Someone took my website and I confronted him.

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  • @motion_deep
    @motion_deep Рік тому +30

    Minh I feel your frustration, this happened to me 5yrs ago! These kind of people are parasites and we as honest designers should have a right to sort this out legally!

  • @CarmenCreates4U
    @CarmenCreates4U Рік тому +9

    Yeah, unfortunately, there are a lot of scammers nowadays.
    I think your work is amazing and really stands out from the crowd.
    You are an inspiration to me.
    If I ever encounter that guy I will send him the best regards.

  • @hellobont
    @hellobont Рік тому +2

    Lol, great story. It happened to me as well a couple of times. I actually interviewed a guy for a position, and he submitted his portfolio using my works. And once I had a guy use my freebies and put them to sale. At first I got very angry, but then I realized that these guys just live off the crumbs falling from the table of others. It's such a pitiful sight that now I feel sorry for these kind of people, and I don't chase after them anymore. It just takes your energy and focus from moving forward. Keep up the great work man!

  • @jeffamcavoy
    @jeffamcavoy Рік тому +4

    WOW! Sorry that happened! Thanks for sharing the story and making others aware.

  • @NikolaTasicGoogle
    @NikolaTasicGoogle Рік тому +2

    Glad to see he took it down. Something similar happened with one website I was managing. As you mentioned, unfortunately you can't do much in this case since taking any legal action on the other side of the planet would be very tricky. You did the right thing here by showing this to everyone so his credibility gets smashed. Congrats :)

  • @dbzayan
    @dbzayan 11 місяців тому +1

    If you scroll down to the bottom of "his website," it says "my motto is that good design in honest" LOL

  • @khalidnouri
    @khalidnouri Рік тому +53

    I report all his channels! DONE!

  • @treshi
    @treshi Рік тому

    Just watched the video creating this particular website yesterday and today I see this, I'm shocked. Love your work btw, your video was very inspiring. Keep it up!

  • @bambulinoshorts
    @bambulinoshorts Рік тому +27

    if you need a hacker to take his whole digital stuff down, we can arrange it.

    • @MinhPhamDesign
      @MinhPhamDesign  Рік тому +4

      Thank you!! I appreciate it. I realized it’s not worth spending energy and time dealing with it. I just wanted to spread the word so everyone else doesn’t fall into his scam.

    • @Flamebamboo
      @Flamebamboo Рік тому

      Omg hacker!!! Can u heck me

    • @dm.b7560
      @dm.b7560 Рік тому +1

      Then do arrange it, no need to ask, you know is the right thing to do, you want him to pay you?

    • @dm.b7560
      @dm.b7560 Рік тому

      @@MinhPhamDesign You are kind of soft guy aren't you? you people....

    • @abhishekmore2750
      @abhishekmore2750 7 місяців тому

      @@dm.b7560 what?

  • @DritzzHistoryFacts-pi8sm
    @DritzzHistoryFacts-pi8sm 9 місяців тому +1

    arghh mate what an awesome website you have. I watched your video where you talked about making it and your frustrations of been a perfectionist. I really brought into your story and enjoyed it. I then watched this video and it made me angry. Its awful what that person has done. I am using your website for inspiration to build my own website. It will look different and bee my own but my respect goes out to you 👊

  • @Pouncedd
    @Pouncedd Рік тому +55

    You should use report function on every social media he is. I see he's using other agencies work so I let them know about that. I hate scum like this, don't leave it or say "he win this time", these parasites work like this exactly for this reason because they know not a lot of people will find out and will not bother to take action or report, let alone go to court

    • @motion_deep
      @motion_deep Рік тому +7

      Agreed. He needs to be taken to court and prosecuted!

  • @RabbitXoo
    @RabbitXoo Рік тому +12

    Imagine saying that you "craft web experiences" just to steal someone's unique content. I can only imagine the garbage quality they make if they ever get hired.

