The National Cartoonists Society is helping Bill Morrison spread the word
about a scam specifically directed at cartoonists.
From the NCS:
Dear NCS Members,Keep your eyes peeled for scammers targeting cartoonists. NCS past-President Bill Morrison had the following experience with a scammer offering cartoon work, and he luckily picked up on the ruse before it got too far.
From Bill:
I was a cartooning scam victim!
I recently had an experience with a scammer that was tailored to me as a cartoonist, and I feel obligated to warn my cartoonist and illustrator friends not to fall for this swindle.
It began with an email from a woman, “Heather Hall,” who said she represented a company that wanted to hire me to draw some cartoons for a Covid safety presentation for high school-age kids. The job paid very well and had a generous deadline. A few things seemed odd at first…
Read the full episode at NCS’ Facebook.
The NCS offers this advice:
If ever you are in doubt about an unsolicited job, always copy and paste some of the email into google to check if it is a phishing scam, or similar. The odds are, other artists have experienced the same thing and hopefully clued in to it.
