Fake Instagram Boutiques are making millions of dollars off of Brand Ambassador scams. There are key factors to look out for, so you won’t be the next victim.
The Brand Will Post a Comment Under Your Pic
You take a cute pic and post it on Instagram for everyone to see. You write the proper hashtags in your caption and within a day, you are flooded with numerous Instagram brand comments. The comments are always about how they love your style and that you should DM them if you want to be either a brand ambassador or do some type of collaboration. These are called bots and these scammers use bots to send out numerous comments to various Instagram users.
Perhaps you entertain this conversation and fall for it because you have never heard of a brand ambassador scam. Unfortunately, you have just become their next victim.
The comments always look similar to this and they almost always ask YOU to reach out to them for more information. A brand that wants to work with you will not ask you to reach out to them. They will reach out to you and most of the time it’s by email, but never by comments.
Now, if you look at the profile that posted the comment, they are always different accounts and they are never reaching out to you from the business account.
The Brand offers EMPTY Perks
You DM the brand and they tell you about all the “lovely” perks you will receive as a brand ambassador. The catch is, you have to pay a small handling fee to receive your free products or use a discount code and pay the rest.
The brand usually drowns this out by listing ALL the perks you will receive. You get so distracted by the perks, that the shipping costs don’t even seem like an issue anymore.
Now most of the time the merchandise is listed at such a high price, on their website, so you think the merchandise is high end or expensive, but it’s not. All of the perks listed, the merchandise prices, and the shipping costs are all THE SCAM. You are actually paying more for shipping than the actual value of the product.
An IN DEPTH example of a couple SCAMS
Crescent Treasures
Crescent Treasures is an online boutique that “appears” to be high end. It has a very clean looking website and the product pictures look professionally done.
The jewelry is incredibly pricey and any person who is not familiar with these scams would easily fall for a scam like this. They look like a legit company.
They have this beautiful bracelet listed on their site for $70.31 USD which is crazy expensive for a bracelet. Unfortunately, this bracelet is not even worth a third of the price listed.
What is Ali Express
Ali Express is an online retailer where you can find various merchandise for a very cheap price. A lot of companies order from Ali Express in bulk and then apply their logo to the products. This “Anita” Bracelet is on Ali Express for $1-$7 dollars depending on the type of design you want.
Crescent Treasures is literally marking their jewelry for a way higher price than the bracelet is actually worth. You can find the same jewelry on Ali Express. When you receive a package from Crescent Treasures, the package says made in China. Coincidently, this is where the majority of the vendors and factories are located where these products are made. A huge red flag is if the products take almost a month to get to you or you don’t even receive it. They also don’t send a tracking number to you when you pay for the shipping.
Chic NYC Runway
Chic NYC Runway is another brand who is a little more advanced in their scam. This brand reaches out with lengthy emails that look very professional and legit.
Now, this scam is trickier because the emails look so professional and they even add names of top designers to make it seem like they are a big deal. This scammer uses FOMO (fear of missing out) as their scamming tactic to make you think that you would be missing out on a “BIG” opportunity.
Fortunately, this is an easy scam to spot because the perks look very similar to the previous one.
They even go as far as sending you a follow-up email if they don’t get a response. A lot of people have been scammed by this company and if you look on Google, you will find numerous videos about this brand.
This is another website that looks pretty clean and professional, but their basic tees are incredibly over-priced. You can literally go on Ali Express and buy this same shirt or similar ones for $1-$3 dollars and slap a logo on it. This is such an obvious scam.
This is an example of a basic tee that someone put a logo on.
What to expect from an actual brand deal
An actual brand will not ask you to pay any money to advertise their products. They either give you free products or pay you money through a brand deal. It will also be easy to find information about the company and the founder. You’ll also be ale to find a lot of reviews or testimonials on the products.
These fraudulent brands are scamming small influencers and Instagram users out of millions of dollars and every single person who they give a shoutout to on their pages have been scammed. Unfortunately, some don’t even know that they were scammed.
Today, the world is full of online scams, but they are pretty easy to spot once you know what you are looking for. Keep these tips in mind when dealing with brands.
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Girl thank you! You saved my time and money!
LOL! No problem girl. Just don’t want anyone being hassled.
Thank you! I have received an offer like this, and the company had high rates on trustpilot. I thought it’s suspicious with a limited time for accepting an offer. After reading your article I found thekr items on Aliexpress practically 10 times cheaper. They even took the photos from Ali to present the items.
Thankyou for saving me $$$$$$$!!!!!
Just saved me from being scammed. Thank you for this article.
you’re so welcome!
I believe that you saved me from falling into a jewelry scam… 🤔😔🙏
What happens if you are already in a scam??? I think I am and I don’t know what to do.
I have been scam too idk how to get out of it
Thank u so much for helping me out of one such scam
I got same comment from Crescent Treasures. So I googled and I found your explanation here! Thank you so much.
Of course! You’re welcome. I’m glad you found my post before proceeding with them.
Crescent treasures dm’d me so I sent them a link to this post & blocked em 😂
Haha! Yasss…the type of savagery I can get behind.
Hello Desiree,
Thank you so much for writing this article and being very precise with the examples on how all the different scams work.
I was actually contacted for an ambassador position for Mariz Jewelry on Instagram and after looking into more reviews and further information about them, I found your blog! This was extremely helpful to me and now I can share this knowledge and educate my friends as well!
