Let’s talk about the massive elephant in the digital room — digital marketing scams. And let’s call it straight: India is one of the biggest breeding grounds for it.
Now, before anyone gets defensive — this isn’t about smearing an entire country. India has brilliant minds and world-class talent in tech and marketing. But it also has a dark underbelly of scammers, fake agencies, and keyboard cowboys pretending to be “experts” — and they’re wrecking trust in the global digital industry.
“Hello Sir, I Am Expert in SEO”
It starts with an email. A poorly written pitch offering “top Google rankings” in 7 days. Or a LinkedIn DM from someone claiming they’re a certified marketing strategist (with a Fiverr gig link). Some even impersonate legitimate agencies, sending reports that look legit — until you notice the metrics are made up and the screenshots are doctored.
These self-proclaimed marketers often work from reseller programs, dropservicing models, or WhatsApp groups. They’ve never run a proper campaign in their life, but they’ll spam your inbox like it’s 2006.
Why India? Because it’s a numbers game. The population is huge, education in digital tools is growing fast, and platforms like Fiverr, Upwork, and Freelancer are flooded with copy-paste gigs that promise the world and deliver… absolutely nothing.
Fake Reviews, Fake Portfolios, Real Damage
Want to see how deep it goes? Google any digital marketing agency with a generic name like “WebTech SEO Experts” or “Digital Vision Growth” — chances are you’ll find a site with fake reviews, AI-generated testimonials, and case studies that never happened.
Many of these so-called agencies have no physical office, no phone number, and no real team. Just a Gmail account and a stolen logo from a Western brand.
Even worse? They’re manipulating online platforms. Fake 5-star reviews. Fabricated Google My Business profiles. Bots voting on Quora and Reddit. It’s a whole ecosystem of deceit — and it’s giving real professionals a bad name.
The Bigger Problem? No One’s Policing It.
Global platforms are complicit. Fiverr promotes these gigs because money talks. Google doesn’t vet who buys ads. LinkedIn lets scammers boost posts if they have a credit card.
No regulation. No consequences. Just a free-for-all where naïve business owners get duped, spend thousands, and are left with no leads, no sales — and no refund.
How Fiverr Has Become a Breeding Ground for SEO and Link-Building Scams — And Why Most of It Tracks Back to India
Fiverr.com, once marketed as a “freelancer revolution,” has turned into a scammer’s playground, and nobody wants to say it out loud — but we will: a huge chunk of these digital marketing and SEO frauds are being operated from India. Yes, we said it.
We’re not here to generalize an entire population. India is packed with talented, hardworking digital professionals. But it’s also the epicenter of low-level scammy Fiverr gigs, and the volume is so high it’s poisoning the entire freelance ecosystem.
The “Experts” Are Everywhere — Until You Ask a Real Question
Search Fiverr for “SEO expert”, “backlink service”, or “rank website fast” — BOOM — you’re hit with thousands of listings, 90% of them coming from sellers based in India. They all promise “DA 90+ backlinks,” “Google top rank in 7 days,” “50 guest posts for $5.” You know the drill.
But try asking any of them what “canonicalization” means. Ask them how to disavow toxic backlinks. Ask for a real client portfolio or a case study with actual rankings. Crickets. Confusion. A copied answer from Moz.com pasted back at you.
They don’t know SEO. They know how to manipulate the Fiverr platform, buy fake reviews, and copy-paste the same tired template with stock images and stolen logos.
Fake Reviews, Fake Services, Real Damage
The Fiverr feedback system? Completely compromised.
These sellers operate in review rings. One scammer leaves 5 stars for another. They refund orders privately in exchange for positive reviews. Fiverr lets it slide, because hey — as long as the money flows, who cares if it’s dirty?
We’ve seen link-building gigs where the links are:
- On expired domains with zero authority.
- In fake blogs that were set up yesterday.
- Spammy, irrelevant, or worse — blackhat PBNs that’ll get your site penalized.
And let’s talk about the absolute audacity of some of these sellers. They’ll promise 100 links. Deliver 10 fake ones. And when you call them out? They’ll say, “Brother, I will fix” and ghost you — or open a Fiverr support ticket begging for mercy because “my family depends on this gig.” Emotional manipulation on top of the scam? Classic.