  • @ginosuarez6674
    @ginosuarez6674 Рік тому

    You are truly an inspiration!. Keep up the good work

  • @hb8527
    @hb8527 Рік тому

    such a shame my friend ! one thing is sure, they will never stole your creative mind, your talent and your skill !

  • @BishBash666
    @BishBash666 Рік тому

    Oh man, I love your work and this breaks my heart. Guys like these ones are the bottom of the barrel in our industry and all you can do is report them and make sure Meta and Linkedin just close their profiles. Thats all you can do. Good luck to you though Minh and keep on goin bro! You are super talented :)

  • @SprayArtNYC
    @SprayArtNYC Рік тому +1

    After checking your website - you are my favorite designer 🙌 baaad shit 🤟 On the topic of the video - everyone on this channel can go and write this guy a "nice" message" on every social media and report him. We took down like this page that impersonated the company I work for

  • @ohwhatworld5851
    @ohwhatworld5851 9 місяців тому

    The fact he is even using your photos.... I mean the sheer audacity of this guy.....

  • @xavierfoucrier
    @xavierfoucrier Рік тому +6

    Hi man, following you since a few days and I can totally understand your feeling about that.
    It's sometimes the same thing in the open source world... sadly.
    One thing you should do would be to contact the hoster for the website, Facebook for the Instagram / Facebook duplicate content...
    Regarding your number of watchers / subscribers, I guess / hope this will be fixed in the next few weeks.

    • @dm.b7560
      @dm.b7560 Рік тому

      He won't do it, these kind of guys are too good boys.... letting thieves steal form them as "life is amazing and beautiful, nothing really matters, I'll just make a video about it"....

  • @wellaightthen
    @wellaightthen Рік тому +4

    It's only a matter of time until he's found out. Fun to watch him think he can get away with it though.

    • @dm.b7560
      @dm.b7560 Рік тому

      Yeah sure..... Jesus will come to avenge you.... you only need to make a video, solved.

  • @mohammadnabhani6000
    @mohammadnabhani6000 Рік тому

    if i took from your design i would proudly mention the credits to u.
    great job man, nice creative mind you got :)

  • @aaios4004
    @aaios4004 9 місяців тому

    I reported the site to Google as a scam. Maybe it will help. You're doing great work!

  • @Jamesviolaofficial
    @Jamesviolaofficial Рік тому

    I've seen this happen a lot. Sorry you had to go through the process of handling it all yourself.

  • @DuyNguyen-os5gz
    @DuyNguyen-os5gz Рік тому

    Sorry to hear that anh Minh. I love your work too!! I will one of another person to report all his channels. It is not acceptable for people to steal your work

  • @joshua.productions
    @joshua.productions Рік тому

    Oh man, Im so sorry! I was blown away by your website. This is horrible.

  • @another.designer
    @another.designer Рік тому

    Being a honest Designer is kinda tough, Minh I've been following you for a while I can see the effort a time you put in your design.

  • @abrahamndinga2517
    @abrahamndinga2517 Рік тому

    I’m using your portfolio site too… for inspiration, took a lot from it, same colour scheme, some same components

  • @nndmlsvc
    @nndmlsvc 11 місяців тому

    Some 15 years ago I had a similar problem, some company took my website and I contacted Google and reported it so after proving to them thats my website they removed it from google results. Soon after that they gave up and took the website from their hosting. Hope this helps. ✌️

  • @philamavikane9423
    @philamavikane9423 Рік тому +1

    Man, you are too nice. If it was me it would've gone real rough. 🔥
    I would've reporting him at his workplace, family members and the finally platforms you managed to find him on both social media and hosting providers (get him where it hurts).
    You're gaining a lot of popularity which makes you a target, I'd also beef up security over my work . He's probably not the only one or the last one.
    I feel bad that you had to go through this, what a pathetic individual🚮🚮

    • @MinhPhamDesign
      @MinhPhamDesign  Рік тому +1

      Thank you! You're absolutely right. There will always be people like him. I'd rather spending time doing more positive things than going after him.

