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

Fraud, great

Did you report them to their local authorities yet?

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 58 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I dont think this even remotely classifies as fraud. Its just scummy.

[-] And009@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 2 months ago

That's what fraud means, it's a false perception.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 2 months ago

The comment was talking about "reporting to authorities" so this was about the legal definition of fraud, not the lexical one.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

I don't think literally anywhere in the world would this actually be considered illegal.

[-] 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

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 51 points 2 months ago

I remember of people talking about that on r/Brasil

[-] perfectly_boiled_pizza@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Do you remember people talking about that specific person or do you remember people talking about doing something like this themselves?

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 2 months ago

About this specific case, that was at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've known a few artists and have long held the belief that the art being produced is secondary to the artist themselves.

[-] sbf@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Game is game

Edit: \j

this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2025
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