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How do I know the project I backed wasn’t a scam? Updated. April 23, 2024 15:45. Follow. In order to launch a project on Kickstarter, a creator must first go through steps to verify their identity, this ensures that they are a real person. The creator’s verified name is then displayed publicly in the creator bio.
If you receive a message that appears suspicious, feel free to contact us via employment-scams [at] kickstarter.com. Per the FBI’s recommendations, we also encourage you to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel or the Internet Crime Complaint Center.
After all, Kickstarter themselves has admitted what you funded was a scam, but won’t return your money. That’s far outside the purview of your backer agreement, which relies on a good faith effort from project creators.
Every thing for sale on kickstarter is a scam and you will not get refunded by kickstarter or your credit card company. They will lie to you and say you purchased a service and not an item, even though you purchased an item and not a service.
8 Νοε 2013 · Backer scams seem harder to police through social norms, but it seems like it'd be possible for Amazon, who handles US Kickstarter payments, to step in here. Alex Heberling, a comic artist who Farhan scammed, says Farhan's hit 158 other Kickstarter projects with his scam.
TL;DR: is kickstarter full of scams? Hey all, Last year, I decided to try Kickstarter (KS). I was really impressed with the new gadgets that people are coming up with. So I went ahead and funded two projects - an automatic cat litter cleaner (Pluto) and a glasses cleaner, LensHD.
A company offered me a deal where they drive traffic to my Kickstarter using a referral link and charge 8% of the resulting revenues. Although they have raised a significant amount of money, I am starting to wonder if it’s actually a scam.
