Telegram?

[donnovan86]

Telegram-related stuff is a scam most of the time. So ignore that. 

[catwriter]

2 hours ago, s_akram said:

why some clients don't understand the rule that it's not accepted to deal with freelancers in a 3rd party website re-directing from here?

 

Oh, they do get it. They know they're breaking the rules, and they don't care. All they want to do is to scam you.

[noah_designer]

5 hours ago, s_akram said:

Knocking a freelancer for getting a desired service from Fiver to Telegram is becoming a common practice now-a-days. I don't get the logic behind this that why some clients don't understand the rule that it's not accepted to deal with freelancers in a 3rd party website re-directing from here?

Been there!

[s_akram]

On 8/21/2023 at 7:50 AM, donnovan86 said:

Telegram-related stuff is a scam most of the time. So ignore that. 

On 8/21/2023 at 8:45 AM, catwriter said:

Oh, they do get it. They know they're breaking the rules, and they don't care. All they want to do is to scam you.

But what they actually get from it? Even Fiver blocks communicating with them instantly, then how they actually scam? Oh may be via that address given by them in the first message. 

On 8/21/2023 at 11:02 AM, noah_designer said:

Been there!

Don't think Fiver is not safe anymore it's been twice I've faced this damn issue here in Fiverr fortunately didn't proceed further.

[donnovan86]

4 hours ago, s_akram said:

Even Fiver blocks communicating with them instantly, then how they actually scam?

Fiverr doesn't, it's people marking it as Spam that signals to Fiverr that message is not ok and then they block it. Buuut, not everyone will mark as spam and as always, some people fall for it.

[catwriter]

On 8/21/2023 at 3:06 PM, s_akram said:

But what they actually get from it?

Sometimes money, sometimes it's identity theft. Or both.

On 8/21/2023 at 3:06 PM, s_akram said:

Oh may be via that address given by them in the first message. 

Yes. Many sellers don't bother to read Fiverr's Terms of Service or the warning that appears at the top of every first message you get from someone, or they ignore the rules, or are simply desperate. Or their English is so bad they're unable to understand the rules (and even simple warnings). So they contact that person via Telegram or wherever, and get scammed.

On 8/21/2023 at 3:07 PM, s_akram said:

Don't think Fiver is not safe anymore it's been twice I've faced this damn issue here in Fiverr fortunately didn't proceed further.

Well it's certainly not safe if you choose to ignore the terms you have agreed to plus the warning, and decide to break the rules and accept to communicate outside of Fiverr. 

[kawsar_log]

It's a scam/Spam this can happen, but there's no way to stop this!

[s_akram]

13 hours ago, donnovan86 said:

Fiverr doesn't, it's people marking it as Spam that signals to Fiverr that message is not ok and then they block it. Buuut, not everyone will mark as spam and as always, some people fall for it.

I'm lucky for twice then!!

[s_akram]

Seems like this fool scammers forget one simple thing that is there is another life after death. So they think that they are over smart and we freelancers are fool as they think.

[catwriter]

On 8/23/2023 at 11:41 AM, s_akram said:

Seems like this fool scammers forget one simple thing that is there is another life after death.

Not everyone believes that. And even if they do believe that, they still want money in this life.

On 8/23/2023 at 11:41 AM, s_akram said:

So they think that they are over smart and we freelancers are fool as they think.

There are freelancers who fall for it, so it's worth it to the scammers.

[s_akram]

However, I think Fiver should make more unique security provisions to protect and save time of freelancers. What do you all think?

[charlsmcfarlane]

From my experience it seems to be highly dependent on the category. I had very few of these for the first couple of years and then I created a new gig in a slightly different category and was then inundated with them.

[s_akram]

But one thing that makes me confused that even some buyers assign tasks outside the marketplace in platforms like Linkedin so are they genuine or most of them are scammers?

[stilluntamed]

It’s annoying to see a message as a new freelancer on fiverr only to realize it’s spam 😂come on huh .I have received this over 10times 

[emma_7134]

At one point I got a little frustrated and wrote them a *polite* little rant going along the lines of "Look, someone would have thought that a dozen failed attempts at scamming me out of my money and time would have tipped you off...I'm not going to fall for it."

Surprisingly, it actually worked 😅. For the next few days, I received at most one a day (as opposed to at least two dozen a day before). 

[stilluntamed]

On 9/22/2023 at 2:57 AM, emma_7134 said:

At one point I got a little frustrated and wrote them a *polite* little rant going along the lines of "Look, someone would have thought that a dozen failed attempts at scamming me out of my money and time would have tipped you off...I'm not going to fall for it."

Surprisingly, it actually worked 😅. For the next few days, I received at most one a day (as opposed to at least two dozen a day before). 

I usually get a lot of them when I post graphic design gigs.

it’s so frustrating 

[reihuki]

Actually, I've had enough of this! Ok... Be patient...😇

Make them our motivators, who have always be working hard and hoping on a strike from their victims without resting all day

Scammers are (Sometimes) also a great example of hard worker people out there!

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[s_akram]

Half of the whole world is a bit of spam and the other half is a scam🤪😂.

[boomcher03]

Good day! I am a new SELLER,  I just started yesterday and I have no idea yet how this works. I know lots of you here are experts already, I hope you can spare a little time. Can you please help me navigate the Fiverr tool?, How will I be able to reply as they drop their '@(name).. or how to do direct message? 

I have here a sample message and I keep on receiving one. I don't know if it's real or spam because as I respond even if they are online they don't get to reply back.

Sample 1: "Hello . We have huge (Translation job's available) Per page 📄📄 is ⁵⁰$= if you are available in any of these jobs.  Data entry  Copy writing  Articles  There all available   Message ,,, (@Yerry882)👈⏩ T,,E,,L,,E,,G,,R,,A,,M 🫡 "

Sample 2: "We're looking for an experienced translator to help me with a project. The document I need translated is written in English and the desired target language is any language. It is more than 5000 words in length. If you’re interested, Dm on {🅣]📩🅔[🅛}📩🅔{🅖}📩🅡{🅐}🅜> @Lamech12 ☝️☝️☝️☝️"

 

I hope you help me with this. Bless you guys.

[michmikaia]

Hi there.

These are absolutely a spam. And you can report it as spam. Communicate out of Fiverr platform is also against Fiverr ToS. So be carefull. As you are new here, you will receive a lot of spam at the beginning.

Another thing, you cannot call out Fiverr members by their username here on the Forum. Forum Rules #3. 

[boomcher03]

@michmikaia Of all the Sellers that I asked, you are the most helpful ... Bless you... 

[mdabusayem160]

1. Report them as a spam 

2. Violets Fiverr TOS

so, keep distance from these.

[keithhoyd12]

You guys have really spoken well, and I warmly welcome the new members here. Feel free to talk and ask questions from us here. Basically there are spammers here on fiverr, but you dont have to worry about them, the point just have strong hope, be consistent with fiverr activites and lastly stay updated.

[nisedits]

These messages says they're going to hire me, I got 4 of these messages today already and they are really disturbing. They leave their telegram too. I can't attach picture rn for some reason. Please,  can anyone explain it to me?

[melanielm]

It happens to everyone, unfortunately. Mark them as spam and move on.