Besties friends, be mindful of scammers
Added 2025-12-03 03:17:07 +0000 UTCJust letting y'all know that we recently had a scammer pop into the comments of the $10 tier launch post with the profile name of "The Besties Podcast Author" telling people to enter a raffle on Telegram or something of the sort. We had a number of you report it, and we really appreciate the heads up.
We've obviously blocked the offender and put in some additional safeguards to keep something similar from happening again, but wanted to remind y'all that we'll never ask you for money beyond the very generous donations y'all already put in for the Patreon. (Or, you know, if you bought one of Russ's towels.)
If you're ever in doubt or something seems fishy, you can DM us here on Patreon as a safeguard measure. That includes anything fishy you might see in the Substack newsletter comments.
We love y'all, be safe out there!
Comments
Thanks for the quick response!
Directional Joy
2025-12-03 21:06:12 +0000 UTChttps://discord.gg/XeFmzjcBKX Here's the Unofficial Besties Discord that has been around for a few years.
Geoff N
2025-12-03 17:18:01 +0000 UTCHey, this is not about the scam but — has anyone made an unofficial Discord for Besties fans? Or maybe a Facebook group or something? I’d love to talk about video games with other fans of the pod.
Yarrow
2025-12-03 06:32:20 +0000 UTCOh wow, posing as The Besties snd scamming folks for cash via Telegram? That’s just like Bart.
Kevin Proff
2025-12-03 04:54:41 +0000 UTCThanks for all the great work you do.
Colin Archer
2025-12-03 04:32:19 +0000 UTCSimilar thing must have happened with Secret Base too. Just saw them put up a similar note
Jesse Koechling
2025-12-03 03:32:50 +0000 UTCI can’t say I’m comfortable knowing that I’ve bought one of quote-“Russ’s Towels”-end quote.
Alex Hollis
2025-12-03 03:32:10 +0000 UTCThis man tricked me into buying 10 copies of Split Fiction
Zachary Landes
2025-12-03 03:28:36 +0000 UTCThanks for the heads up!
Sven
2025-12-03 03:27:08 +0000 UTCYeah, we'll do more in the coming year. It's a little publisher dependent and we've had a bit of a dry period, but stay tuned!
The Besties Podcast
2025-12-03 03:26:25 +0000 UTCBut for real, maybe we should bring back steam key raffles or give aways for patreon backers. Always sneak in a NSFW visual novel as one of the keys for the giggles.
Travis
2025-12-03 03:24:34 +0000 UTCI thought this was gonna be an elaborate critique of loot boxes in games.
Travis
2025-12-03 03:22:52 +0000 UTC