Thank you for your kindness and informative words! I am looking forward to catching up and reading more about all your super helpful suggestions!
Hello Natalie!
Thank you so much for your kind words. I truly appreciate it. I am so glad I am able to help so many people avoid this scam. That’s thousands of dollars that won’t be put into their pockets.
OMG! Another reader just posted a comment about the company you are referring to (marizjewelry). She was able to find their products on Ali express, as well, so yes that company is another one of those scams.
I am just happy that you decided to do some research before going for it. Cudos to you for that.
Did Mariz end up being a scam? I was just contacted by them as well.
Hello! I have been told that it’s a scam, as well, and that people have received the same dms.
Are they a scam too?
Omg ME TOO! I told them I was too poor to pay for the shipping fee and if they are willing to send me some products I might promote LOL, but I won’t no worries! I was reached out by the manager although I only had 200++ followers haha
Hi there! Just wanted to share that you really helped me today. I was messaged by Vorillo and because of you I avoided a scam!
I’m so glad I could help.
I said thanks but no thanks to scams and they replied back to me staring that it most definitely was not. LOL
Haha! They are definitely scammers. I’m glad that so many people are becoming aware of their scams.
I just experienced this with luximinajewelry. They commented on my picture. I waited a few days before reaching out and their line up on benefits is fairly close to what you provided! I asked them for their back story and they never responded to that and got alittle pushy with signing up for 4 free jewelry. Thank you so much Desiree
I was literally about to ‘order my 4 FREE items’, when I Luckily came by your info! TG I hadn’t finished my order, but wish I could’ve found it earlier, as I have placed a few orders today & yesterday, with other companies wanting me to be their ‘Ambassador’! So, if I use these other brands, I won’t get paid? Ot is it that they’re just Super over-priced, that makes it a scam…I’d like to at least make some of my money back, like 350$, between 6 companies…got some great stuff, or so I thought…maybe some can be returned?
Wow! I’m so glad you found my post. Unfortunately, I don’t think you can get your money back. The scam is really the shipping and the over-priced items because majority of items cost anywhere from $1-$10 to make. So they are really over-pricing their items which is so wrong on so many levels. So they are getting a lot of their profit from the shipping and people buying these crazy over-priced items. I hope you can get your money back, but I’ve heard from a few people that they haven’t received their items after months or that they were never able to actually get their money back.
Hi :)Did someone pay witch credit card?…
**With ….. **
Yes, most people paid that way.
To be sincerely with you I knew from onset it’s a scam but I just wonna try and see how it looks like so I browse there site and see crazy price for jewelries that didn’t worth it at all I say well let me choice the three as I was asked to do with the aim like well am not paying a dime LOL ???? you can’t imagine how I laugh when I see shipping fees was not cancel lol I just smile and come read your post meeh am still laughing till now, only if you know how many life you’re saved with this post GOD go continue to bless you
Same goes for me. They neither commented on my posts but dm. I was looking up the location of the company but that’s just a house in the UK were normal people would life in.
That’s crazy! I’m glad you did some research and didn’t get scammed.
I had a woman from Catiana jewelry tryin to scam me and I straight asked her and she had some bullshit about how she is against scamming and it helps no one lalala…but she was going to pay me $800 to start and all I had to do is wear 3 pieces of jewelry and I’d get my own code of 70%off and I’d earn 40% commission on whatever I sold. Way to good to be true!
I was scammed by arceilia gemshop!! I wish I read this before. I am currently disputing the transaction with my bank.
Same! Thank you for the heads up and informative article. Much love.
You’re very welcome. 🤗
Gracias por tu investigación, y por hacernos caer encuentra de la estafa a mi también me escribieron y todo es tal cual lo dice aquí
De nada! Me alegra que se haya enterado de la estafa y pueda ahorrar su dinero.
Same with me! I even had a little talk with them about their sustainable values. They told me that they “create ethical and sustainable jewelry” and that they “avoid harsh chemicals in jewelry making processes”. LOL it’s actually so sad what they do for money
OMG! They definitely don’t hold sustainable values. It’s so funny what some sham businesses will do for money.
Thank you so much for this information, saving us from scams 🙂
You’re most welcome hun!🤗
Thank you ma’am.It’s really hard for beginners like me to identify these scams.You saved my time and hard earned money
Of course love! Glad I could help.
So if you do purchase from them do they just take your money from shipping? They don’t go into any sort of information or into your account to take more money? I paid through pay pal and am sketched out now even tho pay pal is legit I ordered from Mariz jewelry also
The only money they take from you is the shipping. They don’t continuously charge your account thankfully.
Hi! How was Mariz products? I just been asked to be an ambassador and I do not know what to do.
If the messages look anything similar to the ones I have listed in my blog post, don’t go for it.
Thank you so much !!!
You saved my money really I’m thankful that I found your blog 🙏
Damn I orderd also from mariz, but she confirmed me my salary will be paid etc plus comission. I told her about a scam I’ve fallen for and she showed me Screenshots of girls thanking for the weekly salary… I try now to get through paypal my shipping fee back… the mariz offer sounded so good, paid collab for new ambassadors and comission
Unfortunately many people have gotten scammed by Mariz too. They tell you that you will be getting a commission, but you actually don’t because it’s not an actual company.
Thank you a lot. The new copany is called now
Herald Treasures, same procedure.
