Reminder to new members: don't answer phishing emails!

[Guest celticmoon]

Just now got yet another phishing email, so I wanted to remind newcomers that Fiverr will NEVER ask for your log-in information!



The scam emails entice you by promising more sales if you participate in a vote and it says: “Please vote using your unique Fiverr account and don’t use this offer with multiple accounts.

This offer valid until 31st August”.

The message is signed “Fiverr Team”. The link appears to be a Fiverr link, but it isn’t. Don’t be fooled; it isn’t from Fiverr!



Report the sender directly to Customer Support, not just your email “report” button. The sooner we can get rid of a scammer, the fewer people get scammed. Until the next one shows up, or this one opens a new account.



Don’t forget: If you lose access to your account, you will lose your funds, and once they get withdrawn by the scammer you’ll never get them back.



For further information you can read this post by a Fiverr administrator:

[jubrannetworks]

Great post.

Just wanted to post one like that!



If you receive messages that redirect you to any website other than fiverr itself, don’t proceed!



The fiverr account that send to you mails has a green tick next to it’s name!



Regards,

Jubran

[Guest celticmoon]

Gee, thanks to the sheriff or moderator who buried this in “Chit Chat”, where it does absolutely no good as a warning, which was my intention. And now the first page of “Tips for Sellers”, where I deliberately posted it originally, is full of posts about exactly the same thing.



I hope no one got fooled!

[sun_pixie]

I’ve gotten several emails lately asking to buy my account. I turned the first one in and ignored the others. Finally, I did reply back and asked them to stop messaging me.

[Guest celticmoon]

I ALWAYS send the account name to support. You don’t have to file a whole report. Just send an email to support@fiverr.com .They usually suspend or delete the account right away.

I’m always afraid that answering them will “encourage” them, like pesky flies that discover how sweet I am~!

😉