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[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 85 points 2 months ago

Fraud, great

Did you report them to their local authorities yet?

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

real talk, how do you report someone in a different country to authorities? Especially with such a borderline specific reason like lying about where you live to get more clients, he's still doing the work after all

[-] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 2 months ago

Call their local police office. For something like this, literally nothing will happen. Ever. No matter what. Online fraud is damn near unenforced.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 12 points 2 months ago

Why would this even classify as fraud? Lying about where you currently are on an internet profile isn't a crime.

The only possible case for fraud would be if the artist promised to use part of the money to help with Ukrainian efforts or whatever. Instead, he just played everyone by being vague, assuming all he did was change his location and open "emergency commissions".

[-] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Lying about who you are to solicitate money under a false pretense is absolutely fraud.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago

That's the catch, he wasn't asking for money, he was offering his service. If I make an account on xitter and claim to be a Cambodian artist, is it fraud if people commission me because I'm not actually Cambodian, despite getting the art they asked for?

It's obviously misleading, but claiming fraud, legally speaking, needs more than just an unimportant detail being false

[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 6 points 2 months ago

I am not familiar with Brazilian law. But filing a form is quicker and easier than figuring out whether their enforcement agencies do their job

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