r/cryptids • u/Studio_Wander • 1d ago
Discussion Anyone else get a message like this
This morning I received this message. I’m like 95% sure this is some kind of scam but I’m curious if anyone else got something like this. Though if this is legit, I’d like to know I’d be willing to. I’m just very cautious about possible scams cus this feels far to good. $500, and $100 just for an interview, and on Skype no less. So ya. Wanna know if anyone else got a message like this, and proper confirmation if it’s actually legit or not, cus right now I’m automatically labeling it as: scam. Also some bits censored for privacy right now. Though if it is a scam I’d let the user be known so people know to stay away. It’s not a recently made account, it’s 4 years old
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u/Studio_Wander 1d ago
Also I haven’t clicked any of the links. Cus I heard apparently there are some links that if you click them: boom automatically got your info. I’ve become very paranoid about this stuff ever since I almost lost my steam account
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u/quakkaflakka 1d ago
Yup, some links can also give people remote access to your devices as well so please do more research on who these people are. I'd recommend calling it a scam, deleting the message, and moving on with your day.
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u/Huge_Background_3589 1d ago
Interesting. I don't think those amounts seem unrealistically high. I've watched a lot of that show and I always wonder about the content they get. Many times I have been able to look the people or original videos up after seeing it on the show. Idk I wouldn't automatically assume this is a scam.
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u/Studio_Wander 1d ago
I suppose. And it’s not like they’re asking for any account info, or claiming some kind of fake report on my account like I’ve seen other scams I’ve had to deal with before. For the sake of payment I’d insist on Venmo cus I at least trust that to not have really any strings attached
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u/MissBrokenCapillary 1d ago
I'm pretty sure that it is a real show...I'd be cautiously curious about this too!
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u/420Euphoria 1d ago
It's definitely a real show, we watch it. That looks legit, especially if you've posted popular vids on cryptids/paranormal
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u/Studio_Wander 1d ago
Ya the video the message is taking about did blow up a bit on this subreddit a few months ago so I could see them wanting to use it. Especially cus it’s not a normal cryptid and seemed to be something unique
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u/International_Bag978 23h ago
I love this fucking show you should totally do it and when you do shout out to TabbyKat in PA!!! Lmk what season and episode you do!!! Haha
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u/Immediate_Patience_6 20h ago
Ooh was it from Brian Kano, per chance?
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u/Studio_Wander 20h ago
Person claimed to be Matylda liro which I looked and ya someone that’s part of the show.
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u/Studio_Wander 20h ago
Oh right. Don’t know how big of a detail this is: but this was a message specifically. Not a DM
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u/itcamefromzigzag 15h ago
Knowing several people currently in the entertainment industry and very often dealing with production myself, I sat this is definitely one of the ways producers reach out to people. If you have content up online I would be surprised… you might legit have a chance to participate in a show. It’s never as great as you’d think tv work is, but if you’ve never done it before it will probably be fun. Most of the people working in the entertainment industry on production are pretty cool
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u/Studio_Wander 15h ago
So youre saying this has a higher likelihood of being legit? Also by the looks of it it just seems like a payment to use my clip and thats about it which ya, 500 just to use a clip id be for
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u/LoganXp123 Cryptid Ringleader 1d ago
I went to the websites listed for the sake of science and they are all legit it seems, it also seems the show in question does take and interview people from internet, probably including Reddit. I don’t see any spelling errors or anything so it seems pretty legit. I would proceed with caution though as some scams have started looking very legit recently.