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Cake And Iron @cakeniron.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

If it's too good to be true, it is.

Let's talk about SCAMS, because lately, they've been squatting on my doorstep. Especially as a creative because scammers scroll 4chan/reddit/socials.
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Scammers know that crewtives are foaming at the mouth to work. And I get it, dawg. You Wanna do your passion and not get a 9 to 5.
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Let me hold your sticky hands with a napkin, baby. If it's too good to be true, it's not true. See the picture above? See how vague it is? I call it the 'Hostess Hustle'.
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What is the 'Hostess Hustle'? I've you been to any major Japanese city at night, you know that the women and clean cut men on the street bark to get you in their clubs. If you're ignorant to the scam, you go in, have some fun and then you have to pay this GINORMOUS bill. If you don't, yakuza are waiting for you.
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This scam is the same thing. They always use a female character to eaen your trust. Then it goes down one of two ways; they try to extort money from you online as part as an engineering fee that you 'split' OR they get you to a physical place, give you a dummy script and then lock you in until you pay something crazy. Either way it's extortion.
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Did I go through this? No, but I know people who have and they all hold one common denominator: they were desperate to work.
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So, Loves, let's be real. Even SAG is finding it hard to scrape up work. We are in a transition phase. Always be skeptical. Always ask questions and NEVER accept vague answers sprinkled with your hope.
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