SeikoSo the profile of the furry fandom is now high enough that I got scammed by a sweatshop scamming operation in some Russian or West African area over an #Anthrocon hotel room.
They were well versed in how the Anthrocon room block booking operation works.
This is my bad falling for it because I had assumed the friend who referred me to this scammer knew the guy, turns out he just happened to be in a chat he was also in. Turns out he's in a few chats - rubber chats, furry chats, Anthrocon chats, discords, the works.
He's also scammed at least one other person I know of using the shortcomings of Chime and Venmo as money exchanging apps.
He's not a furry. And he's not the person whose name is on Chime or Venmo. Last he was using someone else's art as a profile picture.
I am mostly flabbergasted that the sorts of scam rings that go after AARP members now target fandoms. It's just never been a thing on my radar ever before, especially in the weirdness that is furry.