Oh wow! It’s crazy that they keep changing the name. You’re most welcome.
I was contacted by Crysusgems.com on Instagram, same procedure, you have to pay the shipping…🙄
Hi, first of all thank you so much for this information, I’m a new small influencer and the ‘crescent treasures’ just reach out to me just like you said. They told me I’ll get 4 free items and my own discount code. Their store claim to give ‘free shipping for all orders’ but they told me I need to pay the shipping fee for 36 euros!!! That’s totally expensive and I wouldn’t pay this amount of money to be an ‘ambassador’. Thank you so much for the information you helped me a lot
I’m so happy that you didn’t fall for the scam. It’s really sad how they are going around scamming small influencers, like us, out of so much money. There are so many people that have fallen victim to their scams and it’s horrible. Yes! You should never pay to be an ambassador of any company because if a company wants you to be an ambassador, they won’t charge you anything. They will give you the product for free or pay you. I’m glad I could help. You’re most welcome.
Hi
Wow similar
thing happened to me..
This comment might be a lengthy one.
Thank you so much for exposing these fraudulent Instagram brands. I posted a selfie on my new account and someone from Espoir London DM me saying she is one of the talent recruitment team for the brand. I was told to use a discount code to get some items to complete the ambassador deal. I noticed it could it be a scam since I have just 14 followers. I thought it is ridiculous to be a brand ambassador with just 14 followers. So, I googled the company and I so your post. Thank you so much for this information. Another brand is guardian look and they are more advanced in their scamming, I googled the brand and I found out they even have websites for their ambassadorial deals stating the accounts that could invite one to be an ambassador. A lot of similar fraudulent brands (crescenttreasures, )have been commenting on my post saying similar things. I hope this won’t lead to disabling of my account. My old account was disabled and I just opened a new one. Thanks again for making this big announcement and stopping people from falling into victims to these scams.
Literally just received a message from them…. I thought they actually wanted my comments and opinions…. but when they told me I had to buy an item first… instant red flag….
I live in a third world country, so I don’t have euros or pounds and I’m not going to pay to be someone’s ambassador
Legit just got a message from ‘crescent treasures’ and was about to pay for the shipping but thought hmmm lemme just double check. Needless to say i’m so grateful I found this post!
I’m so glad you checked for more information and I’m so happy you found this post useful.
Hey thanks so much, I was just contacted by this company and was very skeptical regarding paying the shipping. Which in any case should be around 12€ not 30-35€!! So I tryed to find something on the company and your blog pupt up first!!!! So glad as I have no idea about this stuff. Thanks and keep up the good work 🙂
Yes! The shipping costs are absolutely ridiculous and I am so happy you spotted that red flag. High five to you. You’re very welcome!!!
OMG thank you so much! I was going to accept this offer and actually pay the shipping but I decided to get some information first.
You’re welcome love. I’m so happy you seeked more info.
no pense llegar a encontrar informacion que me fuera a servir sobre este tema, en verdad estoy muy agadecido con tu gran aporte de informacion. Justo hoy me enviaron mensaje de esa pagina de joyeria y se veia sospechosa pero real por el hecho de que otras personas ya eran embajadores. muchisimas gracias!! Espero que puedas seguir blindando informacion de este tema
Estoy muy contento de que haya encontrado útil mi información y de que no haya caído en su estafa. No hablo español, así que utilicé el traductor de Google para responder.
Thank you for doing what you do best. May God bless you for sharing your story. My friend got all of the above info. that you mentioned. Thank you, thank you again for being a scam stopper. Don’t stop please!
Aww OMG! Thank You so much for this very sweet comment. I am so glad that you found this information and that your friend didn’t get scammed. I will be making more posts like this in the near future.
wow, thanks for the heads up Desiree, also got a message from them asking me to be an ambassador for 4 free items and a shipping fee! phew. Thanks for saving me from this scammers.
Yes of course girl! These companies are the worst. Glad you didn’t get scammed.
Hi,
too late! So I ended up sending a shipping fee to Heralds Treasures. It’s been about two days and I sent them a message regarding the tracking #. They’re saying it’ll take them 4-7 days for a tracking # due to high volume. I told them to cancel it and now she responded by saying that I can cancel it in 60 days.
Now my question is, would I actually be able to get my money somehow? Is it possible to get a refund?
TIA.
Aww I’m sorry girl. I honestly don’t think they will give you a refund at this point. When it happened to me, I just counted it as a loss. 60 days is a ridiculous amount of time to cancel an order and usually when you make an online purchase, you get your tracking number immediately. That was my first red flag. I never received a tracking number. Not even after I asked for one.
Hiya, I just got a dm from ‘crescent treasures’ saying I can get 3 items for free and all I need to do is put my details in. I’m looking at these comments and reading your blog about it and now its making me free unsure because with my situation my basket is coming up with £0.00 with three items in my basket with the discount code they gave me. But i still need to put my payment details in which is putting me off.
I honestly wouldn’t go for it. You might be charged shipping after which wouldn’t be good. I would proceed with caution.
Girl they just dm’d me this morning! Thank you!!
No problem girl. Anytime!
Crescent treasure dm me too saying 4 items free gave me the same long message their insta looked fake and their pics had one like each but the website does look very legit glad I looked it up thank you for this
I’m so glad you didn’t fall for it. Yeah the huge amount of followers and a few likes on each pic is a big red flag.
