Weird Contact From Another Faa Member. Is This A Scammer?
Hi all. I am very new here and this is my first time ever trying something like this, so I am very cautious. A few days ago, another FAA member contacted me via PM. They just said, "Hi, how are you?" I looked at their profile before responding and saw that they had been a member on FAA since 2013, so I responded, "I'm fine, how about you." Over the next couple days, we exchanged similar PMs with others talking about our experience here on FAA. I figured someone who has been doing this for seven years might be able to give me some pointers. I talked about myself and my art a little. Then, the person asked me if I had a Facebook, Skype, or Whatsapp, profile. I told them that I did not, and have not heard back from them. This got my curiosity up, so I look at their gallery, it is comprised of very small images that same size as the display images on FAA.
I just found it very strange and suspicious. It just seemed like the person had no reason to contact me. They were not interested in my art, and we're not trying to sell me theirs. It seems that the only thing the person wanted was my social media profiles, specifically, a way to communicate with me outside of FAA. In my experience, when I person wants to draw you off of a platform for private communication, they are a scammer. But since this person has been a member here since 2013, I feel that my suspicions may be out of place. If they were not a scammer, what other reasons could there be for this strange behavior?
