Beware of fake Udemy Support Team scamming new instructors

Juankiji
Juankiji Posts: 2 researcher rank
in First-time course creation

Hello to all ! I am a new instructor and I have been bombarded by a fake Udemy support team promising you a promotion of your course with free coupons which for a new instructor may sound interesting . They use the logo and name of the real Udemy Support team but are in reality Russian scammers with English fake names sending you e-mails to your Udemy message board like the following:

( I hope you share this info with other instructors so they get not scammed. I have reported this to Udemy as it is an inner security issue but they still keep on sending e-mails to me so I guess they do the same to all new instructors !)

(For Udemy Security Team I have his Russian name which matchs with his Paypal account if you need it) Please take care !

SAMPLE OS THE FAKE E-MAIL:

FAKE LOGO OF UDEMY TEAM +

" Hello !

I want to get right to the point, beacause I know you´re busy.

We are a team of Positive reviews, and we are ready to

help you advance your course !

Please do not reply to this email directly.

If you are interested, let us know.

Details can be found here: xxxxxxxxxx@yahoo.com "

Comments

  • GrahamNicholls
    GrahamNicholls Posts: 270 visionary rank

    Thank you for flagging it in here @Juankiji
    and for reporting it to Udemy, the more report and flag this the more Udemy can do about it :-)

  • Abbie
    Abbie Posts: 3,191 traveler rank

    Hi @Juankiji
    ,

    Thank you for reporting this to our policy team. It's definitely the way to go whenever we're approached by these type of users. Also, would you mind editing the post and blur out the email address so that we don't give these scammers additional exposure? We appreciate your help!

  • Juankiji
    Juankiji Posts: 2 researcher rank

    Sorry, I didn´t know that ! Alright !

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