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For context, I am a very small artist and this woman reached out telling me she wants 4 separate drawings of her kid, I say yes. She says she has a budget of 200 i say I wouldn’t charge that much and it would be 100 (25 for each drawing). I say to pay ONLY 50 FOR NOW. She says the scam alert won’t let her send me money, and then she asked for my email to send with family and friends. I give her my email and then she tells me to check junk, no notification on my recent activity. NOTHING. And then it says she gave me 200 when I specifically asked for only 50 (Half of 100 for a deposit) It’s all so fishy, especially because they want me to pay 200? I think it’s a scam but I would also feel bad if it was a real mother. But I asked her for references, any photos of the kid she wants drawn, color schemes, etc, and she has not replied to any of those texts at all only talking about the payment. Is this a scam?