Fiverr Is 100% Complicit
And let’s be clear — Fiverr knows exactly what’s going on.
They see the tickets. The refund logs. The patterns. But they let it slide because these sellers bring in thousands of dollars a month. Fiverr is profiting off this mess, pushing Indian-based scammers to the top of search results because they generate traffic, engagement, and cash. Ethics be damned.
And what about the businesses on the receiving end? They get penalized by Google. Their domain authority tanks. Their brand reputation suffers. All because they trusted a $10 gig from someone who’s never run a real campaign in their life.
Time to Wake Up
If you’re still hiring “SEO experts” on Fiverr for $5, you’re not saving money — you’re paying for future cleanup, penalties, and lawsuits.
And if you’re one of those Fiverr sellers from India scamming your way through digital marketing gigs? Here’s the truth bomb: You’re not fooling professionals. You’re just feeding a broken system that will eventually collapse under its own weight.
If You Think the Fiverr Scams Are Just Coming from India — Think Again. Pakistan Is Just as Deep in the Digital Sewer.
f you’re already fuming over the flood of shady digital marketing scams pouring out of India on Fiverr, sit down — because Pakistan is right there next to them, shoulder-to-shoulder, peddling the same nonsense, the same fake gigs, the same tired “I will rank your website fast” garbage.
Let’s be brutally honest: the Fiverr SEO and link-building categories have become a cesspool, and Pakistan-based sellers are neck-deep in it.
The Script Never Changes
You’ve seen the messages:
- “Respected buyer, I will give you 100 backlinks DA 90+”
- “Sir please check my gig, I am Google certified SEO expert”
- “Dear brother, I promise No.1 rank or full refund!”
It’s copy-paste madness. The English is broken. The screenshots are fake. The portfolio examples are either stolen or AI-generated. Ask them for a verifiable result or a single genuine guest post — they either disappear, send you to a blog they clearly don’t own, or give you a Google Drive folder full of… well, nonsense.
And yes — most of these scam gigs are run from Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi, and surrounding regions. It’s not speculation. It’s right there in their Fiverr bios, their Fiverr stats, their IP addresses. Clear as day.
The Fiverr Review Circus Continues
Just like their Indian counterparts, many Pakistani sellers play the Fiverr algorithm like a puppet:
- Review trading networks on Facebook and Telegram.
- Fake client accounts to boost their own gigs.
- Flooding Fiverr with multiple seller accounts to dominate keywords.
Oh — and when they get caught? They just make another account. Fiverr bans one, they open two more. It’s a hydra of scams, and Fiverr does nothing because it’s all revenue.
Meanwhile, legit freelancers? Buried. Honest agencies? Drowned out. And small business owners? Left footing the bill after their site crashes, gets penalized by Google, or worse — gets loaded with toxic backlinks from fake Pakistani PBN farms.
Fiverr Loves the Money. Doesn’t Care Where It Comes From.
Let’s be crystal clear: Fiverr enables this.
They don’t vet “SEO Experts.” They don’t audit link-building gigs. They don’t suspend accounts until dozens — sometimes hundreds — of people report the same seller.
Fiverr would rather rake in their 20% cut from fake digital marketing services out of Pakistan and India than clean up the trash. Because hey — as long as the buyer gets a shiny report and doesn’t complain, who cares if it’s built on lies?
Real Talk: It’s Time to Cut the Crap
The truth? If you’re hiring a $10 SEO gig from a seller in Pakistan, you already know you’re playing with fire.
This isn’t about racism. This isn’t about bias. This is about patterns, proof, and platform neglect. The scam culture is rampant. The training is weak. The ethics are out the window.
And the worst part? These same scammers have started rebranding themselves as “agencies,” “strategists,” and “digital consultants,” preying on businesses outside Fiverr, too.
India and Pakistan Are the Kings of SEO Spam — And They’re Choking the Internet One Useless Link at a Time
et’s stop sugarcoating it. Let’s stop pretending this is a coincidence. When it comes to SEO spam, link-building scams, and the global pollution of digital marketing ethics, two countries lead the race by a mile: India and Pakistan.
This isn’t prejudice. This is reality.
