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@GYMNAKO CLOTHING BRAND ... LEGIT OR SCAM....

Crystal S
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Hi everyone! Do you know of a clothing brand called @Gymnako.official? They recently contacted me on IG asking to be an Ambassador. I would like to know if they are a legit sponsor or a scam! 

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2 minutes ago, Crystal S said:

They recently contacted me on IG asking to be an Ambassador

Do you have a presence that makes you a good candidate for ambassidor?

 

2 minutes ago, Crystal S said:

Do you know of a clothing brand called @Gymnako.official?

When I search them, I only see their store, curvenako. Does not look like a well-established brand.

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Guessing its a scam. 

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Website for their store is barely a month old. I'd be weary.

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Their clothing doesn't look like anything special. They're likely just hoping to make a quick buck.

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This is a type of Influencer / Brand Ambassador scam.

 

How the scam works:

The scammers will set up a website and instagram account. They will reach out to people on Instagram offering a deal to be a brand ambassador to promote their products. They will claim that their goods are worth $100+ and offer either heavy discounts for brand ambassadors or free items with you just paying a $20 delivery fee. The scam works by having you pay the fake delivery fee or the fake "discounted" price for the products which is actually still heavily inflated over the real price. They may send you an item that is really only worth a few dollars from China with free shipping, or they may send you nothing at all.

 

If you receiving any messages from instagram accounts asking you about being a brand ambassador it is a scam. Report and block the account.

 

 

The website is a scam website.

The website was created less than 2 months ago and information on the website (such as privacy policy) has been copied from another website which appears to have been shut down (probably the last scam website they used that was shut down).

The description on all the products is for sunglasses where they've lazily copied the product description from some other website.

The instagram account is using bot followers to boost their follower numbers.

Their instagram photos are stolen from other instagram posts/websites.

The photos of the clothes they're using on the website have all been grabbed from sites like Alibaba and Aliexpress, where the same clothes they're advertising on their website for $100+ are being sold for as little as $3.

 

For example this is a random product I took from their home page advertised at $109. It's being sold on Alibaba for $6.90, or less if bought in bulk.

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This tank top they have on their website for $172 is being sold on Aliexpress for $3

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On 1/19/2024 at 6:38 PM, IkeaGnome said:

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Website for their store is barely a month old. I'd be weary.

Name Cheap Inc
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13 hours ago, Spotty said:

This is a type of Influencer / Brand Ambassador scam.

 

How the scam works:

The scammers will set up a website and instagram account. They will reach out to people on Instagram offering a deal to be a brand ambassador to promote their products. They will claim that their goods are worth $100+ and offer either heavy discounts for brand ambassadors or free items with you just paying a $20 delivery fee. The scam works by having you pay the fake delivery fee or the fake "discounted" price for the products which is actually still heavily inflated over the real price. They may send you an item that is really only worth a few dollars from China with free shipping, or they may send you nothing at all.

 

If you receiving any messages from instagram accounts asking you about being a brand ambassador it is a scam. Report and block the account.

 

 

The website is a scam website.

The website was created less than 2 months ago and information on the website (such as privacy policy) has been copied from another website which appears to have been shut down (probably the last scam website they used that was shut down).

The description on all the products is for sunglasses where they've lazily copied the product description from some other website.

The instagram account is using bot followers to boost their follower numbers.

Their instagram photos are stolen from other instagram posts/websites.

The photos of the clothes they're using on the website have all been grabbed from sites like Alibaba and Aliexpress, where the same clothes they're advertising on their website for $100+ are being sold for as little as $3.

 

For example this is a random product I took from their home page advertised at $109. It's being sold on Alibaba for $6.90, or less if bought in bulk.

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Thank you so much for this in-depth response! @Spotty I so appreciate this. I decided to NOT go with them thankfully lol

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