Fake Artist Scam Exposed — Full Breakdown & Transcript

[00:02] Rabbity rabbit hole gets a lot deeper because some more stuff came out posted, which again, like because my videos are pre-filmed, obviously I don't the same day. Like it comes a couple days before. Some more stuff came out

[00:17] and it gets even crazier. So, let's lock in, let's strap in, and if you guys don't know what I'm talking about, I'll have the two videos before this linked down below, but I'll give you a big old TLDR. There is an artist by the name of

[00:29] bunch of artwork that they were doing artwork for authors. An author got generative AI used in the process and Delilah was like, "Nope, I drew paints." People weren't buying the speed paints and Delilah was like, "No, I drew

[00:42] you for making these statements about me using generative AI." So then, there was Delilah potentially painting over AI, but also Delilah threatening to defame a client. Everything shook down and basically it was allegedly revealed, and

[00:56] I talked about it in my video, where it really does look like Delilah has talent to draw, but is painting over generative AI to give it in commissions. So, "I swear I didn't defame anybody, blah blah blah blah blah." and kind of locked

[01:10] down their accounts. Then, where does this other artist, Rabbity, come in? Rabbity who is a Pakistani artist who focuses on doing content teaching other artist, especially if you are a Pakistani. So, you know, cool

[01:24] educational content for artists. And then, some people on the internet did a little little little little math. They took a look at Delilah's drawings. They what did they find out? There's a lot of similarities. It looks like they have

[01:37] the same hand. It looks like they draw on the same scratched up table. It looks pencils and the same drawing markers. And the way they talk also sounds really damning evidence that came out where it was like Rabbity had posted an art piece

[01:52] and then Delilah posted that art piece, but then Rabbity's art piece was posted to TikTok with text over it, but Delilah somehow had the original video file for being like, "Oh, this is work that I did." So, that is what tied both of them

[02:06] of them their arms looking similar. It was like, "Well, how would you have access to their artwork before they posted it unless you guys are the same person?" Now, Rabby denied it to hell

[02:18] and high water and said that they are not Delilah, but instead Rabby was like, commissioned me for some artwork. They wanted a speed paint and they paid me four times more money and they said it was because they were getting a false AI

[02:30] accusation and they wanted a speed paint to clear their name." So, the way that I'm interpreting it, either you guys are the same person or you participated in some sort of cover-up scheme for this other mystery person. Now, this is where

[02:42] all the new information comes in. So, let's delve in and again, please don't now we have this post on Threads by user SJ Minyard. SJ Minyard have provided a lot of information in terms of

[02:55] uncovering Delilah Monroe and then Rabby. So, SJ provides even more information delving a little bit deeper. SJ writes, "Authors do not commission Delilah Monroe. Here is more proof that she is a fake account run by a software

[03:09] company to scam artists and authors. Artists, see my pinned post in regards to companies asking for commission works for their clients." So, this is the be part of a company and they're requesting artwork for their clients,

[03:22] doesn't have an in-house artist, you should not be advertising that as a artist, but they're offering clients So, this sort of software company stuff is actually something that I've talked

[03:35] about previously on my channel. There was a whole scheme that was uncovered about this ring that was happening in Indonesia that was headed by a company other companies that do this, but essentially the way these software

[03:47] companies operate, at least the one that I talked about in that video, from what it looks like is that there is a company overhead and they brand themselves as something, you know, like art company A. And art company A is headed by a bunch

[04:00] but they want to get some shmoney. So, what they do, they hire a bunch of agents and they pay them pennies and the agents' job are to go find clients and to go find artists. They connect the clients with the artists and they kind

[04:14] to the artist and be like, "Oh, what services do you offer?" And the artist will be like, "I offer like a bust up for $20, a full body for, I don't know, $40." They find artists that are very cheap, right? And then they go to

[04:26] actually an artist. So, they're like, "I am artist so-and-so. So, I offer services. I offer headshots for $200 and full bodies for $400." They jack up the

[04:38] like, "Oh, I like your work. Yes, I'm willing to work with you." The artist gets paid the $20 for the the bust up or whatever. The middleman agent gets paid some pennies in the transaction. And the company overhead takes like 90% of it

[04:54] and people don't know. The client doesn't know that the artist they hired isn't actually the artist. Like, yes, it is the artist giving the artwork, but the artwork, you know, as it's passing between all these people. So, the artist

[05:07] artwork to and vice versa. So, the client doesn't know that there is the and poorly paid and they're not getting 90% of what they paid. That is how at least the one in Indonesia that we talked about seems to be running. And