  • @JolanXBL
    @JolanXBL Рік тому +1

    There are some sites like who is or ICANN to find out the issuer of his domain name then you can report the web domain as stolen content. He'll possibly lose access to his web page if you can find his host provider.
    You can try reverse image search on his contents to find the original sources and maybe organize at least, the threat of, a class action lawsuit against him. Maybe if 20-plus people all came at him at once that could be enough push?
    There is always something you can do else there would be more people like him

  • @BTech.Battler
    @BTech.Battler 2 місяці тому

    Whenever i clone any project or Design for Inspiration i wrote this as a Important Message "Created only for educational purpose just to improve and showcase skills Credit goes to the respect owner"...

  • @alimosbah
    @alimosbah Рік тому +2

    Indeed, it is an annoying thing. You must fight it. Contact the technical support of the hosting on which its site is hosted so that you can protect yourself. Its site will be stopped after taking all the measures that they tell you.

  • @j.ramirez1734
    @j.ramirez1734 Рік тому

    As as new follower I totally feel inspired by your work, but that's stealing and is not fair, I habe lived that situation in programming I hope that this guy can see the consequences of his actions, keep up the good work inspiring a lot of people, You Rock

  • @Magns-AI-m
    @Magns-AI-m Рік тому

    You can contact the apps and provide proof about your identity and your work and they will absolutely ban him from that platform

  • @peternicholson26
    @peternicholson26 Рік тому

    I think you were more than patient with him! Good for you though. You found the positive spin by creating content from it and being a bigger man by keeping your cool. As long as you don't start targeting Romanian companies, you shouldn't face any problems! ha

  • @yashkalra6518
    @yashkalra6518 Рік тому

    so sad i saw many people doing this same thing stealing other designs and calling it their own

  • @flaviomoreira01
    @flaviomoreira01 Рік тому

    If you have a complaint about a website, you can send it to the company hosting the site or the domain registrar. I can assist you in identifying the host and registrar.

  • @femiyink2020
    @femiyink2020 Рік тому

    I really feel for you . Taking someone website by cloning and use it without copyright permission is out of it.

  • @saifhussain9392
    @saifhussain9392 Рік тому

    Can I learn from your tutorials and post work on LinkedIn with mention your name ?

  • @memester6496
    @memester6496 11 місяців тому

    Damn. Hate these scammers. Did he also steal your source code?

  • @SinanWP
    @SinanWP Рік тому +1

    holly I mean inspiration one thing but this 😆😆😆😆😂😂

  • @haroonkhanday6510
    @haroonkhanday6510 Рік тому

    and please make detailed vedio how you create you own portfolio like you for your self

  • @mmmmmmmmmmm10
    @mmmmmmmmmmm10 Рік тому

    This used to happen to me all the time when i ran a web design business 2007-2010. I won a few web design of the year awards and heaps of people just copy paste it and change a few things. Stupid clowns. The people i bothered emailing about it always took it down, and then i assume copied someone elses work. Even one of my former clients decided to start his own web design business and copied all the content from my website to put on his website which i designed for him previously, when i brought it up with him he denied it. Lots of clowns around.

  • @sohailrahman735
    @sohailrahman735 7 місяців тому

    I take inspiration from yor websites, & I'm fully supporting you, i report that bastard & message him also, but i don't think it'll be enough, i suggest take this problem in twitter X make his fraud shop viral, so he can learn the lesson about plagiarism.

  • @BenjaminCano
    @BenjaminCano Рік тому

    You can see where his site is hosted and report the theft. That usually works.

  • @vinay.upadhyay
    @vinay.upadhyay Рік тому

    you have really great website can you please upload tutorial how you made your website it will be really helpful for people like me who are just starting out in UI/UX and web design how you made that 3D background your website interaction please if you can do make tutorial on it... thanks

    • @SeaRavioli-MC
      @SeaRavioli-MC Рік тому +1

      I’m pretty sure he made a video already explaining his design process, but the coding was outsourced to a developer.