Thanks, I got the same Dm on my IG account and I googled and found your explanation thank u so much for this
Of course girl! Glad I could help.
Wow! I was just about to purchase from cescenttreasures, Thank You so much!
You’re so welcome.
Well im fucking dumb i payd the shipping and just now looked what is this company🤦♀️ are they gonna take money now on my bankaccount or what do i have to do now
Unfortunately, your money is probably gone, sorry to say. you’re not dumb girl, they are really good scams and they got a lot of people. At least, now you know and won’t make that same mistake in the future.
Omg Thank you so much.. they did the same to me, but i thought it was really strange hahaha thank you so much
Haha! No worries hun. I’m glad you know what’s up now, so it will never happen to you again.
Hi Desiree, thank you for this article it was so useful and it is the second featured link when you Google Cresent treasures.. so well done! 😀 Today, I received a comment and DM from the same brand but also from another about 20 similar brands/IG accounts… I was like, what the hell is going on which made me think all of them must be scams and all are so similar. I have been getting these before but not in such high volume. I have never purchased anything as I always thought I don’t need some unknown jewellery or clothes from the US… (I am based in the UK). So, I would only go for a collab if I know or actually already use the brand. But today I was thinking maybe I should go for it even if I get something for free only once… Luckily, as a PhD researcher, I do research on everything (literally) and you just saved my time and shipping money. Thanks! 🙂 btw. this should be investigated properly as I think it is unethical, illegal and starting to be extremely popular. 🙁
Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment.🤗 I have heard from quite a few people that they are now being bombarded with so many dms and comments from these scammy companies which is crazy. It seems they have upped the ante on their scams or it might just be bots they set up to comment or dm multiple people. Regardless, it is horrible and so unnecessary. Especially, for smaller influencers and bloggers who are actually trying to partner with actual brands. It also is taking people’s hard earned money which is disgusting in itself. Especially, during a pandemic. I am so glad that you decided to research before taking any further steps. Applause to you for doing that. I really hope that they get burned for scamming so many people. It definitely is walking that illegal line to me, but the sad part is it’s a smart scam and they probably made sure to create such a scam in a way where they can’t get sued. I hope that there is something done in the future to weed out these type of scampanies.
Thank you so much you saved me too.!!!!
You’re very welcome!
¡Thank you Desirée! you just saved my time, illusions, and 29€ of shipping money! and another company to the list: MARIZJEWELRY
https://www.marizjewelry.com/.
Be careful, It’s exactly the same, I investigated and saw their products also on Aliexpress. And the same, they offer you to be a brand ambassador, with 100% discount on their jewellery (€ 50 for something that costs € 3 on Aliexpress and without shipping costs) and discounts for you to share in publications and the opportunity to gain followers. You “only” pay the shipping cost, about 30€.
OMG! Thanks so much for providing another company. That will help so many people. I’m so glad you didn’t fall for the scam.
Yes! I just got contacted by this company this morning. The red flags for me was the approach via a comment on my IG picture then the shipping fee drama, then their IG account looked weak but the website looked strong (didn’t match). However, finally the persistence of the fraudster turned me off and prompted my investigation. Thanks for the article!
Hi Desiree,
Thank you so much for writing about this. I’ve actually seen an ad first and reacted to it. And immediately when I did, new likes and some messages turned up on my account so 🚩🚩🚩
That’s how I ended up on your page and I couldn’t be more grateful to have found it before I sent anyone anything.
I owe you*
Awww you’re welcome hun!!! I just want to help. I’m so glad that you spotted the red flags and didn’t proceed with them until doing your research. That was a really smart move. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
hi i’m from brazil, recently some these brands liquidate me and Heralds Treasures ended up convincing me to pay a fee. Now I found your blog that provides me not to fall for these scams thanks for your help
Aww I’m sorry that happened to you. I’m glad you found my blog. Now you know what to look for, so they won’t be able to scam you again.
Wish I found this article sooner than I just could’ve donated my money to charity instead of these scamming a-holes. A valuable lesson learned I guess. Now time to nail them to the wall.
Oh no! I’m sorry you got scammed, but on the positive side, you’ll never fall for something like that ever again. These scammers are literally the worst.
I also fell for the scam, I never reply to messages like that. I am so upset. I understand how you’re feeling.
This was so helpful! Thanks for sharing!
You’re very welcome!
I have fallen for the Mariz scam. I never replied to Instagram Messages about becoming an ambassador for a brand or whatever but today for some idiotic reason I replied and I actually did the whole thing, thinking it would help me. I don’t reply to messages and today I did and shot myself in the foot. I only came to your page hours after making that huge mistake.
well… now I paid $27,95 for something I’ll never receive. I’m 30 years old how on earth did I fall for this?!
Please ignore all “Brand deals” if a company wants you they will send you items for free.
Aww! I’m sorry you got scammed by them. Yes, I too fell for it, but thankfully we both know what these scammers are up to now. I’m just glad a lot of people are becoming aware of these types of scams.
Thank you for your post! Much appreciated
You’re quite welcome!
one of these companies asked me to work for them and i thought it was legit 😭😭 i feel so bad, i spent days sending people the same messages to get them to place an order and only pay for the shipping i’m so dumb i feel horrible and lied to, i’m so sorry i should’ve done more research but i was really excited to get my first “job”
Aww it’s okay girl. You didn’t know. It’s good you are aware of these things now though.