[05:21] that could be allegedly how this is also functioning. So, that is why it's a big red flag because it's like, "Why is this company acting as this middleman service?" You don't need a middleman for your art stuff. You really do not. And

[05:34] mean, there maybe possibly can be a legit one, but time and time again I've just seen that this serves as another vehicle for exploitation for artists. And what is interesting is that Raby had actually mentioned that in their defense

[05:49] They were saying, oh well, you know, whatever, whatever, whatever. So, she knows about the software company. So, SJ provided the screenshots if they wish me

[06:01] their own profile, but are contemplating taking them down for their own safety. Check out this art account. Looks normal, innocent, somebody you could blue check mark. They claim again to be a 22-year-old a pixel artist and live 2D

[06:16] specialist and to have no AI. Where allegedly it is actually this person called Edrice. These are DMs between the clients and Edrice. And this looks to be maybe on WhatsApp, where the client said, I think she blocked me. This looks

[06:31] could have said these artists also worked on it. And Edrice says, I can't mentioned that I'm working on it. Please don't reshare commission work, bro. And then the client is like, so are you Delilah Monroe? And Edrice says, it's my

[06:48] agency artist account. People could be lying, but we have a screenshot where this bro admits to being Delilah. So, allegedly this is the agency, an agency by the name of D Scout Solutions or D Scouts.official. From what I've seen,

[07:02] they look to have actually changed their Instagram handle, so now it's D Scouts don't harass, don't go and contact these people, right? But this is just for losing it while he was getting exposed in real time. Edrice says, sure, I'm

[07:17] is asking for credits and stuff because everybody knows it's outsourced. And messaging my clients showing our chats? And then he tries voice calling. And there's a bunch more voice call spams

[07:30] all on the same time. Oh, he's mad that he's getting caught, bro. Bro's mad that he's getting caught. And then I think this really reveals a lot and this is just me personally looking into this, right? Because like why would you be

[07:43] scared of revealing that you are outsourcing to a bunch of artists, unless you're afraid that you're going to lose your clients in the process due doing that you don't want them to find out about. Otherwise, you wouldn't care,

[07:57] right? But if you go to a skin clinic and then you're like, I want to get this is like, "Coolios, like totally down for you to do all these treatments. We're going to go and, you know, bring you to one of our licensed practitioners to

[08:10] perform the treatment on you." That is fair communication. You know that you're and as long as you know and you agreed to it, you're like, "Cool, fine, dandy, all good." What is not cool, another example, is the ghost surgeons. Have you

[08:24] hole in Korea? It happens in other countries, too. But it's a wild story surgeon's like, "Yep, I'm going to be your plastic surgeon. I have 15 years of experience. Here's all the noses that I've done for nose jobs. We'll look

[08:37] knock you out, put you into the surgery room, and a different doctor comes and because you think you're getting operated on by this world-class surgeon, on by a different dude. And sure, maybe he can do a good job, but maybe he

[08:53] again, the core issue is that's not what you signed up for. So, possibly possibly me looking at this, right? Bro could be panicking because the clients might not know that these are outsourced labor and that these artists they're talking to

[09:08] are actually just fronts pretending to be artists, where there's another artwork that isn't getting compensated fairly. The client said, "Well, because working for and because I have no trust in you." And Idris says, "We are ending

[09:22] everything here. Also, I don't trust you, either. Please share all files here." Oh, this is interesting. Okay, so what I'm saying client, it looks like this client in question is actually an artist that was working under Idris.

[09:35] to be truthful since I still have some files that he needs. Maybe like art files. I get my payments 100% up front, so this is funny to me. So, well, the already know the answer, but I want to see if you're going to lie more or not.

[09:50] Edrice responds, "And since we're not working together now," and they sent a bunch of words that Google Translate said is Hindi, and in English it could be cleared except payments for pending projects and files." Where

[10:04] Edrice has actually nothing to hold over their head. And SJ adds, "Side note, Delilah changed their account info, so it no longer says her age because we Because again, remember Delilah claimed to be 22, but then people found out that

[10:19] Delilah was posting artwork that belonged to Robbie, right? And Robbie's commenter adds, "I thought it was another artist, Delilah that is, right?" Robbie were the same person, which, you know, up until like today, that's what I

[10:34] thought as well. And SJ adds, "Yes, so the Robbie account is involved, that is true, but she is part of a software company that many people work for. They all run the account. Edrice plays his part by reaching out to real artists for

[10:47] the company claiming they need art for their clients that they then use to scam clarified this, and Edrice admits it in the text where we just read that." Also, the info to expose them, "I've been trying to expose them for months."

