by a different name every time is the cherry on the cake xD
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I have the woooorst memory with names! ^^
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