How to Avoid Scams in the Roblox UGC Community

UGC creators and buyers lose money and assets to the same handful of scams every week. Here's how to spot them and protect yourself.

Part of the Roblox Scam Protection guide.

The most common Roblox UGC scams

Stolen and resold assets

Someone takes your model, texture, or design and resells it as their own — or sells you an asset they don't actually own the rights to. Timestamp your own work in the asset registry so you can prove authorship later.

Fake or unpaid commissions

A "client" commissions work and vanishes before paying, or a "creator" takes a deposit and never delivers.

Beaming and account theft

Malicious links and fake "verification" sites steal your Roblox session or Discord token, taking over your account and your Robux.

Chargeback fraud

A buyer pays, receives the work, then reverses the payment — leaving the creator with nothing.

How to protect yourself

• Verify identity before money moves. Confirm the person is who they claim across platforms, not just a fresh Discord account.
• Check a shared blacklist. Repeat scammers hop between servers. A cross-community blacklist like VerifyUGC remembers them even when your server doesn't.
• Use escrow or a trusted middleman for anything significant.
• Never enter your login on a third-party "verification" site. Real verification uses official OAuth.
• Keep records — screenshots and agreements make reports actionable.

How VerifyUGC helps

VerifyUGC gives the Roblox UGC community a shared, evidence-backed blacklist, a Discord bot that auto-removes known bad actors, and verified creator profiles with real completed-deal history — so trust follows the account instead of resetting in every server. Want the full playbook? Take our free safety courses.