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I finally had a client pay with a stolen card on Fiverr last month
It was a Tuesday afternoon, and I was finishing up a logo design for someone who sounded legit. They paid the $150 gig fee, and I delivered the files within 48 hours like normal. Three days later, Fiverr sent me an email saying the payment was reversed because the credit card was reported stolen. I was pissed because I already spent 6 hours on that project and they took the money back. I filed a dispute with Fiverr support, but they basically said tough luck and kept the platform fee anyway. Has anyone else had to deal with a chargeback scam on either platform and actually got your money back?
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dianawilson2d agoMost Upvoted
It's just another way trust gets abused online, like how scammers fake sympathy to sell you nonsense in Facebook groups. The platforms always protect themselves first, leaving the actual worker holding the bag.
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waderamirez2d ago
Did you ask them to at least show you some proof that it was actually a stolen card, or did they just take their word for it and call it a day? Seems like they could at least do a basic check before screwing you out of 6 hours of work. Platforms like that never want to admit their own verification system was the thing that let the scam through in the first place.
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