The Numbers Don’t Lie
Every digital marketer who’s been in the game for more than five minutes already knows the routine:
- Daily emails offering “1000 backlinks DA90+ for $10”
- Cold messages in LinkedIn inboxes: “Dear Sir, your website is not ranking. I can help”
- “Guest post” offers that lead to spammy, AI-generated blogs with zero readership
- Fake outreach emails pretending to be Forbes contributors or Medium editors
- Websites getting bombarded with comment spam, filled with broken English and dodgy .xyz links
And guess what? Most of this SEO spam originates from India and Pakistan. It’s not anecdotal — it’s data-backed, IP-tracked, and well documented across dozens of SEO and cybersecurity forums.
Why Is This Happening?
Because in both countries, digital marketing “agencies” are popping up like mushrooms — often started by people who took a 2-hour Udemy course or watched 10 YouTube videos. They don’t understand SEO. They don’t care about quality. They care about volume, cash, and clickbait results that impress clueless clients.
They flood the web with:
- Spun articles
- Fake guest posts
- PBN networks built on expired domains
- Fiverr gigs promising “top rank in Google in 7 days”
- And links. So. Many. Links. Links on sites that shouldn’t even exist.
The result? An internet littered with junk content and toxic backlinks, making it harder for legitimate websites to rank — and easier for Google to roll out sweeping updates that punish everyone, even the good guys.
SEO Spam Is an Export Industry Now
It’s gotten so out of hand that entire SEO “businesses” in India and Pakistan now operate as spam mills, pumping out mass link packages for clients overseas — mostly in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada.
They advertise on Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Reddit, and shady forums. They promise links on Forbes, TechCrunch, Entrepreneur, and Business Insider — all lies. They either use fake sites with similar domain names (like “businessinsiderr.org”) or just insert the link into irrelevant, low-authority trash blogs.
Even Google News has been infiltrated, with these scammers setting up fake news sites approved by Google, then selling spammy guest posts to clueless clients. Yes, it’s gotten that bad.
Fiverr? Just One of the Access Points
Fiverr is just the start. These SEO spammers are now everywhere:
- LinkedIn: fake profiles with fake accolades
- Upwork: rebranded “agencies” using the same scam playbook
- Email: daily floods of templated outreach
- Even YouTube: teaching others how to spam better
- SEO Clerks
- Legitt.com
It’s a culture of deception, built on manipulating Google, exploiting clients, and mass-producing digital waste.
Why It Matters
Because this kind of spam hurts everyone:
- Legit marketers are drowned out.
- Honest businesses waste money and get penalized.
- The internet becomes harder to trust.
- And Google? Forced to keep rolling out tougher updates — that end up nuking smaller, honest websites too.
India and Pakistan are not the only players, but they are the volume leaders, and their contribution to the global SEO spam crisis is undeniable. It’s not just a Fiverr problem. It’s a systemic industry issue rooted in exploitation, desperation, and zero accountability.
Fake SEO Agencies from India and Pakistan Are Just Slick Resellers in Disguise – And They’re Wrecking the Industry
Let’s pull back the curtain on one of the biggest scams in digital marketing today: the explosion of fake SEO agencies operating out of India and Pakistan. These outfits look like real agencies, but in reality? They’re just middlemen — glorified resellers with Canva logos and empty promises.
“Digital Agency” or Just a Guy in a Room?
Here’s how it goes:
- A guy (or small team) in India or Pakistan registers a domain like
TopGoogleRankers.comorSEOBoost360.net - They throw together a Wix or WordPress site with stock images of smiling teams
- They slap “100+ successful projects” on the homepage (complete lie)
- Then they hit up every small business owner on earth through email, Fiverr, LinkedIn, and Upwork offering “guaranteed #1 rankings”
But behind the scenes? They’re not doing SEO. They’re outsourcing it.
Most of them don’t even know how to do SEO themselves. They just buy cheap services from other freelancers or bulk spam tools, slap a profit margin on it, and send it to unsuspecting clients like it’s premium work.
It’s literally SEO dropshipping.
The Great SEO Reseller Scam
Here’s the kicker — many of these “agencies” don’t even pretend to have in-house teams. They:
- Buy links from shady link farms
- Outsource writing to AI tools or other cheap writers
- Use Fiverr gigs and pass it off as their own agency work
- Sell white-label SEO that they didn’t vet or build
- Then vanish after a few months, rebrand, and start again with a new name
If you ask them technical questions like:
- “What’s your on-page audit process?”
