Dear Sellers, Beware of this SCAM!

[ishara94]

Dear Sellers,



There is this set of people acting as buyers on Fiverr and will try to offer you a considerable amount of jobs and ask you to add them on Facebook for further information. I’ve encountered them a numerous times. Most funny of all is, it is the same message they send every time except the Facebook link =)) ( I’ ve been testing that replying to all those people :-))



As most of you are aware, according the Fiverr terms of service, we are not authorized to contact the buyers outside of Fiverr and doing so may result for your accounts getting banned [-X



These people may seem realistic enough to believe. But be attentive. Otherwise you will finally become a victim of like farming or may end up having a banned account [-(



This issue has been discussed a numerous times in the forum but still people keep on getting caught because the form of the threat always changes making them more and more realistic.



Play by rules, and you all will have a successful journey on Fiverr. Cheers :-bd

[jubrannetworks]

Yeah,

There are many scammers, there is known one now that redirects to website other than fiverr.com



Only who contacts you from fiverr and authorized is the ones whom have green tick next to their name.



thanks for the share 🙂

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[logo_design_ace]

Yeah , happened to me to , getting such things and hidden links… i never click on those

[fluidmarket]

report it to customer support and their accounts will be banned

[ishara94]

Reply to @jubrannetworks: You are welcome 🙂

[ishara94]

Reply to @logo_design_ace: Those who know about them are safe. But the issue is the problem always changes its face 🙂

[ishara94]

Reply to @fluidmarket: Yes, but meanwhile there’s enough time for them to catch someone else. So better to inform others once we come across something like that.

[titinochka]

I just got this message today! Thanks for sharing this info. I don’t understand how people can be so mean, we are working our butt for $4 and they try to scam us?

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[ishara94]

Reply to @titinochka: Totally agree with you. But don’t get moved cz of people like that. Consider it fun and make them feel if they did not do it in the first place 😃

[Guest ezinearticles4u]

Oh, yes, I’ve got an identical message some time ago…

[ishara94]

Reply to @ezinearticles4u: Could be in the first few days you spent in Fiverr. They mostly target the ones who are new here.

[aalishaa]

oh yes me too got the same message and infact from the same person as it can be seen from the profile picture.

[superfunart]

wow! thanks for informaing us sir!

[ishara94]

Reply to @aalishaa: Beware and make others aware 🙂

[ishara94]

Reply to @superfunart: You are always welcome 🙂

[ishara94]

BUMP 🙂

[fiverr_quest_ex]

I have run into a few of these types of buyers a while ago.



They offered me more work and money outside of Fiverr, but I always pointed them towards the “Fiverr Terms of Service Policy,” and I basically told them I can do service gigs for them, only through the Fiverr site, since that is where and how they initially contacted me for work.

[ishara94]

Reply to @fiverr_quest_ex: Not all the sellers handle them like us and I am sure not even most of the sellers read the TOS. Once they see more money, they think it is a good opportunity. But finally end up been banned.

[catwriter]

I got the same message, too. As soon as I told them I couldn’t work with them if they refused to send the info through Fiverr, they stopped replying.

[catwriter]

Can someone tell me, when reporting something like this, what’s the proper category?

[mgjohn78]

Reply to @catwriter:

Just pick the most relevant category http://support.fiverr.com/hc/en-us/articles/201739663-Reporting-Abuse

[solow13]

Hey Fiverr you need a New team to fight scammers, now are all over the place and Fiverr won’t look professional.

[catwriter]

Reply to @mgjohn78: Thanks!

[ishara94]

Reply to @catwriter: Yes. It is the same behavior all those people have.

[ishara94]

Reply to @solow13: I second that.