A Salt Lake City tattoo shop is warning people about impersonator social media accounts after potential clients were swindled out of hundreds to thousands of dollars.
SALT LAKE CITY —
"All of a sudden, we started getting a ton of people, clients that were messaging us and telling us, 'Hey, there's somebody impersonating you guys,'" explained Jacquelyn "Jackie" Dohoney, co-owner of Big Deluxe Tattoo. Richard Dohoney, her husband and co-owner of Big Deluxe Tattoo, explained how some scammers pretend to be an artist working at the studio. The scammers will even say they're booked as a guest artist to make it more believable. Others will impersonate the business itself, using real photos from the shop.
These accounts, the couple said, have taken anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars from people. One scam account made slight changes to the name to fool people. She successfully removed some of the Venmo and PayPal accounts, but so far, she's had no luck on the social media accounts. Many are still active.
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