  • @jkoblivion4175
    @jkoblivion4175 Рік тому

    "It's not where you take things from, it's where you take them to" - Jean-Luc Godard.
    In this case he just takes your stuff. Pure thievery.
    If you want respect from your fellow designers colleges respecting their work is a solid starting point.
    Thx for posting your video about this copyright killer.
    That site is your baby and as creators we all can relate to that.

  • @stanleychukwu
    @stanleychukwu Рік тому

    sorry, how is he able to copy your website like that? word for word? was the website done with webflow or some other applications? i've never seen such a complete and wholesome knockoff in my life

  • @joshbillion6874
    @joshbillion6874 Рік тому +1

    Sorry about the situation. I was really impressed with your website. Anyway least he could have done was to give credit to the owner of the website or atleast apologise and say its for educational or learning purpose. However, there is a way to get him removed from all these playforms if you report him to the platform.
    This is flat out plagiarism.

  • @thekillatrader
    @thekillatrader Рік тому

    How did you manage to put the audio with autoplay?

  • @adrian87
    @adrian87 Рік тому

    Don't forget you can report the website to google.

  • @Diirk
    @Diirk Рік тому

    Put his name and the name of his company of your description. Then if people google him, they will find this video.

  • @mirceafloarea3847
    @mirceafloarea3847 Рік тому

    A little update: he got down the website, deactivated the instagram page and deleted the content stolen (at least from you) from the facebook page account. He got in the romanian freelance community with the scammer title as well.

  • @codingwithdidem
    @codingwithdidem Рік тому

    we should call him a disguiser :D For some reason he messed up the layout haha cant stop laughing. Its pretty annoying I get the feeling

  • @andreyfokin365
    @andreyfokin365 Рік тому

    Don't worry that your work has been copied. Worry when your work is not copied! A copy will always be a copy. The original is always the original. What we did yesterday was yesterday, today is a new day, which means a new project! Someone is given to create unique original things, and someone can only copy other people's ideas and projects. Today, everything is developing rapidly, yesterday's project becomes history instantly. You are full of fresh ideas and constantly developing, you have invaluable experience that you share with your audience. This is very cool! Everyone knows the truth. Such copiers are one huge monster with thousands of heads, and it is worth cutting off one head, thousands of new ones appear in its place. You can spend your time creating cool projects, or you can spend your time fighting a monster. One gives energy, the other way takes it away.
    Your work will always be yours. You are unique! Your work is unique. Your path is unique! Thank you for sharing your experience with us, it's appreciated. They will not catch up with you, they are always one step behind you. While they are copying your project, you will make dozens of new ones. My respect to you

  • @altaf749
    @altaf749 Рік тому

    It looks like he took down his website

  • @JedHurricane
    @JedHurricane Рік тому

    Well there is something you can do, mass report him to those platforms, and they'll ban him

  • @turjostudios
    @turjostudios Рік тому

    But how he clone your full website?

  • @PersonalitySculptor
    @PersonalitySculptor Рік тому

    Have you tried filing a complaint on all platforms against him? That should work, or should we do it?)

  • @tanmaydhanawat5084
    @tanmaydhanawat5084 Рік тому

    If anyone instead of you would have seen it , that their high-end work is stolen by any random shit people , They had probably gone crazy about that . However , you are really a kind-hearted and polite person . You are an ispiration . However - u must complain it ! thanks for reading @Minh Pham

  • @happyvillian
    @happyvillian Рік тому

    Exposing him and his face will hopefully help spread the message. The internet can definitely make or break you, so karma will have it’s way eventually.

  • @designjorge
    @designjorge Рік тому

    He took down the Instagram profile and the website already, but the Facebook page is still there. Let me know how we can report him.

