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Last week i was sent a collaboration email that featured the brand Typology. I wasn’t familiar with the brand so I looked it up. It’s a skincare brand. When I went back to read the email fully it sounded familiar.
It was similar to the other scam emails I’ve had in the past. they were offering big payouts for little to no work.
It was similar to the Fashion Nova and Sephora collabs I’ve been sent over the past few months.
The Email
The Sender
The email was sent from a Gmail account so that should have been a dead giveaway it was a fake. But since some brands so use Gmail for their email you may never know.
The email was sent from the following address:
TYPOLOGYPARIS OFFICIAL officialtypologyparis@gmail.com
The Email text
The email was pretty straightforward and offered collaboration details. Such as payment and what you could be sent.
Hello Dear!
I’m Emily Dave PR manager at TYPOLOGY BRAND
I’m in charge of scouting out influencers for our brand.
We’re reaching out because we’re positive you will make a great influencer for our brand. We are looking for individuals with passion and enthusiasm and we will be glad if you would collaborate with us.
We’re excited to offer you the opportunity to work with us as a social media influencer,
Here is our offer:
We usually start with a pay of $400 per carousel and $800 per reel.
You are to post three carousels and one reel in each month.
You get paid a total of $2,000 per month.
The carousel should contain at most five pictures slides and the reel should be at most 30 seconds long.
If you would love to collaborate with us, we have some greater benefits for listed below;
- You would get free monthly packages (10 items of your choice per month) from the begging of this collaboration.
- Shout outs & re-grams from our social media pages.
- Free monthly packages.
- $1000 monthly allowance.
This collaboration is a long term collaboration and is it lasts for a year.
You will be provided with a contract to sign closing in on our agreement.
Kindly tell us if this works for you.
Hoping to hear from you soon.
Best Regards
Emily 💕
This email sounds appealing. Especially the possibility of being sent up to 10 products not to mention the payout.
What I learned
I did some digging about this email since it was similar to past email collaboration offers. So I did a quick email search. This seems to be a newer email but so I didn’t find a lot about it.
However, I did go ahead and reach out to the brand which did confirm that this is a scam. The rep from Typology let me know that they are aware of the email too.
Pal’s Tips 🐾
Tips for these types of scams:
- always check the sender’s address.
- reach out to the brand directly (by email or via social media)
- Check to see if the email is a scam by conducting an online search.
- If the email is not branded (brand dot com) always be suspicious.
- If the offer sounds too good to be true it usually is.
What type of scam is this?
I can’t say for certain but probably a Phishing scam hoping to gain some important info on you or your financial details. It could also be a money scam as well. Maybe if you were to reply to the email accepting the collab offer they may ask for money for shipping costs or something.
Don’t fall for this email and get the word out.
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