Scam Alert
February 14, 2012 by Lex
Filed under News + Updates
This website is stealing copyrighted photos and descriptions of my work. And it’s not just me. The work of several other designers is also being stolen.
Rest assured that I’ve summoned all the bad karma possible and sent it their way, hoping they come down with a raging case of syphilis, but let’s digress from that for a moment. Someone asked if this was another (yes, sad that we have to use the word ANOTHER) Chinese company stealing a designer’s work and then reverse engineering it to sell cheap knock offs. This site is actually worse, at least in terms of the customers, because they don’t even have knock-offs to sell. Scammers love to steal pretty pictures, add a price tag, and let the money roll in (or your credit card number). Anyone that buys from this site can kiss their money goodbye, because that dress you just paid for doesn’t exist.
It’s only a matter of time before Paypal shuts this site down, and while I’m sure the doucheballoon that runs it has a million other scam sites out there, spread the word and make sure your friends know to avoid this site:
thegothicwear.com
P.S. Hey, TheGothicWear… asphinctersayswhat?
Kat on Thu, 16th Feb 2012 8:21 pm
Thanks so much for the heads up!
You can report things like this to the BBB and the FTC. (In fact, I reported a website for false advertising earlier today… they had fake ‘before and after’ photos, and fake testimonials on their website). Both the BBB and FTC have easy online reporting systems, and the FTC even has a process for reporting international businesses like this one.
Thanks again, syphilis is too good for them.
-Kat