[11:00] information. And the Disco's agency page just reads really interestingly. And they have the same contact email as the one that the previous page had. They have all of these graphics of like teaching you how to sell three DM

[11:15] mistakes that you made. "We're hiring a sales executive for the midnight shift, 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. They're only looking for men." What's interesting is I'm not going to show you the full phone number, but for this number, the last

[11:31] four digits are 4647. The last four digits for Adrees' number is 4647. So, we know that this Adrees person is tied to this D Scouts. The number links right on the homepage. What's

[11:45] page where they have a location linked in the bio, which takes you to this neighborhood in the Karachi district in Pakistan. Except if you go to their website that's also linked in their bio, for some reason their location is

[11:59] flagged in Missouri. But then if you look up their name D Scout in like a US LLC name lookup, there's no business entities in the US under the name D business, at least it doesn't look like it. And look what they offer. They offer

[12:14] design. Our design ideas mix some real artistic flair with that fresh modern look. Does that mean generative AI or something else? They do marketing. They do social media. Hmm. So, at the end of the day, this is what it shakes up to.

[12:27] SJ writes, "Working with a team of skilled artists? No. A fake account run artists into doing art for their clients It's a scam. This account pretends to be an artist named Dalila, but it's really

[12:41] run by a software company in Pakistan. See my previous post. Authors, don't be of the day because like everybody involved except the middlemen that are skimming money off the top, they get scammed. The artist that does the work,

[12:54] whether through pressure or whatever, ends up using AI in their process, etc., don't, they're probably under a lot of pressure to turn over a lot of work quickly. Secondly, the artists are not getting paid fairly because they are

[13:07] getting paid probably a lowball wage because the middleman is taking all the profit in between. And then the authors who are purchasing from these artists or other creators, whomever is purchasing, are also getting scammed because half

[13:20] made with generative AI when it's something that you don't want and that this because you're being actively misled and deceived by the middleman who are telling you, "Oh yeah, no AI was made. I'm the artist. I made it. Trust

[13:34] me, bro." So, at the end of the day, which of these stories do you believe? any parties involved. I'm just curious because we know that the Delilah account doesn't belong to a Delilah Monroe. It belongs to somebody else. And from what

[13:48] it looks like, they were painting over generative AI pieces and passing it off as their own work. Now, what we also have seen is that the artist Robbie and the Delilah account seem to have the same hands and draw on the same surface.

[14:03] Now, sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. And the Robbie account was claiming that that speed paint that Delilah, in quotes, posted was a commission that a mystery person had requested from them. They offered to pay

[14:16] four times more for the art piece and the speed paints in order to clear up an AI accusation one of their artists had. Where it literally says, "He said his client thinks his artist is using AI, so he wants me to do the whole art and

[14:30] unable to provide it." And I said, "Okay. I was paid four times. I was people, me included, thought this was like the most outlandish excuse ever. But maybe that case is true. Maybe it is possible that they agreed to get paid

[14:46] extra so that they could provide speed paints to clear a accusation of AI that looks to also be true. I don't know. Again, I'm curious about your thoughts. the comment section down below. But overall, it's a lot of suspicious

[15:00] nefarious things going on over here from what it looks like. And if you're an artist or an author, please stay protected. If you are an artist and if a company asks you to come and make art for them. And again, I'm not trying to

[15:12] like belittle or make fun of like choices that have led to unfortunate hard to make money as an artist, so sometimes when somebody comes to you looking deal, but because you need money, you might just say yes. But

[15:25] unfortunately, a lot of times it will lead to exploitation down the line of you where a middleman is skimming a big chunk of profits from the artwork that you're doing, and you're not seeing a dime from it besides like the low price

[15:39] commissions. And for the authors, and again, the clients, they're getting all this money for artwork that they are thinking is going straight to the artist, whereas likely there is somebody in the middle taking a huge chunk of

[15:53] results that they weren't looking for. except for the middleman. That's a wild story. I just wanted to add this extra bit to tack it on because I know the original video came out and the

[16:06] information about the middleman at Dries and that company Discords came out the in the other video, but I'll have it here just to give you guys a little update. But it's a wild, wild story. So, with that, if you like this video, I'd

[16:20] Don't forget to check me out at Etsy app Digital Art. There I also have a coffee often, but I posted one in my post section cuz some people were looking drawing it down stream just for funsies. I did it in like 2 hours with no

[16:33] Twitch 3 days a week, Mondays and Saturdays at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time or Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. where I do a podcast with my friend. So, I hope to catch you guys in my streams or in another one of my videos. Peace.