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I was scammed by a celebrity influencer

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Re: I was scammed by a celebrity influencer

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Post by wpietri »

Rjevski wrote: post #16

To be fair, the main lesson here is that you shouldn’t be paying 500$ to an illusionist. That “Angie” whoever she is, is just a fraud. She’s not actually delivering any value. Whatever she’s pretending to earn could be all fake (it’s honestly not that difficult to fake these “perfect” photos and definitely doesn’t require to be a millionaire), and even if it’s real now, she’s gonna be the first one to get the door th…

I am not really an Instagram person, but I don't think you're right here. I think the value provided by Instagram today is basically that of glossy fashion and style magazines in the decades of yore. Some people like to look at pretty photos of pretty people wearing pretty things.

Re: I was scammed by a celebrity influencer

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Post by TylerE »

julianlam wrote: post #5

Don't think of it as having been scammed, but moreso that you paid your $500 tuition to the school of life. You won't make that mistake again. What honestly shocks me is the "aw shucks" attitude in the email from Teachable. I get that they're sort of stuck between a rock and a hard place, and they did issue as many refunds as they could, but to turn to students and say "we've paid out the remaining amount of money...…

You'd think so, but evidence suggest otherwise.

Many people, usually housewives, bounce from one MLM scam to another.

Re: I was scammed by a celebrity influencer

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Post by catacombs »

Beefin wrote: post #20

I'd be willing to bet the majority of IG accounts with 10k+ followers don't provide any real value outside of pretty pictures.

If you're a hot, white, blonde female, those are all the qualifications you need for thousands upon thousands of followers, assuming you are active on the platform.

Re: I was scammed by a celebrity influencer

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Post by jclay »

I don't know, I have a hard time finding sympathy for this.

I've paid many thousands of dollars towards courses to get my degree from a top university and most of them were awful. As with any university, there's of course no way to get a refund or make any public complaints that would yield an outcome.

Re: I was scammed by a celebrity influencer

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Post by _eht »

Rjevski wrote: post #16

To be fair, the main lesson here is that you shouldn’t be paying 500$ to an illusionist. That “Angie” whoever she is, is just a fraud. She’s not actually delivering any value. Whatever she’s pretending to earn could be all fake (it’s honestly not that difficult to fake these “perfect” photos and definitely doesn’t require to be a millionaire), and even if it’s real now, she’s gonna be the first one to get the door th…

Dad?

Re: I was scammed by a celebrity influencer

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Post by nosuchthing »

wpietri wrote: post #21
Rjevski wrote: post #16

To be fair, the main lesson here is that you shouldn’t be paying 500$ to an illusionist. That “Angie” whoever she is, is just a fraud. She’s not actually delivering any value. Whatever she’s pretending to earn could be all fake (it’s honestly not that difficult to fake these “perfect” photos and definitely doesn’t require to be a millionaire), and even if it’s real now, she’s gonna be the first one to get the door th…

I am not really an Instagram person, but I don't think you're right here. I think the value provided by Instagram today is basically that of glossy fashion and style magazines in the decades of yore. Some people like to look at pretty photos of pretty people wearing pretty things.

Except there were maybe 20 of those magazines where as now the barrier to entry is so easy that there's 20 million kids making these sorts of photos.

Re: I was scammed by a celebrity influencer

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Post by woogiewonka »

These "influencers" and their instagram accounts are so cringeworthy. How can anyone live their life like this, constantly posing and putting on an image? This can't be healthy. I get the money making aspect and getting paid to do something like travel.. but at what point does posing for glamour shots take away the fun of enjoying the places you go? Why do people follow these people? I don't get it...
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