Scam Warning for Soft★Embers Community
Summary
Soft★Embers warns the community about a DM payment scam and announces the offending user has been banned for safety. The announcement explains red flags, that the user pushed for upfront payments despite refusal, and urges members to block, ignore, and report any similar messages to staff to protect the server.
IMPORTANT !!
Just to prewarn everyone about a very serious situation that could end up with you scammer out of your money. I will provide evidence (to staff) and my reasoning here behind my conclusion to ban this user.
I AM NOT PROMOTING ANY HARASSMENT TOWARDS THIS USER IM SPREADING AWARENESS
So, earlier today I received a dm (profile shown below) asking if I can checkout their art and creative work so obviously despite working I agreed. Now it was all fine I was giving honest feedback and they offered to make something for me so obviously I politely declined since as sweet as it seemed I'm not in the right state right now to be throwing away my money here and there. So they explained I only had to pay a certain amount upfront then pay the rest later. Again, I politely declined and thanked them for their offer. But despite that they continuously kept pushing for a payment despite me saying no I'm ok and for them not to worry about starting anything since I will not be able to pay and I didn't even accept the offer from the start.
After chatting to a very close friend of mine who has a lot more experience than me when it comes to interacting with these people we both pointed out red flags and agreed this person is none other than a scammer, despite them not being in the server I'm still going to thank them here anyways because they've provided massive support and knowledge on the situation.
In conclusion, the user has been banned for the safety of others as well as the server as a whole.
If you do or have received a dm from this user please ignore it, block the user and close the dm. If you choose not to atleast don't fall into the payments, if you do I am not taking any accountability for it as I have warned you.
Best regards,
— wrenny

