Yes, I hear you, Ayin. This one kept ringing the alert bell, but I did want to see how far I could go. When he/she (I say that because one time it was Art Dave, then another time Art Cindy, who claimed both names) finally gave me an address, I went online and found it was a real address a few towns away. However, still suspicious, I checked the assessor rolls, which didn't give an owner's name, but a realtor friend was able to check it out. No name even remotely connected to the two Arts, which was no surprise.
When I followed Zen's suggestion and asked for cash up front, got the "my friend will send you a check." That's when I figured it was time to stop playing the game and told him/her that I was granting ZERO use of my image under any circumstances.
Reality is, once posted online anybody with any skill could have copied it, which was why the scam sounded legit at first, because why ask permission if not serious. But that proved to be just a clever come on.
Ayin, I gave your last post a sad emoji only because I feel this situation to be a sad state of affairs.
Con artists prey best on those with any degree of wishful thinking, and that pretty much includes most of us humans. Not sure about AI yet on that account....
