youre welcome. and no, there is nothing to be done. itch support wont help and I have actually gotten banned by a moderator (No Time To Play) from posting in help wanted section bc he said I Was harassing people, even though I showed him proof of the scammers multiple times. he would rather let the scammers be active and ban me instead. they have ruined the help wanted section
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Crazy!! You'd think they would dig in to these people and ban them or something.
I feel like a moron. That's the first time I fell for a scam my entire life lol. I can usually spot a fake, but I'm running out of time to ship this game, and I rushed in when I saw the great work posted :( I started getting weird vibes after a Discord convo, like AI speak where it summarizes what you say in its reply. But stupidly I sent money thinking I was working w/ someone legit and didn't want to be rude. Afterward, I dug into it and sure enough it was pretty obvious they're using a bunch of profiles online with all kinds of random work, and replaying to every job no matter the art style. None of the work posted was legitimately done by the poster (no listed credit on any of them in MobyGames or other official lists). I have scammer's Zelle info, but it's probably fake name too. Sucks, man. I'm an idiot :(
Well, since it's the first time I ever had this issue, I'm not giving up on Itch yet. I've bought assets here before w/ no issues, and talked to some legit good people. But 100% I am going to be much more wary in the future. Also using another site now too.
Anyway, thx for at least trying to help. Like your music btw! Checked out your YouTube sounds. Keep up the great work!
yeah you would, makes you wonder what's really going on behind the scenes
but no worries man, the morons are the scammers for taking advantage, sorry for the experience but we all learn by mistakes.
i almost fell for a few myself before I Started digging too, so it happens.
itch is great man, love the community, just hate the scammers infesting it.
no problem, and thanks for checking out my music, really appreciate it.
what is your skillset? i do music production, SFX, and game design, so if you want to link, im on Discord @ Real8e. Stay safe out there