Are they SCAMMERS?

[menuralakvitha]

I created a new Fiverr gig. Less than 24 hours later, I received a message from a buyer. But it doesn't show in Fiverr msg, and it shows in my Gmail account. He had sent me a telegram link to get information about the project. I clicked on that link, but I didn't send any message to that Telegram account.

About 10 minutes later, I got another message from another person. He had sent me a telegram username, and I checked it on Google. But there is no such telegram account.

Has anything like this ever happened to you? Are they scammers?

[theratypist]

Anyone that shares links or asks you to communicate outside of Fiverr should be reminded that its not allowed to communicate outside of Fiverr. Some buyers may not be aware (since they probably didn't read the Terms and Conditions) but they have good intentions. A lot of times though they can be scammers. Basically the whole point is to do all communication within the platform, that's it.