'I'll Tip You After': 20+ Scams Every New Cam Model Falls For (And How to Spot Them Fast)
Every veteran cam model has a story. They spent 20 minutes dirty talking in a private. Got a very generous $5 tip afterward. The "urgent" PM turned out to be "you're gorgeous!" The sugar daddy offered $4,000 a week. Vanished the moment you asked for payment upfront.
Fallen for any of these? You're not alone. You're not stupid. You're just new. Scammers know it.
A scammer guide from r/CamGirlProblems recently generated 200 upvotes and 70+ comments. Veterans and newcomers shared hard-learned lessons. We've compiled everything here. The red flags veteran models wish they'd known in their first week. The tactics that waste your time. Threaten your safety. Cost you money.
One community member captured why this matters: "I've always known guys like 'new girls' and it took me so long to realise it's not because it's something fresh and new to look at—ITS BECAUSE THEY CAN SCAM AND MANIPULATE. Disgusting human beings, every single one of them."
Let's make sure you're ready.
Financial Scams: When the Money Isn't Real
The Amazon Wishlist Trap
"People who want to buy stuff off your Amazon Wishlist to pay for things. They can cancel order after payment," warns one experienced model. It gets worse.
Amazon has no issues giving out your destination address to whoever paid for the gift. More disturbing: "There have been cases of people setting up fake listing on Amazon, then telling the cammer 'add this to your wishlist and I'll buy it for you'. Then all they have to do is place the order. They have the full name and address."
What to do: Use Throne or similar wishlist services that protect your personal information. The community consensus is clear: "Don't share your Amazon wish list there are safer wish lists like Throne who make it a point not to share your address and personal information with the gift buyer."
Extra protection: Set up a business address through a UPS store if you must use wishlists that could leak addresses. Your personal address never gets published anywhere. Not even for legit purchases.
The Off-Site Payment Scam
Someone offers to pay you via PayPal, Venmo, CashApp, or another off-platform method. They might send you a screenshot of a "payment" they never made. Or they'll complete a payment. You deliver the service. Then they chargeback through their bank.
Here's the kicker: almost none of these payment platforms are sex work-friendly. They find out you're using them for adult services? They can freeze your account. They can keep your money. Your cam platform finds out you accepted off-site payments? You can get banned. Permanently. For violating TOS.
The rule: Block anyone trying to pay you outside of your platform. Period. The only exception is creator-friendly services like Throne.
The "I'll Pay You After" Promise
"I want to do a free call, I'll tip you well after."
"I'll pay half now, half when I've cum."
"Just lower your private price this once, I'll give you a generous tip at the end."
"I promise you no guy is going to stick by his word. They will cum as quick as they can and not pay you," one model warns. Her experience? "He ended up giving me a very generous tip of 100 tokens 😂😂😂😂😂😂 [$5] came back in the next night 'lower your price again I'll take you pvt, remember my generous tip.'"
Why this matters for pricing: These scammers target new models. Pressure them into lowering their rates. You establish a cheap price? You attract cheap customers. Never negotiate down for promises.
The Fake Token Message
On Chaturbate and other platforms, scammers type messages in chat that look like tip notifications. You're new? Not paying close attention to the token sound? The color of the chart when it happens? Your token balance increasing? You might think you've been tipped.
Always verify: Real tips make a specific sound. Show up highlighted in orange. Increase your token balance immediately. No exceptions.
Time Wasters: Free Entertainment on Your Dime
The "PM Me Urgently" Trick
"PLEASE PM ME URGENTLY I NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING IMPORTANT"
Every single time? It's "you're gorgeous!" Every. Single. Time.
The strategy: NEVER PM FOR FREE. Ask them to tell you in a tip note if they need to say something privately. They can't pay 1 token? They aren't worth your time and energy.
The Fetish Talker
"Guys asking about Customs can just be timewasters getting off on talking about their fetish and have no intention on ever paying, as they are getting off on the chat," reveals a community insight that changes everything.
The conversation IS the service for them. Same goes for guys who want to "chat about pvt" for free. Or the panty buyers who want to talk endlessly about types of panties. See pictures of them on you or stained. Big red flag.
Set boundaries: Someone wants to discuss a custom or private in detail? That conversation costs tokens. Period.
Yesterday's Whale, Today's Freeloader
You'll get guys who give you a big tip one night. Then sit in your room the next day expecting endless attention and chat.
Today is a new day. Yesterday's tips don't count. 😂
You're not required to give free attention to anyone. Even past tippers. They valued your time yesterday? They'll understand they need to tip again today. This is a business strategy boundary that protects both your income and mental health.
Manipulation Tactics: Emotional & Psychological Scams
The Fake Doxing Threat
"OMG I can't believe it's you on here!"
People threatening to dox you or claiming to recognize you? They don't provide any information about you. They're trying to get you to PM them for free. Or they're getting off on watching you freak out.
One model shared her first experience: "This person commented they were my cousin (all my cousins were under 18 at the time) but I totally spiralled and completely believed it. Makes me feel sick to think about how whoever that was would have been getting off so hard as I was panicking."
The response: Ignore and block immediately. Don't engage. Don't panic. Don't PM them. They're playing a sick game and your reaction is their reward. These psychological tactics can take a serious toll. Experiencing stress from customer manipulation? Understanding when money isn't enough to fix burnout might help you protect your mental health.
The "Marketing Guru" Who Wants Free Content
Marketing guys will approach you. Coach guys will approach you. They're experts who want to help you in exchange for video calls or content.
One veteran admits falling for this three times: "I've taken up 3 guys on this offer before. I've never sent content/calls but they've just been massive timewasters. A few days chatting and they only offer vague advice."
