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If you have to ask yourself whether something is a scam, it very likely IS one.

There is a bit more to it! Lately, new sellers have been bombarded by (mostly) 2 kinds of scammers. 

- message like this (this message is FAKE, written by me as an example!):
 

This message is likely to be caught by Fiverr's automatic system (or by other sellers), but the usernames/etc remain for a while. 

for 'good money' (like copypasting things or just data entry/etc,) 

but when you are supposed to be 'paid', they will ask you to send them some cash to verify your account...

You will only lose money (and likely your Fiverr account.) 

- This one is trickier to notice because there seem to be a few variants going around. 

A 'buyer' will pretend that you need to 'verify' your account 

they will try to get you to enter your card details to quite literally steal from you.

Here is what it might look like (please excuse the awful graphics): 

in every instance. If your account is disabled, you WILL get an email, but you will also see that in your gigs! 

(the graphic might be a lot more convincing than mine, but don't fall for it!) 

'Fiverr' (aka the scammers) will contact you in your inbox with an image with a QR code to scan. 

From what I've seen, this will take you to a site to verify your card details 

(just like above) and will steal from you once again!

 Fiverr Support does NOT exist in your inbox.

 They will NOT contact you (especially not 

IF something seems wrong with your account, contact CS to see what could be wrong.

If someone sends you a sketchy image or link, ignore it and mark it as a scam. If you're unsure, contact CS to double-check

(PS.: If any graphic pros can mock something better up (that is still obviously fake) please do so!) 

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