    • @designjorge
      @designjorge Рік тому

      Update: he removed all the stolen work from his facebook page.

  • @Aziz-Ahmed-UK
    @Aziz-Ahmed-UK 11 місяців тому

    How the hell in the world he managed to clone the whole site of yours, that is Unbelievable and Unfair as all your hard work got cloned, you should have taken legal actions against this guy, you are too soft and polite and that is your problem.

  • @Nuninecko
    @Nuninecko Рік тому

    Just a thought, on your website you can point out to a faker, clarifying some copycat is copying your work and mentioning his website. At least people know when they search for his website, yours will likely also come up, pointing his website as the copycat version...

  • @rushabhshah12200
    @rushabhshah12200 Рік тому

    he has deleted his account from instagram and website is not their... But active in facebook and linkedin

    • @monke3043
      @monke3043 Рік тому

      check his whatsapp....maybe he might be online there

    • @rushabhshah12200
      @rushabhshah12200 Рік тому

      @@monke3043 also send me email of that guy.

  • @TheMrleeyang
    @TheMrleeyang Рік тому

    Had dropped you an email to work on a website, but didnt get a reply. Hope to hear from you!

  • @bakuleshrane6535
    @bakuleshrane6535 Рік тому

    It was made with ? languages or no code tool ? Actual any tool that can flagged copy content in AI generated world ?you might know

  • @smuze02
    @smuze02 Рік тому

    can someone told me the thumbnail's font name?

  • @dxpdigital5343
    @dxpdigital5343 Рік тому

    Also love your vids and channel content!!!❤

  • @michaelbenedictbenedict5958

    The dude probably gets clients to pay him and then doesn't deliver, ripping them off. If this particular exhibition of shamelessness is so visible, I'm sure he'll get in some serious legal trouble for the chicanery he's pulling behind the scenes -- more trouble than this blatant fraud. I'd bet he's done this before, and that he's already on someone's radar. Patience.

  • @AxonnHD
    @AxonnHD Рік тому

    I sent him DM message on linkedin about asking why he's stealing your work - immediately blocked me XD

  • @leonstrydom1
    @leonstrydom1 Рік тому

    He even kept the photos of you?? Looool!
    He is NOT the winner, bro. IF he gets client work because of what he stole from you, the client will quickly see that he isn't capable of producing the level of work that you produce.

  • @maxie6990
    @maxie6990 Рік тому +3

    that's terrible! Such a thief.
    And maybe report the SNS account for violation copyright so he has to rebuilt those ig youtube again

    • @MinhPhamDesign
      @MinhPhamDesign  Рік тому

      Thanks for the advice! I'll look into that. For now, I think the best way is to spread the video so everyone else's aware of his scam

    • @maxie6990
      @maxie6990 Рік тому

      Yeah but for community in Romania it wont make a different therefore he wont care that much
      You can create a sub account to report his violated content though. Since I dont think the way of represent someone else to report will make sense to ig and facebook unless you have a lawyer to do that.
      with these SNS accounts get flagged he will definitely learn his lesson

    • @tesloianu
      @tesloianu Рік тому

      @@MinhPhamDesign I posted about him in the groups in Romania where he is and I hope that action will be taken! Thanks for making this video!

  • @gcaze1
    @gcaze1 9 місяців тому

    wow this is wild and crazyyyyy

  • @jayrajsingh5283
    @jayrajsingh5283 Рік тому

    Damn most of his social media is deleted already.
    Btw how did he clone that website? I mean it'll be great if you could study those amazing websites. So if someone knows pls help me out. P.S. My intention is just to learn.

  • @thevikingsock8527
    @thevikingsock8527 Рік тому

    Thats incredibly disgusting

  • @RedfieldmediaCoUk
    @RedfieldmediaCoUk Рік тому

    Minh, his website seems to be down, but he’s still using your work on TikTok. You can report his account for intellectual property violation. 👍

  • @JIRajin-xs8qx
    @JIRajin-xs8qx Рік тому

    Bro make a flutterflow tutorial

  • @ellivizcaino4307
    @ellivizcaino4307 Рік тому

    You must turn to an IP lawyer. I think your resignation of "he wins" is what keeps these idiots going. Maybe you could also make the other people who he's stolen from aware and you all could team up. Plus report, report, report so his profiles get shut down.

