I hate when this situation crops up. I've seen it online far too often and it's really becoming a problem. Especially on avatar based websites where people get 'monetary' gain for selling artworks that aren't even theirs.

What I would have loved this time around is to have forced the thread creator to come through with one of their auctions and actually give the buyer their art. Considering they stole the images, it would be amusing to see what they came up with (if anything) when told to give the winner their purchased art.

Thankfully, the people in the community I currently belong to are very art-aware and I received reports from a staff member and a user alerting me to the possible scam.

At least there are still good people in this world. I was starting to worry that my faith in humanity might as well be flushed away.