The world was spinning, and I was chilling on Warpcast, doing my regular rounds—engaging with people, opening frames, and claiming eggs.

Then, I saw a new message. I checked it. Just a group chat. I scrolled through, found nothing interesting, and exited.

But then, I saw it: "1 hidden message." Now, I usually ignore these because if we were friends on Warpcast, your message would appear under "Messages", not "Hidden." And if we weren’t friends—why were you messaging me?

But this time, I opened it. And what did I see? A message from "Chris Travers"—sent two days ago.

Chris had noticed my work rate on Warpcast and wanted to offer me a job as an ambassador for a company he worked with.

Sweet. But maybe I was too late. Forty-eight hours is enough time for a project to change its mind, you know?

Still, I accepted the message and replied. "Hi Chris, sorry I missed your message. It was in the hidden folder. How’s it going?"

To my surprise, Chris responded in about 30 minutes. "Ah, this Chris must be a hardworking person."

He reiterated how he had seen my work and really wanted me on board. "Ah, so the offer is still available?" I asked.

"Of course," Chris reassured me.

"Well, then tell me more."

Chris introduced me to a project called NFX on Twitter and even shared their handle. I did a quick check. They looked legit—building software for founders and startups.

I returned to the chat. "Everything checks out."

Then Chris hit me with the big one. "We're willing to pay you up to $9K a month. You can even receive payments weekly if you prefer."

"Ah, $9K, Chris? That’s a lot of money!"

Chris waved it off. "It's nothing. The company has it."

I went back to the project’s Twitter page for a second look. This time, I even checked their website. They did look like they had it indeed.

"Alright," I said. "How do we proceed?"

Chris asked a few questions, including my timezone. After I answered, he told me to pick a time for a conference call on a platform called "TalkOn."

"TalkOn?" I had never heard of it. But Chris assured me it was popular.

I searched the Play Store. Several "TalkOns" popped up. I took a screenshot and sent it to Chris. "Which one is yours?"

He sent me a website instead. "Ours doesn’t have an app yet."

"Ah, Chris? No app? Why not use something more popular like Google Meet or Zoom?"

Chris claimed "TalkOn" recorded useful information during calls, beneficial to the project.

"Fine. But we’ll have to schedule the call for later."

Chris agreed but pushed for a specific time.

"7:30 PM GMT+. Does that work for you?"

Chris assured me, "As a recruiter, every time works for me."

I wasn’t impressed. Nobody should be so free that "every" time works for them.

Still, I told him, "See you at 7:30."

I was about to leave the chat when Chris did something odd—he created a meeting link and a code and sent them over. For a meeting happening in nine hours.!

"Chris, why are you in a hurry?"

He shrugged it off with "just setting it up early. You can join anytime."

At that moment, I was almost a 100% sure that it was a scam.

I took a screenshot of the chat—just in case—and exited Warpcast.

Hours later, I returned to check on my "soon-to-be employer."

My chat with Chris was gone.

"Ahh, my new job!" I panicked. "Where did my employer go? And what happened to our chat?"

I searched "Chris Travers" in the Warpcast search bar.

Shock!

Many people—including one of my favorites, Pichi—had been discussing Chris and his antics. He had been impersonating real people and companies to scam others. The most recent discussion? Sixteen days ago.!

And somehow, I had missed it all.

I clicked on the "Chris Travers" account tagged in the discussion.

"This user has been nerfed."

I don’t know how that "conference call" would have ended. But Warpcast saved me from getting scammed.

Just in time.