Someone is asking me to post on Facebook

[joegold40]

Someone is asking me to post their property listings on FB for them . . . . I compose film music - yet they still contacted me saying they are too busy traveling to post  - then they asked for my cell number so they could text me their property listings . . . total red flag - I refused to give them my cell #  -They said they would give me 25 hours a week of work . . . . since the listing would be on my FB account - that would mean I would have to answer all inquiries regarding their properties . . . no thanks! - -  obviously not going to do it, but is anyone else get these type of msg's?  - - thoughts on this? 

[domenikbrenner]

1 hour ago, femi_junior said:

Unless it is service related, I would advice you to not proceed further as I believe it is against the platform TOS.

Is it? It sounds like VA work. Just take care of their listings and handle replies for them. Doesn't raise any suspicions for me, besides the phone number thing, but a lot of people just ask from a point of convenience, not realising it's a breach of TOS. Not everyone is a scammer, and scammers prefer telegram anyway.

Personally I think it was the right decision to decline outside contact, but I am not so sure that the job is anything suspicious.

Edited September 21, 2024 by domenikbrenner

[joegold40]

Domenikbrenner: The other suspicious thing . . . their account had zero info about them . . no picture and their account was brand new with no reviews. 

[domenikbrenner]

On 9/21/2024 at 4:16 PM, joegold40 said:

Domenikbrenner: The other suspicious thing . . . their account had zero info about them . . no picture and their account was brand new with no reviews. 

Doesn't sound suspicious to me either. A lot of clients only register to hire someone for a very specific jobs. And buyers don't really need a thorough background like sellers. 

I am not trying to lean myself too far out of the window here, but I am just saying that just because they ask for outside communication, they are not necessarily a scammer. Of course you shouldn't message them outside of fiverr, but especially new buyers are not aware of the no-outside-communication-rule. They ask out of convenience, and in this case they might have messaged just about everything simply because they think it's a job everyone can do.


I could be wrong, but this is what it looks like to me. Reminds me of some of my clients.

[femi_junior]

Unless it is service related, I would advice you to not proceed further as I believe it is against the platform TOS.