Protect Your Patterns & Projects 😭😱🤬
As if artist don’t starve enough… people have to rip them off! 😡
Scam Alert: Pictured below is a snapshot of a Fraudulent Online Store claiming to sell these items.
Hi everyone, I wanted to share an urgent warning that mine, along with many other fellow designer’s patterns are being stolen and are being sold on a fraudulent website.
This is a heads-up for all of us in the crochet community, from designers to fellow crafters.
The site is using photos from real, legitimate creators and selling what they claim are the patterns. It has a name like "sellsilymk [dot] click" and other similar sites may appear, it came up googling my design.
Based on the reviews, buyers are not even receiving a workable pattern. It’s unclear what, if anything, they are getting for their money, but it is certainly not the beautiful, hand-written patterns they see in the site pictures. And there were 16 people looking at my design alone the last time I was there, along with others.(You had to clean it? The pattern? 🤨 What?)
This is a double blow:🪝 For Designsers: Our hard work is being stolen and used to deceive people, and it can harm our reputation when buyers are disappointed by what they receive.🪝For Crocheters: You could waste your money and end up with nothing, or worse, with a file that could contain viruses or other malicious content.How You Can Help
Buy from Reputable Sources: Always purchase patterns from trusted marketplaces like Ravelry, Etsy, or the designer’s official website.
Report Scams: If you see a suspicious site selling patterns, report it. You can inform the designer and the legitimate platforms where the pattern is sold. Your report helps protect others.
Buy from Reputable Sources: Always purchase patterns from trusted marketplaces like Ravelry, Etsy, or the designer’s official website.
Report Scams: If you see a suspicious site selling patterns, report it. You can inform the designer and the legitimate platforms where the pattern is sold. Your report helps protect others.
Let’s look out for one another and keep our community safe and scam-free. Be careful where you click and where you buy!
SITE BELOW IS A SCAM 👇 THIS PATTERN SOLD IS EXCLUSIVELY SOLD on Etsy, Ravelry and PayHip. These are my photos, and my name. I do not know what you will receive if you buy from this site. BEWARE!!!
Sending a shout out to a recognized designer;
Turtle Trunk (being among my favorites 🐢) appears on this shops site as well. And This is a FREE PATTERN on her blog! For Pete’s sake, they are selling for $41.98
Extensive research had confirmed that this "sellsilymk [dot] click" site as a fraudulent site with NO AFFILIATION To the designers or to RAVELRY.
Sadly this is not the first time that I have found my patterns being fraudulently sold online. In fact here is another NEW site steeling a separate design. (This one says out of stock, so they may just be using it for traffic)
Thank you.
Please Share, and Be Safe!
~ Cathleen 🧶
Let’s look out for one another and keep our community safe and scam-free. Be careful where you click and where you buy!
SITE BELOW IS A SCAM 👇 THIS PATTERN SOLD IS EXCLUSIVELY SOLD on Etsy, Ravelry and PayHip. These are my photos, and my name. I do not know what you will receive if you buy from this site. BEWARE!!!
Sending a shout out to a recognized designer;
Turtle Trunk (being among my favorites 🐢) appears on this shops site as well. And This is a FREE PATTERN on her blog! For Pete’s sake, they are selling for $41.98
Extensive research had confirmed that this "sellsilymk [dot] click" site as a fraudulent site with NO AFFILIATION To the designers or to RAVELRY.
Sadly this is not the first time that I have found my patterns being fraudulently sold online. In fact here is another NEW site steeling a separate design. (This one says out of stock, so they may just be using it for traffic)
Thank you.
Please Share, and Be Safe!
~ Cathleen 🧶
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