Scam & Risk Alerts
Evidence-led warnings about scams targeting backers and creators, fake pledges, phishing and campaign red flags.
Discussions
- Reddit roundup: red flags backers look for in newer campaigns Scam & Risk Alerts · 2026-09-28
- Reddit roundup: are post-campaign shipping fees the new bait-and-switch? Scam & Risk Alerts · 2026-09-19
- Reddit roundup: scammers posing as backers are targeting new creators Scam & Risk Alerts · 2026-04-21
- Reddit roundup: bot accounts in crowdfunding communities Scam & Risk Alerts · 2026-03-24
- Reddit roundup: bot pledges that back and then cancel Scam & Risk Alerts · 2026-03-05
- Reddit roundup: a backer pledges $120 then asks to email — real or scam? Scam & Risk Alerts · 2026-02-07
- Reddit roundup: the flood of scam emails new creators receive Scam & Risk Alerts · 2025-11-04
- Reddit roundup: a $700 pledge on a $5,000 goal — generous backer or scam? Scam & Risk Alerts · 2025-06-28
- Reddit roundup: a small YouTuber's investigation of a dubious campaign Scam & Risk Alerts · 2017-03-30
- Reddit roundup: Kickstarter removes the SKARP laser razor Scam & Risk Alerts · 2015-10-12
- Reddit roundup: a creator finds their campaign cloned on another platform Scam & Risk Alerts · 2014-04-10
- Reddit roundup: how backers spotted the Kobe Red jerky campaign Scam & Risk Alerts · 2013-06-13
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