You’ve heard of catfishing; now it’s time we add “jobfishing” to the list of terrors internet users have to be on the lookout for!
On Monday, BBC News published a horrifying investigation into Madbird, a supposed design agency run by a social media influencer — who was apparently conning dozens of real employees across the world into working for months for no pay.
After speaking to former employees of the now-defunct firm and the clients it purported to have worked with, the BBC found that much of Madbird’s existence was total bull.
According to the outlet, many of the “employees” who rounded out the company’s Zoom calls were fake, while senior employees listed on the company’s website were actually stolen identities of models and social media users who didn’t work at Madbird at all. (The headshots the site used for the brand’s supposed co-founder, Dave Stanfield, for example, are actually of Prague-based beehive maker Michal Kalis!) If that’s not enough, the address where Madbird claimed to have a swanky London office ended up being a residential apartment block in West London, and one of the company’s pitch documents had apparently been ripped off from an actual London-based design firm. Related: Erika Jayne Again Accused Of ‘Aiding And Abetting’ Estranged Husband’s Alleged Embezzlement Scheme In NEW Lawsuit Obviously, a trap like this could only be orchestrated by a self-aggrandizing creep rivaling the Tinder Swindler and the Fyre Festival guy, right?
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