juliankt Thanks! She known in VK for nickname Астер, and she is current owner of MYAS (chat-group in vk messenger for adopts), she just bought ownership for chat, idk how did this happen. I blocked her in my VK groups already.
Edit from 28.12.23
YOLY MADE NEW ACCOUNT FOR BLOCK AND BLACKLIST EVADING, SHE MESSAGED GHOSTERS ABOUT THIS!!
PLEASE REPORT THIS ACCOUNT TOO IF YOU CAN
https://toyhou.se/Remicut
nickname: Remicut
Edit from 27.12.2023:
HEY Y'ALL SAY THANKS TO GHOSTERS, they made a post with more proofs, info and details about situation!
Unfortunately, I’m still very exhausted after the winter session and I’m trying to rest so I can quickly return to my personal orders, I’m trying to fix the broken images from the post on my profile, but you can look at the Ghosters post to see the proofs and gluings
https://toyhou.se/~bulletins/1627447.major-major-design-thief-psa-please-share
Edit from 19.08.2023:
i will edit links with proofs to working ones in few weeks since im very busy with new college and i have some things to do at home, but still, if you have information or proofs, evidence, or if you are one of victims - please write about that under this post in comments. If we will have more proofs about Yoly behaviour and scams - we will have more chance to get her banned from platforms where she can sell and resell stolen designs/etc., and we will have more chance to spread info to other people so more users don't get scammed by her!
My first and sadly time making PSA on people.
All info is here - https://toyhou.se/~bulletins/1156938.design-thief-beware-please-read-
I should have mentioned that they have been spotted on numerous occasions doing special price increases for their commissions to cash in on the characters they get.
She steals characters from the social network Vkontakte, as most Russian people do not have access to Paypal and cannot sell their characters on English-speaking sites.
By gluing other people's designs, without asking permission from either the owners of the characters or the authors of the drawings (including me), she makes mark-ups on STOLE designs of $ 70 and more.
For the record, she usually buys a character for $1-2 or less on the same social network, and goes to other sites where the original authors couldn't find her. (she was wrong).
She also steals other people oc's and selling them too.
Please just report her and block, don't harass. I really appreciate any repost of this PSA or boost/bump.
Y'all can find my original designs on my page, some of their owners have already been notified about situation.
UPD: Now she is telling people that its AI's work, and she didn't edited my designs without mine and owners permission ..
PROOFS THAT SHE IS LYING ABOUT "INSPIRATION"
Note: I never gave her right to make a HEAVY inspiration from my designs and commissioned customs by other people from me, also she never contacted me anywhere about that, BUT she blocked me on 4 fake users/accounts in VK.
PROOFS THAT SHE BLOCKED ME ON DEVIANTART AFTER COMMENTING ABOUT THEFT.
She also blocked other people too after simple questions about designs credits or commissions credits to users from VK and other platforms.
UPD: ADDED LINKS TO FAKE USERS IN ORIGINAL POST
omfg I just saw this post because they contacted me on Instagram trying to sell to me. Luckily for me, the link didn't work so I had to look them up and here I am now. So glad I saw this before I bought anything.
StarsiaDraws Riifent posted PSA on them on insta too couple of days ago, you can look for it by the same nickname (riifent) or by mine nickname (deneiorr).
Wow I'm so upset seeing this...
I have bought https://toyhou.se/21011548.vitya from them
I have a VK account but my Russian is so terrible (I'm not fluent) and the creator is private
More people need to see because I nearly purchased from them again. I hope creators can get it sorted because its so unfair
Hi! I've never had to write in service reviews before, so I apologize if this isn't structured the best way. But I just happened to stumble upon this, and I just wanted to chime in and say that my friend Baphomett has gotten three different designs from them, two for me and one for themself.
I'm not sure how much they were (I believe they were $30 all together), but I just wanted to know what we should do with the characters?
The characters: Chocolate Pie, Daisy Chain, Moonlight Shadow
I'd just like to know if there's anything I should do/can do with these designs? I wouldn't want to own any designs that might be stolen, and I've never quite been put into a situation like this before. Any help would be appreciated.
Also, figured I'd mention: they'd messaged me a little bit ago saying I've bought from them (I haven't, that was Baphomett), and I believe they were trying to get me to buy other designs from them. Idk if that's of any relevance, but I figured I'd mention either way.
Edit: Just saw the above comment... they also attempted to get Baphomett to pay via Friends & Family (Baphomett paid via Goods & Services instead), and they claimed the OC they had them draw was made by AI. The OC isn't in the gallery anymore like it was before, so the only proof of that OC is from the headshot Baphomett did for them. I don't know much about PayPal, or F&F in general, so I can't make any comments or judgements when it comes to things such as that.
Again, any help about what to do with the OCs/designs would be appreciated! I don't want to own anything that might have been stolen.
^^^^ I'd like to add to what my buddy Melodiemori said: I paid $30 and did a headshot for all three OCs, two separate transactions. Yoly has a Russian paypal, so I can pretty confidentially say they're a Russian artist. They are the "original designer" of all three OCs I bought, having themself as design credit. I don't know if this has any significance but I figured I'd mention it- if anyone has any information as to if the designs are stolen/copied/anything please contact me! I would hate to have someone else's designs if they're stolen :(