- “Can you explain what schema markup you’ll be using?”
- “Where will my backlinks come from specifically?”
They’ll either dodge the question or send you a pre-written Google Doc with vague info and buzzwords. Because the truth is: they have no idea what they’re doing.
You’re Paying for Nothing
These resellers bank on the fact that:
- Most small business owners don’t understand SEO
- It takes months to realize you’re being scammed
- Fancy reports (with lots of charts and colors) will distract you from the fact your traffic hasn’t budged
And when you finally catch on? They say:
Spoiler: there are no real backlinks. You’re just paying for resold garbage from another scammer they barely know.
Most SEO “agencies” from India and Pakistan aren’t agencies at all.
They’re middlemen, scammers, and resellers, pretending to be experts while feeding you SEO trash and draining your budget month after month.
- They’re not here to help you grow.
- They’re here to take your money and run.
🚫 RANT: Most Indian “SEO Experts” Don’t Actually Know SEO — They’re Just Masters of Looking Like They Do
Let’s stop dancing around it. If you’ve been hit with yet another pitch from a so-called SEO expert from India offering “rank #1 on Google in 7 days” — you’re not alone. They’re everywhere, and it’s time someone says what we’re all thinking:
Most of them don’t know jack about real SEO. They’re just really, really good at pretending.
And they’ve turned this illusion into a full-blown export industry.
The Hustle: How They Fake It
Indian SEO resellers and freelancers are brilliant at surface-level selling.
They’ve memorized the buzzwords:
- “DA” and “PA”
- “Backlink juice”
- “Anchor diversification”
- “White hat vs black hat”
- “Schema markup” (even though most can’t implement it properly)
They’ve got shiny templates, colorful monthly reports, and even fake screenshots of rankings they supposedly achieved. Ask them what tools they use, and they’ll throw a list at you: Ahrefs, SEMrush, Moz, Screaming Frog.
But guess what?
They don’t know how to use any of them properly.
They watch a few tutorials, Google a few things, then copy what everyone else is doing — without understanding the “why.”
They’re Great at Imitation, Not Execution
Let’s be clear: they’re smart. Smart enough to:
- Build decent-looking websites
- Forge client portfolios
- Set up Fiverr and Upwork gigs with impressive reviews (often faked or traded)
- Auto-generate outreach emails that sound legit
- Run LinkedIn bots that message you every 10 minutes
But when you actually peel back the curtain?
- They don’t understand search intent
- They confuse keywords with strategy
- They flood websites with toxic backlinks
- They can’t explain how to fix a crawl depth issue
- And don’t even try asking about Core Web Vitals — they’ll Google it while on the call
Because they’re not SEO professionals. They’re scripted resellers and smooth-talking spam artists.
It’s About Looking the Part — Not Knowing the Job
Most Indian freelancers have learned that appearing “professional” gets more work than actually being skilled. So they:
- Use American names in their outreach
- Say “we are a team of experts” when it’s just one person
- Claim to work with Forbes, HubSpot, and Search Engine Journal (all lies)
- Say “Dear Sir” and call you “Respected Buyer” like it’s 2002
They’re not optimizing websites — they’re optimizing sales pitches.
And it’s working.
Because too many business owners:
- Don’t know what real SEO looks like
- Want cheap prices
- Fall for the buzzwords and fake case studies
But Who Pays the Price?
- You, when your site drops in rankings
- Your clients, when their traffic tanks after a Google update
- The whole SEO industry, which is drowning in distrust because of these actors
And what do the scammers do when they get caught?
- Delete their profiles
- Change their business name
- Start over with a new logo and more lies
It’s a revolving door — and India is one of the biggest factories producing this garbage.
Let’s Be Real
If you’re a startup, an eCommerce store, or a coach looking to grow online — do your homework. Don’t just hire someone because they have “Digital” or “SEO” in their name.
Ask questions. Ask for REAL campaign screenshots. Verify their business registration. Call their past clients.
And if you’re reading this from inside one of those fake agencies? Here’s some free advice: learn the craft or get out of the way. The digital world doesn’t need more recycled lies and stolen strategies. It needs integrity, results, and real work.
