Over the weekend, it was brought to my attention that a profile on Instagram and Facebook has been pretending to be my business Stone Ridge Books LLC and taking clients (pretending to be me) or employed by me. For legal reasons, I will not be sharing the name of this person/company, but if you see any company or social media profile that is not owned and operated by me using my logo, name, photos, or videos, please know it is not me. Please report the profiles if you see them. In this video I talk a little more about the issue, and also how to spot scammers like this in the future so you don't waste your money.
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Mandi Lynn published her first novel when she was seventeen. The author of multiple books, Mandi spends her days continuing to write and creating YouTube videos to help other writers achieve their dreams of seeing their books published. Mandi is the owner of Stone Ridge Books, a company that works to help authors bring their books to life through cover design and digital book marketing. She is also the creator of The Book Launch Planner, a planner designed to help authors publish and market their books. When she’s not creating, you can find Mandi exploring her backyard or getting lost in the woods.
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This happened to a friend of mine on Facebook. The way she motivated Facebook to move faster is to cite copyright violations.
Noted. I’ll give that a shot!
Noted. I’ll give that a shot!
That’s terrible!!! I’m sorry this happened to you. Legitimate freelancers have a hard time garnering work because of scammers like this which is ridiculous. Watch out y’all!!
This totally sucks!! I’m sorry this happened to you.
I am sorry you have experienced this. My sister faced a similar situation, and unfortunately no matter how many times we reported it to facebook, it was not removed at the time. This is all too common and seems it is very difficult, especially on facebook to get fake profiles taken down, so these scammers are having a frenzy on this platform.
Because the real scammers somehow never violate Facebook’s “community standards,” yet those of us who report them are persona non gratis.
THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING ON THIS TOPIC!!!! I shared this video on my twitter acct. I hope you can fight those scammers in some legal way, get them shut down! Let me know if I can help in some way. 🙂
That is creepy! Thanks for the tips on scammers. I think the FB page got taken down. If I see anything suspicious with your name I will definitely report it. Geez….that is just awful.
Unfortunately the Facebook page is still up and using my logo as their cover photo and saying they work with me
@@MandiLynnWrites Oh it is? I will go look again.
So sorry you go through that it’s terrible
God that fucking sucks! I’ll never understand how people can do this and see it as just needing an “IN” for themselves, that doesn’t suddenly make it okay to impersonate and profit from the presence someone else has put the effort into making! 😠
Happy to report the profile has officially been taken down! Please make sure to do your research when hiring freelancers.
Yayyy! I’m glad to hear this news!
So glad it’s been taken down now! I reported as much as I could when I came across it.
It’s disgusting what some people try to get away with.
Glad to hear you got their posts taken down.
A scammer tried to use my Facebook with my picture without my permission. My friend report it for me. I also report it too.
You can file lawsuit against Facebook.
I usded to work for a very well known artist. I came across a scam using this artist image. So I contacted a attorney who delalt with copyrights . He was able to create a cease and disist letter, It ended immediatly. Aloha
As an author and publisher, I share your feelings. A while back a similar thing happened to me and my organization. We had a group of Nigerians pretending to be our organization to scam people out of money. Fortunately they messed up and chose to do this with an organization that is highly recognized in our field and we were able to shut them down. My recommendation is not to hold back when exposing such fraudsters but expose every detail of them including their names and who they may have impersonated in the past. The goal being to fully remove their ability to simply change their accounts and do this to other people.
I personally love your videos and find them great sources of information. Please don’t be put off by this, as it is a sign of your success. Keep up the great videos. We know who is the real deal out here in authors land. And who the hucksters are.
I’m so sorry you had to deal with this especially being a new mom! Reading an updated comment from you, I’m glad that it has finally been fixed. I’ve seen so many scammers, but not in this way. It was definitely copyright infringement. What’s even worse is that with AI, I can only image that it will get worse. We all need to be aware of this. Thank you for your information!❤
Mandi, that is creepy and frightening that someone would use your name, likeness, and business’s name and likeness to scam people!
I’m so sorry you’re having to go through this.
These accounts are everywhere. It is really annoying when scam accounts like these pop into comments or messages. I’m glad that the matter has been settled ^^
I’m sorry you had scammers do this to you. Facebook, Instagram and other websites should disclose their information to the police, so that the criminals involved can hopefully be taken down.
Scammers are everywhere now including the literacy world, they are so full of it. You need to expose them, they are a right pain. I call out so many all the time, thier bs format for a start. You know when it is bad when they become invasive in the first place. I have had top profiles with huge profiles doing this too. It is crazy….heck, even those who claimed to work long term in Penguin Random House. The awareness is rising, but people are still being caught out.