Oh, I got so excited when they texted me…like finally someone noticed my account. Thank you for helping to spot things like that
Aww, you’ll get an actual brand deal one day girl. I’m glad you know what to look out for now.
Thank you so much for making this article, they send me a dm late last night and it all looked legit until they said I had to pay 39 euros for shipping, and they said I had to do it right away to make the discount code work, so thank you so much!
You’re so welcome! I’m so glad you caught the red flags. 🙌🏾
i got a dm from crescent treasures earlier this week and responded out of curiosity, i kind of figured it’d be a scam but then it started seeming so legit. then i searched for reviews and your article came up i’m so glad i found this before doing anything.
thanks for providing this important information so people can stay protected!!
I’m so glad you did your research and found my article. You’re very welcome!
Hi! Today i got a similar DM but from Hermosa treaures! i googled and found your page! Thank you so much for warning u_u
You’re welcome hun!!!
I got same comment from Crescent Treasures. So I googled and I found your explanation here! Thank you so much.
I’m glad you did. You’re welcome!
Also marohh, marcel louis… I givie you heads up, stupid me fell for a few
Thank you for the heads up. I’ll be doing a post listing every fake brand mentioned in the comments.
Oh my gosh, thank you so much for this!!! I make YouTube videos and recently got my first sponsor. Since then, my emails and DM’s have been flooded with offers. One being Miraz. Something felt off about it.. So I googled them and luckily found this! Another one I was recently DM’d by was Versus Enigma. I haven’t heard anything bad about them, but I’m still researching more before I waste my time and money. It’s crazy how people are okay with scamming others!
You’re quite welcome! Congratulations on your first sponsored deal. I haven’t heard about Versus, but if the messages look similar to how they look on my blog, I wouldn’t move forward with them.
I’m sad that I haven’t seen this before I fell for another brand.
Never enter into a cooperation with “Roosali”!
Aww I’m sorry you found this late, but at least you now know.
And this too
( Treasal Jewelry ) is a scam
Hey Desiree,
Thank you for this very useful post.
I am too frugal to fall for these scams though. Lol.
I get contacted a lot by these so called brands but immediately I see the 50% discount I ignore them.
Although a few are legit. I have had a few who send money to my PayPal for me to purchase products, They are small time and just trying to get reviews on their Amazon stores.
But I got contacted by Marizjewelry today, so I decided to do my research as usual and found your post.
I definitely would not have paid the shipping cost, but I would have been dealing with severe FOMO. So thanks really. Big save.
Haha! Being frugal definitely has some great benefits. I’m glad you didn’t fall for it. Like you stated, if the company sends you money or sends completely free stuff, then they are most likely legit. It’s the 50% scammers that everyone needs to look out for.
I need help! I failed to do my research and ordered from:
> Mariz Jewelry
> Sway Vintage
> Vetorya
> Ernest Martheo
From the comments above, I’ve gathered that Mariz is a scam. Can you help me with any of the others?
Thank you!!
Hello there!
I haven’t heard of the others (sway, vetorya, or Ernest math), but hopefully someone else in the comments will be able to respond to you and let you know whether those are scams too. If you received a similar message to the ones in my blog post, then it’s most likely a scam, as well.
Thanks for the post Desiree! Saved me some research, but I also ended up writing about two other accounts (Madnecia, Vorillo) doing this so the more awareness the better.
Glad I could help. Thanks so much for bringing awareness to those other accounts.
I believe I was proposed a scam by this jewelery company. They’re called Wilmington jewellery London, watch out for them. There is NO information about them online, other than their website. Their products are SUPER expensive, a neckless is 300 plus euros. They say they’ll give you a free item (300 worth) and you only pay shipping, which, for me, it was 8 euros. I tried the code and it worked, I would only pay shipping. But the situation is so weird. That’s when I started googling, found nothing about them, only this site, which made me believe it was really a scam. Be careful, guys
I’ve just been contacted by Wilmington Jewellery too and luckily I came across this article first. Thank you for sharing this info Desiree. X
Any more update on Wilmington London. I was approached by them today??
They contacted me as well. They are called Wilmington London but they appear to only offer € prices, I checked the source code for their website too and their shopify account appears to be based in Andorra, as the country code is AD not GB as it would be if it was based in London and I couldn’t find any company registration number which is usually publicly available for UK companies. I’d say avoid Wilmington as best you can.
I have just paid 8€ for shipping for Wilmington Jewellery London 4 weeks ago. I wish I saw your post earlier. I knew it was to good to be true. Will definitely be ignoring these types of messages in the future.
Same here … I was stupid enough to believe it and paid the 8 euros shipping fees. I wish I looked further which I usually do. Aren’t you guys scared now that they have your address ?
I sent them an email + tried their “contact us” chat thingy (I highly doubt they will ever answer).
Not that I’m running after 8 euros but I don’t like knowing they know where I live you know ?
hello,the same thing happened to me ,i actually paid 8 euros for the fee of shipping,it has been more than a month , emailed them but never get a response and i also noticed that their website is not working anymore,so it’s clearly a scam.
