Prank for Scammers

[alliemadison12]

It’s a Monday and I think you all would like a good laugh.



Once in a while, I get messages from other people on the site warning me that someone is imitating my gigs and stealing my photos. Generally I report them to Fiverr, but when I found this gig where I can get 3 photos of myself, I couldn’t resist having some fun with $5.



Would this person order my gig and resell it? How would they make money from it? Would they use a different model, or would they simply white out text from a photo I already took?



I ordered the gig and requested for this seller using my image to take a photo saying “Hi Allie, I’m you.” I couldn’t come up with anything wittier at the time. Apparently this $5 photo of me would be delivered within 24 hours. My own $5 gig has a deadline of a week with fast delivery costing extra.



I was very disappointed when the seller missed the deadline, but before I could cancel, this seller delivered blank and addressed me as “sir.” This scammer has no idea I am the girl in his/her gig!

What a shame. I don’t think I will ever find out what the action plan was for delivery as this appears to be a flat out scam, but I will keep you all updated.

P.S. Don’t judge me for my messages saying I wish I looked like her (me.) I’m just being silly, not conceited 😛

Also: On my end, the photos look super zoomed in. Are they clickable? Any tips of how to post properly sized photos? I wish you could all see the screen shots.

[onlinedzshop]

LOL keep us updated please :))

and yes there’s something wrong with the picture system here, it crops big pictures and make us look stupid >:P

[alliemadison12]

Reply to @madmoo: Any idea how to format it for the forum? It’s a normal size on my computer

[alliemadison12]

Another person stole a photo from my portfolio and is selling photos of me. I bought the gig, of course, and was told to pay another $5. For a photo of myself.
The spammers here aren’t the brightest :))

[mhwoolz]

How ridiculous. What makes me sad is that there are probably some people out there who fall for scammers like these. I’m glad you were able to have a bit of fun with them though!

[julipalmer7]

Wow what a good laugh!

[fonthaunt]

The part where you wrote “Hi Allie, I’m you” is funnier than you think. Have you heard of the “I’m not a witch. I’m you” ad campaign?