Hey everyone.

Most of you might already be aware of this, so this is mostly for the newer creators and those that may be too eager or in need of cash and miss vital details.

I'll keep it brief. When receiving payments that's not on platforms like OF, Fansly and those, please double check the received information.

I'm going to use PayPal for an example, Some of my more SFW work I do take money via PayPal from because I can prove that it isn't sexual stuff, as we know they are very anti-sex work.

So I got a guy from Twitter that was very respectful and said all the rgith things, then he sent payment...

Got an email and at a quick glance things looked ok, fortunately my partner was walking by and he didn't even briefly look at that payment notification email and asked me what scammer sent that and I was like what do you mean.

Firstly he said Paypal payment notifications never look like that, and that's the only red flag you need, but then he showed me what else to look for. The domain used to send the email from says Paypal but not where it is needed.

Paypal will always address you by your full name when notifying you, whereas this email did not.

The sender's name was mentioned twice yet spelled differently from each other. The email mentioned a waiting period of 1 to 2 hour which was another flag. When receiving money it will be in your account before the email comes through.

Then the links to help sources from the email naming Paypal all look suspicious.

So my partner has been using Paypal for his one business for well over 15 years.

So here is a tip he gave me, he copied the whole email then headed to Microsft edge browser and opened co-pilot, and typed in, i received this email and it seems fake and pasted the whole email and Co-pilot listed all the issues about this supposed email from Paypal.

The world is vastly relying on digital everything these days and it is so easy to get taken advantage off, but there are tools we can use to help us, and I wanted to share this for those that need it.