Thanx for this. I was literally about to pay, when I decided to have a quick look see at the company. I came across this article and you mentioned Ail Express. The bracelet I was literally going to order was on there for $20 instead of the £73 (£45 ish after my discount, don’t know the $ amount)
So thanx for the money save. Much love and gratitude xx
So I randomly received 4 pieces of jewelry in the mail yesterday from Mariz Jewelry, odd thing is I don’t use Instagram and I never received a DM from this company or anything about being an “ambassador”. I literally have no clue who this company is, who ordered this jewelry, where it came from or why I received it. I’m searching all of my accounts, Etsy, Amazon, PayPal etc. for random orders – nothing! Finally, I find a transaction for $33 on a credit card I haven’t used since Feb from Mariz – So Weird, I’m filing a fraud dispute with my credit card right now!
OMG! That is the weirdest thing. That’s horrible and yes you definitely should file a fraud claim.
Hi,
Thanks God i reach your site before make any move. i received same DM and almost to proceed. But thanks did some research and found you.. thanks you have save many people out there. Love X0X0
Thank you so much! I was about to order 3 “free” jewelry pieces from chrysusgems with a 35€ shipping fee :/ Then I wanted to look for reviews and found your post :))
You’re so welcome!!!!
I got scammed from this company though the same way with others “Being an ambassador” … I realized this is weird after making order already.. I tried to contact with them to cancel my order, but what a slow they are..!! and they didn’t cancelled my order after all. I called my credit card company right away and told them about this situation and I cancelled the card and renew it. They told me they can’t get my money because credit information that I gave to them is already gone. So I save my money and totally been forgetting this situation. And maybe 3 weeks later, I got delivery from them. It’s totally the order that I make, and quality is so so.. but one of them is trash.. So If some of you already make a payment, don’t hesistate to call your credit company. They’ll help you so quickly. Okay, Now I got really “FREE” items from them, I’m gonna use these jewelry sometimes ..;)
WOW THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!! I was just accepting the Vorillo account with the $36 shipping fee.
Wow just found this after being contacted by 2 “brand ambassadors” of Arcelia Jewellery… OK now I know what I’m gonna do, thanks to you 😉 Thanks for your help!
thank you, actually really helpfull
oohhhhmy goodness I’m so sad I found this after I paid $40 in shipping:((((( CT and Mazi also go under the name Vorillo :(((
thanks for this post i got scammed from wellingonjewelry brand, i paid for the fee of shipping and i never got the product.
I’ve received sooooooo many proposals like that, that is actually making me sad! because if I get a real proposal from a real brand I won’t even know it! 😢
Thank you I just had this from “virillojenely” and was going to do it…
What a shame..
Hello Desiree, my daughter almost got scammed by thiis so called company. She too has an Instagram account and was hit up by them to be an Ambassador. They would have got her too if she would not have mentioned the amount they wanted for shipping. They told her she could get $120 worth of free jewelry but the shipping was $39.46. I told her no way should the shiipping be that much. I looked at their website (Lariall.com), there was no contact number, address or chat. There was definitely no way to contact or know who and where they were located. So I told her it had to be a scam and looked it up and the it has avery low internet score. She just started her Instagram account so she does not even have the followers for anyone to be interested have her promote there product anyway.
Hello Janet, I’m sorry that happened to your daughter, but I’m glad you caught that the shipping was too expensive. They go after everyone they can possibly find and send out a bot to comment on as many Instagram profiles as possible. They have made so much money off of the shipping price for so long. It’s truly sad and I’m glad that more people are becoming aware of this scam.
Amen
Definitely a big salute and a great big thank you like I previously read on another comment you definitely saved me time and money cuz he had something 995 or 29.99 isn’t a lot for shipping but after you got a hundred people paying that $29.99 or 2995 yeah it’s a big win not with me it won’t be but I’m definitely willing to link out and collab with the real ones so get at me serious inquiries only and I check everything before I do anything trust me lol again thank you for your tips, Pros, and Cons. 💯💯🥇👑
Yes, the shipping doesn’t seem like a lot, but let’s say everyone in this comment section or who viewed this blog post paid for that shipping, they would make about 1.5 million on just shipping. It blows my mind. I’m glad you did your research though.
You should add Arcelia Official ( https://arceliaofficial.com/ ) to your list of scamming websites. They do the same thing, send you a dm offering free jewelry and lots of other promises and you only pay their overpriced shipping. All of their jewelry is from AliExpress. Thank you so much for your blog.
I definitely will add them to the list. Thanks for the heads up. You’re so welcome. Thank you for visiting.
I just received these kinds of dms just now! thank you for your article 🙂
Received a dm from separate “manager” accounts of both arcelia.collections and crescentreasures, saying that we will have to pay approximately 10 to 38 pounds for shipping (ridiculous), to make sure that the ambassador was a ‘serious one’ as some of them do not contact them after they receive their items. Both of them offer future products to be completely free of any charges. kinda sus in my opinion
Is jarlessa a legit company?
I got a lot of text from them and comments
The only thing I do I contact the real real owner and send it to them
Thank you SO MUCH for your blog and video about these scammers!
I received that same message from VORILLO jewelry
https://vorillo.com/
Scammers.
Be aware, ladies!
Thanks again <3
You’re quite welcome. I’ll make sure to add that to the list.
Girl! I just got hit up by Arcelia Collection making all of these amazing promises. I was like, chiiiiilllle this seems to good to be true. Free Jewelry, features, commission, etc. all kinda stuff!! I was like “hole up”, let me check this out and thankfully I ran across your blog. You ROCK!!!
Haha! I am glad you found my blog. Yes, they make all these empty promises that sound oh so good. Such scammers!!!
