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BONUS VIDEO: Scam Slam Jam
🕑 Added 2024-03-14 18:03:02 +0000 UTCHey y'all! Remember how I said I wasn't going to post a video on YouTube until July? A new terrible development changed that!
You might have seen me talking about this/making this song on my Watch This While You Do Your Art stream a couple weeks ago, but I've had a couple different people message and say that someone claiming to be me has sent them a DM on Discord, and checking if it's actually me. It's not!
Same goes for TikTok: there's someone reuploading my stuff as me, and people think they're actually interacting with me, but they're not! And it's very frustrating that I can't actively take down any of those imposter accounts simply because I don't use either platform.
So this video is meant mostly as a quick PSA to avoid scammers like that. I'll be posting this as my description/caption on the videos:
I've had a few people message me to say that someone is pretending to be me on Discord and TikTok. I am not on Discord OR TikTok! Unfortunately, scammers are more and more likely to use "approachable" parasocial celebrities in order to take advantage of you. Be cautious of anyone claiming to be someone that you admire on the internet. It's easy to tell it's a scam if "George Clooney" slides into my DMs (even though I really hope he does), but it's much harder to catch if the scammer is claiming to be a niche internet microceleb. So here's my (somewhat harsh) promise: I will never DM you. Heck, I barely text my own friends! Sorry about that, real-life friends. Please please please be wary of scammers on the internet, especially as AI becomes more prevalent. Stay safe out there!
I rushed to finish this video in order to warn people about these sorts of scams, so it's just a silly PSA that doesn't include any credits or bloopers! But I also put in a little more effort than I was expecting, so hopefully it's still enjoyable on it's own!
It'll go up on my Instagram and YouTube tomorrow, and this is one of those videos that will probably look better there, because I designed it to loop. I'm pretty proud of that loop. (You can get close to that experience by just pressing play again once the video ends on this Patreon post. Do It Yourself Looping.)
Okay, that's it, back to work on the album project now!
TL;DR, PLEASE DO NOT GET SCAMMED BY PEOPLE CLAIMING TO BE ME.
Comments
Brian David Gilbert
Thanks for the heads up! At the very least, they've finally changed their bio from "My new TikTok" to "I’m not BDG. I’m fan BDG. BDG no on TikTok!" They're still a weird clickfarm but at least now people (hopefully) won't interact with them and assume they're talking to me.
alicia
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLFEgsq2/ the fake tik tok has uploaded the no tik tok video 🚨
Emily Darrow
I just like how the leading argument here is "why me though"
sweesbees
you're so right, don't answer scammers pretending to be someone cool on discord, just stick to replying to emails from legitimate people like the prince of nigeria
Tim Roberts
This has 69 likes and I don't want to ruin that. But this is fantastic.
Nate Matthews
Just sent a report in for I'm scam. We'll see how that works. If the TikTok user hasn't begun to start DMing scams that might not work
rionsanura
You can still report it as a scam, I think, without identifying who it is impersonating.
Brian David Gilbert
It's possible! I'm more worried about the Discord scammer than anyone reuploading my videos elsewhere. Drawing attention to it always has a chance to backfire (I know all about the Streisand Effect), but here's hoping that it'll help raise awareness in general!
Tobias Lautenschlager
Unfortunately i think if the scammers are smart and want to confuse people, they'll upload this vid to their scam profile and cut out the part about the platform that they are uploading to
Karis
shitty situation, excellent bop!
Nate Matthews
Like I work adjacent to cyber security. I catch these things, but it's so easy just to overlook the signs sometimes.
Nate Matthews
The real kicker is I fully believed the TikTok account was you even though I noted some inconsistencies. I just overlooked it for excitement.
Nate Matthews
I've been trying to report the fake TikTok account but it won't let me report it if you don't have an account for me to link to. Hate TikTok moderation
Maia
"even i try my best to avoid doing it" based take
rionsanura
You are now a loop hero, I think. You've met the qualifications
Well-Spoken Rambler
The *real* Brian would never instigate the conversation! The *real* Brian is tenuously summoned by frighteningly huge walls of text on esoteric unrelated subjects! Glad to see this finished, it is a fun and informative bop
Unhuman
Delightful video. Sorry for the reason behind it, though.
Lollerskate
This turned out really good 😂
