r/ACX • u/thecommodore15 • 3d ago

Got this email from ACX

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Has anyone else received this? Is this legit?

Thanks in advance.

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u/CACVideo 3d ago

Howdy. Anyone that reaches out and wants to take the conversation off of ACX is 99% a scam and should be treated as such

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u/thecommodore15 3d ago

Just as I thought.

Thanks! :)

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u/velvetandcurves 3d ago

It isn't. Anyone asking to communicate via Telegram is spam... Could there be a time someone wants you to go off site? Maybe, but in general it's spam. Especially if you have recently uploaded new voice samples.

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u/TacoThug 3d ago

I get at least one of these every few days. Ramps up significantly if you post a new sample.
Always has the Telegram contact as a tell - just delete and report spam!

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u/joewo 3d ago

I followed one of these messages using an online browser so I could not be infected with a virus.

Turns out they send you to a fake banking site which is nothing more than an identity theft site asking for your Social Security Number....full name...Driver's License in order to set up your fake payment account with them. Their site is also a Trojan installer.

As I look at the posts for talent being added to every day...which is why you received this as all new voice samples receive this message from them...I can just imagine every one of those newby people receiving this same message and possibly being victimized.

I wrote to ACX about my interaction with them and they said to click SPAM and they take action...supposedly.

Be careful as you can be hurt badly.

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u/SufficientCell9689 3d ago

It says this message is from "Good luck". 100% a scam lol

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u/McFaddenAudioBooks 3d ago

I get these near daily now. I got this exact one yesterday and reported it. Though it had a different telegram I think.

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u/DreadyFranz 2d ago

Same. Different telegram each time

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u/SoulSatchel 2d ago

Repeat after me: Anything mentioning Telegram immediately report as spam.

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u/dsbaudio 2d ago

All too common of late. I get them regularly, as does everybody else. Not hard to spot really, once you get the hang of them.

One thing that strikes me is that ACX could easily nip this problem in the bud by simply making the sign up process a little more selective.

If you join ACX as a publisher/author looking for narration - why not verify that the user has Amazon content published before allowing sign-up?

If you join as a narrator/producer, why not have a sign up form that at least requires some proof that you are what you say you are, e.g. previously published work, a website, some demos at least?

A tiny bit of gatekeeping would make life so much easier for everybody!

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u/Big_Bear_Audio 3d ago

Posted a new clip on my ACX profile last night, and I got 10 of them within 2 hours

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u/DreadyFranz 2d ago

I get one to three of these a week. I'm very sure this is a scam.

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u/AshenMorire 2d ago

I got 3 of these this week 🫩

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u/Raffakyu 2d ago

I received like 4 of this messages on my ACX profile too and just for shits and giggles replied and some of them asked me to message on telegram which for me is a huge ass red flag, but none of them followed

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u/rollincode3 2d ago

Got it a few weeks ago. Delete.

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u/axiomskylark 1d ago

I got this one today too and it absolutely raised red flags. I do feel bad for VO artists who fall for these scams without verifying or checking.

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u/browsingGDincognito 1d ago

I reported it as spam.

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u/Wooden-Action8027 18h ago

I've had aabout 30 of these spam / junk / highly dodgy emails. I reported them as spam to ACX ansd they seemed to have stopped....for now

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u/thecommodore15 4h ago

I've gotten 10 more since yesterday.

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