Thanks for researching this. I was just about to fall in that trap. The scammer is called “yolegga” 😂, just an FYI!
You’re welcome! I’ll add that to the list.
Thank you!!!!!!!
YOLEGGA YOLEGGA YOLEGGA IS A SCAM!!!
The only way I found out was by typing in YOLEGGA scam on google and your comment came up.
*Your comment is the only way I found out this was a scam
Thanks a million. You’re a 💎 diamond!
Look forward to the next one.x
You’re very welcome!!!
Vorillo is a scam, don’t buy anything from they, though everything looks very truthful:website, several insta accounts as if official and brand managers’. This is all fraud.
Thanks a lot to clear my mind about this. I thought i was impossible to be real for my under 100 followers account. 🙂
This blog saved me from a scam. I also got one of those comments from a supposed store in London but I wanted to find out first who they are, and indeed they asked me to pay for the shipping. You can add this page to your blog https://vorillo.com/ which messages are exactly the same as the ones you published in the photos
You saved me from it too. Rock on girl!!!!
Awesome article and information.
🙂
Hi I had received message too from Melissa Isaac in IG. She said I’m fit as the ambassador of Marcellouis Jewelry! Thank for this info I become more alert about this.
Thank you for this. I’m a brand ambassador for legitimate businesses and I keep getting IG messages from these scam brands. I feel bad because I know there are people who want to become brand ambassadors. These scams make it seem like it’s such a great opportunity! They prey on them and that’s not fair. Another word to the wise. If it seems to good to be true, it usually is.
Hello, and thank you so much for putting this information out here!! I am going to post it on my instagram page as well @theejanellecharmaine shortly after my comment here.
This message definitely needs to get put out in order to shut these scammers all the way down!! Ironically, I was coming on Google tonite to actually research a “company” called Kenzie Treasures, because his “DM Offer” seemed entirely too good to be true. He also hit me with the email & a contract in my email. When I get to my email, I’m expecting a whole 10 page contract( because he was talking about a trip to some island for photo shoots, giving me $100 just to mention that I was a Kenzie Treasure Brand Ambassador, $500 for 2 post per month, $2000 for 5-3 minute reels, etc.) I get to my email, it’s one page contract with no address, no logo, no phone number.
In my midst of researching him, I see your article about Crescent Treasures & I about collapsed to the floor!!! Girrrrlll, just last night, Esca Fashions 5 tagged me in their story as their Brand Ambassador & then I tagged them in mine & put them in my bio along with Ava Fashionz, whom I just ordered from yesterday. My Dm is flooded right now with many of them. Your picture of the Ali Express bracelet almost took me out!! Unbelievable!! I swear I just told my daughter last night that I had been finding it to be odd that I have to pay shipping fees low or high to advertise the company’s products. I also found it odd that when packages finally arrive, there isn’t a logo of any kind, no receipts to remind you what you ordered over a month ago from these multiple companies. I was going crazy trying to figure out how to model & post all this merch without knowing who to give the shout out too. Omg, complete nightmare!! Yes, we do know now how to handle ourselves moving forward, true lesson learned. Thank you so much for getting the ball rolling on this one Sis!!
OMG! Now they are coming in HEAVY with their “fake perks.” A trip to an island for photoshoots? I guess they are realizing that the previous perks are not working anymore. It’s so sad that these people have to resort to such a scam to make money, but I’m so glad you did more research and I’m glad my article clarified things for you. I hope you land a REAL brand deal in 2022. Thanks for reading and commenting girl.
Lol fell for it ha ha!! Oh well next time I won’t
Quickie, Im new and this was why I created a insta account, but what a let down, I was hit up by like 20 of these ambassadors, are any of them legit. It did come very quick, but I just thought it was going to be my turn, finally…
Thank you so much for sharing the info about jewellery scams..I have been approached several times by someone and was just about to finally give in and accept their ‘gifts’ until I read your article ❤️ 😊
Thank you for telling us all about this. I just got hit up by 11 companies all saying the same thing. I reached out to a influencer I know to see if this was legit. So thanks again.
Luximina jewels is also a similar fraud company. They offered me same . Next day I read your article abt these type of scams and thank god you saved my time and money . Thankuu so much for sharing such type of scams.
I stumbled upon your page as i was searching about brand ambassadors coz i got a lot of comments on my recent IG post telling me about being ambassador. Thanks for the tips, it helps a lot.
Freya treasures Scammed me same method, I lost more than 200$ on their products I got no refund or products or even answers from the IG account!
Both these two “companies” DM’d me on IG tonite, Alorraa jewelry and as soon as I replied to Alorraa jewelry I had Freya Treasure Jewelry message me as well, both saying the exact same thing, 4 free pieces of jewelry, they looked over my profile and my profile is perfect (lol I have mainly funny memes, a few selfies or pics of my kids on my profile) and they want me to be a Brand Ambassador which is odd considering i only have 690 follower, so why would they want me to promote their products?? And also one of the first things Alorraa jewelry says is “I know the reviews you saw are concerning” and I hadn’t even looked at any reviews yet and that’s when I looked them up after they said that and every single page and social media review that came up
on google was SCAM. Then I came across this blog TG 🙏🏻 and u saved me from making a mistake and losing money I couldn’t really afford to lose. And also seeing on so many pages and websites that their jewelry is only like $1-$10 tops and they sell some for like $80 if not more is disgusting, ppl waiting months and months and no products delivered yet, one lady has been waiting and getting the run around since September 2020! Another lady said her card was charged 3 times what it was supposed to. OMG these ppl are crooks and need to be stopped. Thank you again for posting this it has saved countless people from making a mistake and losing money. You are a rockstar and the real MVP.
