Are there any fake buyers on Fiverr?

[sjt044]

Are there any fake buyers on Fiverr?

[kawsar_log]

Yes, There have been. you can say that!

also be aware of spamming proposal too

[sjt044]

how can I find them

 

[lemon_hossain]

YES, There are many fake buyers you need to understand their proposal approaching style. Many buyers want to get free works and they try to treat new freelancer 'if you can do the work then I will give you 5-star rating' or 'If you can do the work and If I like it then will place the order' 

 

[raian_furkat]

Yes! Loads of em ! One kind you can easily recognise is by their common style of approach. They usually want to take you out of Fiverr so that easily scam you there. Because with the awesome protection of Fiverr, they can’t do scam here. So they offer you lucrative projects and ask you to contact them elsewhere. 

[touhidulislam55]

48 minutes ago, sjt044 said:

how can I find them

 

These Offer you Hi-payment for Your work, 

[ancreations_176]

1 hour ago, sjt044 said:

how can I find them

 

Most of them will offer you contacting outside of fiverr

[newsmike]

7 hours ago, sjt044 said:

Are there any fake buyers on Fiverr?

There are many, many more fake sellers here than buyers. 

[newsmike]

4 hours ago, touhidulislam55 said:

These Offer you Hi-payment for Your work, 

Incorrect, those are called high quality buyers. 

[visualstudios]

What do you mean by "fake buyers"? People making accounts never intending to buy anything, but just straight up scamming people (asking for telegram, sending viruses, etc.)? Yes, there are quite a few. But those are usually easy to spot, therefore not a problem. 

If by "fake buyers" you mean people who actually place orders, but are dishonest, manipulative, try to cancel afterwards, promise tips / future work / reviews and don't come through, demand revision after revision for free even if you do not offer them, etc.? Those are a ton, at least as many as the "fake sellers", specially towards the lower end of pricing. 

Edited September 3, 2023 by visualstudios

[evan_iae]

yes there are. They will text you and offer you a work, but will tell you to pay an upfront fee for the work. Fiverr does a great job at filtering those messages out and label them as spam, but its not 100% accurate. 
I personally suffered from this, Fiverr gets mad at you if you cant convert your messages into customers. I think it is a potential ranking factor for your gig. Fake buyers will never place an order, and Fiverr will think its your fault that you were unable to convert. It is kinda infuriating if you ask me. 

[newsmike]

9 minutes ago, evan_iae said:

yes there are. They will text you and offer you a work, but will tell you to pay an upfront fee for the work. Fiverr does a great job at filtering those messages out and label them as spam, but its not 100% accurate. 
I personally suffered from this, Fiverr gets mad at you if you cant convert your messages into customers. I think it is a potential ranking factor for your gig. Fake buyers will never place an order, and Fiverr will think its your fault that you were unable to convert. It is kinda infuriating if you ask me. 

Have you considered some analysis as to why quality buyers are avoiding you and scammers are pinging you?  Quality of services?  Are you making the mistake of selling at 5-$10? 

[evan_iae]

On 9/3/2023 at 11:43 AM, newsmike said:

Have you considered some analysis as to why quality buyers are avoiding you and scammers are pinging you?  Quality of services?  Are you making the mistake of selling at 5-$10? 

I was man. I got into the classic mistake of offering the service at the lowest price possible. At that time it felt like woah 5 dollars for a social media graphics, it's cool for me. Didn't realize that cheap prices means cheap buyers. The scammers were easy to detect, but those real low budget buyers, they were pure nightmare.

Left fiverr for a year and so, improved my skills so i can actually feel confident about charging more and made a fresh gig just today. Wish me luck. 

[mahananda_ray]

8 hours ago, sjt044 said:

Are there any fake buyers on Fiverr?

There are definitely fake buyers on Fiverr. They will try to scam you by asking for your personal information or promising to pay you more than the agreed upon price.

[pixmark]

@sjt044 A lot of number buyers come to spamming, When you get the message or Take an order stay careful. Real buyer does not ask to contact outside. But Fake Buyer gives you the Telegram or other link.

[paulantu]

6 hours ago, sjt044 said:

how can I find them

 

If you are a professional for your service then you may easily find out the fake Buyer. Or,
If you are new then remember some basic points,
1. They always want to contact/ communicate outside of Fiverr.

2. Sometimes they contact you on a monthly or weekly basis after the time period they will vanish/block you. If you don't sign an agreement then you can not claim against the buyer.

3. Maximum time their account has been opened recently and has no working history.

[roushon_akter]

There are many fake buyers on Fiverr
Those who ask to come to a telegram account outside of Fiverr

[seolex7]

Do not contact any clients outside of Fiverr. Fiverr does not allow this violation.