Real marketing professionals charge for their services. They don't ask for free sexual content in exchange.
The "Daddy Dom" Red Flag
Daddy dom type guys who tell you to do as they say and promise they'll tip you after? They never do. 🚩🚩🚩
They'll pay the PM price. Then bombard you wanting attention without tipping. Or give 1-token tips. Their demands get more intense. Guys who have "daddy" in their username and a control fetish are cheap. The pay isn't worth it. Dealing with them isn't pleasant unless you've got thick skin.
They'll argue about any kind of payment just to get a rise out of you. That's part of their fetish.
Platform-Specific Scams: Know Your Site
Password Shows vs. Private Shows (Chaturbate)
This is huge for new Chaturbate models: "Paid private shows and password shows are NOT the same thing. Someone asking for the latter is most probably trying to scam you. It's their way of tricking you into putting on a free show, and sadly was the first thing that happened to me the moment I started on CB."
Some users will tip the amount you requested for the password show. Rare. Most are trying to trick you into a free performance.
Legit private show requests have a very specific sound. Pop up on your screen highlighted in orange. It'll say on the left hand side "You're in a private show". Your token balance increases throughout.
Chaturbate safety tip: Use the Record Blocker V2 or Stop Piracy apps to block anonymous or unregistered accounts from recording you. Understanding how Chaturbate's platform features work helps you protect yourself from both scammers and platform-specific issues.
The Fake "Lesbian" or "Couple"
A "horny lesbian" or a "couple" viewer is usually always a man pretending. Women and couples on camsites will be fellow cammers, not viewers. Maybe they do this to appear less threatening?
Treat everyone as a customer first. Gender doesn't matter. What matters is whether they're tipping.
The "Collab" Offer
"Let's collab" messages from a 'fellow cammer' are often a dude who has 30 followers and a free OnlyFans with 5 of the same pics of their dick.
Some guys will cam for fun. They funnel all the tokens back into cam girls. Treat them like any other customer. But you don't want to collaborate with any guy who doesn't have a substantial, legit following.
Worth noting: guys who watch girls on camsites rarely want b/g content. They get jealous. Ruins the fantasy.
Privacy & Safety Risks: Protecting Yourself
Never Click Links
Be wary of guys sending you links to click on. It could be something illegal or shocking. Some guys get off on watching you get upset.
Worse: the link takes you outside of whatever platform you're on. "It could grab your IP address. With an IP, your approximate location or at least the surrounding area can be figured out." It's easy to fake real webpages with links that look legit. They steal your credentials in the background.
Play it safe: Don't click the link. Using a VPN? This is less of an issue. Still not worth the risk.
C2C Shock Content
You do C2C? Remember that anyone can be on the other side. Don't want to see a man with a hitachi wand in his ass? Drinking a glass of his own piss? Shooting up drugs? Be wary.
They rarely do this without warning. It happens. You have the right to end any C2C session immediately if you're uncomfortable.
Geo-Restrictions & Affiliate Sites
On Streamate, you have geo-restrictions enabled? You're excluded from partner affiliate sites like Jerkmate. One model discovered: "If you have no Georestrictions, you appear on affiliate sites automatically. If you have Georestrictions, you are excluded from partner sites."
This isn't a scam. It's the trade-off between privacy (geo-blocking your region) and visibility (appearing on high-traffic affiliate sites).
General Red Flags: The Pattern Recognition Guide
Excessive Compliments from Greys/New Users
"OMG!!!! YOU ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN I'VE SEEN ON THIS SITE IN TEN YEARS!!!! BEST TITS I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY WHOLE LIFE!!!!"
vs.
"Hello gorgeous, great tits!!"
Notice the difference? Excessive, gratuitous compliments signal timewasters who just want your attention for free. Another common one: "You're way too beautiful for your room to be this quiet, you should have way more viewers!" Always greys.
Take these compliments with a grain of salt. Simple "thanks 😘" Don't get swept up in it. Protecting your time means knowing when to work and when to take breaks—don't waste it on timewasters.
Customer "Advice"
"You'll get more viewers in here if you take your top off."
Never listen to ANY advice from chat or random customers. They have their own best interests at heart. More people in your room don't always equal more tokens.
One model made a new account recently and hadn't made a menu yet: "I think guys thought I was new new and the lies they were telling me about pricing was wild 😂"
The Sugar Daddy Mirage
Offering to pay you a stupid amount of money straight away for services is always a scam. Nobody is going to pay a random girl $4,000 a week for foot pics. 🤣
Seems too good to be true? It is. You're going to have to put work in for the same thing another guy will just pay for? Not worth it.
Your Time Is Valuable—And You Deserve to Protect It
Here's the thing scammers and timewasters count on: "These guys have no lives or hobbies. Talking to you for free is big entertainment for a lot of them. They can't talk to a girl for free in real life. They know they can waste our time as more and more models indulge these men thinking they'll get paid at the end of it."
You're not stupid for falling for these tactics. You're learning. Every veteran model has stories of getting scammed when they were new. What matters is you know now. You can protect yourself and your earnings going forward.
Remember:
- Your time is precious and costs tokens
- You can say NO to any request, even from paying customers
- Never accept promises of future payment
- Block freely and often—it's your room
- When in doubt, trust your gut
Not all money is good money. You get to choose who you work with. Protecting your energy, time, and safety is always worth more than a few tokens from someone who makes you uncomfortable.
The camming community has your back. Share your scam stories. Warn other models. Keep building the collective knowledge that makes us all safer and smarter. We're all learning together.