AGAIN 2 MORE COMPANIES TO ADD TO THE LIST OF BRAND AMBASSADOR SCAMMERS ARE:
***Freya Treasure Jewelry
***Alorraa Jewelry
YUBAMA IS A SCAM
they contact you first asking if you want to become their brand ambassador and then they tell you they will send you free stuff as long as you pay the shipping price. So I payed the shipping price. then I called customer service because I couldn’t track my purchase order. It kept on saying my number was invalid so I tried calling the CS line. They do not pick up. I don’t think they exist. So I proceed to message the account on instagram that replied instantly before about this and about how I wanted to cancel my purchase order. I read their terms and conditions that you can cancel within 24 hours and I called them within 3 hours or so. The account stops replying and ghosts me. My purchase order is still not canceled nor can I track my purchase. This is fraud and scam.
Omg You save me
I almost fill my credit card number. Thank you for this article.
Jevvelry jewelry is scam? Right!
Thank you God
Thank you so much
Hey,please have a look at my insta acc readyforfourty.
I just recived a comment like that.
They told me that i will get the jewelry for free but i have to pay the shipping
Thank you for the article, I received one these today, it was called Nucery and they pretend to sell jewelry. Maybe it helps to know another one!
OMG! I was just talking to this brand and I KNEW their offer was too good to be true. Thank goodness someone mentioned them here!
So they are Skam?
what to ask if a brand tells me if I’m interested I could dm the main account that has almost 1M followers?
Is Gemifulbrand a scam?
Yes! There are so many of these scams on IG. I actually had one state they donate 20% of their revenue to charity, going so far as to send me the donation slip so I could see they had “donated” over 16K. Turned out to be most-likely falsified as the charity said they never received said amount. Grrr. Gonna do a blogpost about that too.
OMG, thanks for the warning. I received an offer from the brand manager of Arcelia collections – jewelry. I was looking for revieuws first when I came on yours. It saved me from being robbed. It were the same jewels as on Aliexpress and if I would have ordered it costs me over 40 euros of shipping costs. Outrageous that something like this exists!! Thanks very much – no more ambassador things for me anymore
There is another you should definitely post on here that I just received on Facebook. They are called charizma chic. Same thing with posting on my picture and was about to go through with it until I googled it first and immediately scam websites popped up for this website!
I put in a website that asked me to be a brand ambassador will you let me know if it’s fraud please? Love your blog
Thank you so much for making this video. You honestly saved my time and money. I’m an aspiring model myself. Last night I started gaining on my model page on Instagram. I’ve been scammed before under different circumstances. So the comments and dm from fashion companies seemed odd to me, but I was riding the wave of being noticed online. However, something in my mind told me not to go for all these offers I was getting. And thank goodness I didn’t. I found your video while researching one of the companies that dm about an offer. I’m glad I did more investigating about these companies. There were plenty of red flags about all of them. As I said, thank you for making this video. You save me money and emotional distress.
another account to watch out for is the @karisajewelry. they look legit because of thousands and thousands of followers but they are scam as well, they will they you that to apply for an ambassador, you just need to order 3 items, it will be free but you will pay for the shipping, and then they will offer you a “vip ambassador” you could apply for. they will make you order 5 more separate orders , free items , but you will pay for each shipping fee, and then they will tell you that you will receive the 2k dollars salary everymonth but you have to send your pics and 30sec vids with their pieces every month. they will even ask for your paypal or bank transfer details so they could “send” your salary there. and then if ever you receive the items, they will ask you to make 5 more separate orders, with items free, but you will still pay for the shipping fee to “ACTIVATE” your salary. in my experience, i only applies for the regular ambassador, then, they told me, i am qualified to be a vip ambassador, i will just have to make 5 separate orders , free 2 items each, but i wasnt able to do the whole vip thingy. because i already feel sketchy about it. the payment i did for the first three items wont hurt so i was like okay. i said i wont be able to do the 5 orders for the vip. they said, then make the 3 for now, then when you receive your salary together with the item, you could place the remaining 2 orders for the vip. the regular amb. salary is 2k, the vip one is 5k monthly. they will ask you to only send 10-13 pictures of you wearing the pieces and 2 ,30 sec vid ,again with the jewelries. PLUS, they would even make you sign a “contract” to confirm that you are an ambassador. you will never recieve any salary. they will tell you to place the five orders within 5 hours then they will send your “10k” salary within that day. if you try to argue and ask for the first pay, they will say place the order first , and if you dont, they wont send your salary. even, you signed that “contract”
i’m working with a jewlery brand called goldyvibes and as a beginner i still don’t know if they are scammers or not. but i got some uncomfortable signs, that made me search and come here to comment, if anyone got scammed by this brand before please tell me, i don’t want to be one of the people who scammed without knowing that, and thank you so much
I don’t have a website yet however, I wanted to say thank you because you saved me from being scammed. I’m new at this and your advice was fabulous and on point and it will save me in the future as well. Thank you again.
I’m glad that you did research and didn’t buy from those accounts.
Me too!! 🙂