  • @sammyfash100
    @sammyfash100 Рік тому

    His website is down now. I was about to tell you to charge him of plagiarism, he will either pay for damages or go to jail

  • @itslocane412
    @itslocane412 Рік тому

    I'm more impressed at how he copied everything lol

  • @evgenia8326
    @evgenia8326 Рік тому

    Hi, I understand you upset. But I think a lot of people already know you. So your work is brilliant and no one can copy you. You are God in design. I checked they have been blocked already. So ..... we are waiting your new jobs. Your fans))))))))🤗

  • @hichamwow7916
    @hichamwow7916 Рік тому

    Really sorry about that, I suggest to hide the source code when installing website build by writing "set \"GENERATE_SOURCEMAP=false\" && react-scripts build" in the build in package.json (this is a react example btw)

    • @jacksparrow4628
      @jacksparrow4628 Рік тому

      Thats an amazing idea, i agree

    • @hichamwow7916
      @hichamwow7916 Рік тому +1

      @@jacksparrow4628 Yeah, I have been doing it for a while, but it's not recommended for job searchers, since most recruiters wanna have a look at your source code, etc which will require you to put it as an open source online, which sucks cuz anyone can take your hard work.

    • @stanleychukwu
      @stanleychukwu Рік тому

      i've been a programmer for years and i never knew it was possible to copy someone's website word for word! incredible

    • @jacksparrow4628
      @jacksparrow4628 Рік тому

      @@stanleychukwu no its not but there are ways

  • @lordjoshuamill2189
    @lordjoshuamill2189 Рік тому +1

    😄 gotta admit I fell in love with your website too! Your work is glorious! Would it be possible for you to publish a template version people could buy or subscribe to use?

  • @hkyoyo
    @hkyoyo Рік тому

    The website is taken down

  • @pelangos
    @pelangos Рік тому

    That is so not cool! Not cool at all to rip off someone elses work glad you found them

  • @horacioherrera6333
    @horacioherrera6333 Рік тому

    I noticed the site is still active, the guy is lazy and still using your logo to load up. I will try to point out that he is a fraud with a link to this video .

  • @tubebedex
    @tubebedex Рік тому

    He probably scams clients

  • @soulesperanza
    @soulesperanza Рік тому

    My work has never been copied ;-(

  • @MikeWhitefox
    @MikeWhitefox Рік тому +1

    Hi, Minh!
    I'm sorry to hear you've appeared in such a situation!
    Now I wonder - when he blocked you on Instagram - can you still report him ? Or, maybe, people, who watch your content can ;)
    I mean - he's clearly a scam and we can at least report those pages on all the platforms and save poor people, who would want to become his clients. What do you think?

    • @MinhPhamDesign
      @MinhPhamDesign  Рік тому +6

      Thank you! You're right. I can't report him now, but everyone else can. Not for my benefit but for everyone else who could fall into his scam

    • @Pouncedd
      @Pouncedd Рік тому

      @@MinhPhamDesign when it comes to intellectual property being stolen on social media it's always the victim who has to report, otherwise those social media companies won't advance with the support and will ignore it. So other people reporting won't do as much as you can do

  • @ratstar4102
    @ratstar4102 Рік тому

    OMG his clearly a pirate

  • @elektrotwerk
    @elektrotwerk Рік тому

    Yeah that's suck. Reported him. GL!

  • @alexhoang1601
    @alexhoang1601 Рік тому +1

    XD damnnnnnnn 🤣 he's a bot I think

  • @pk_fauxtaux
    @pk_fauxtaux Рік тому

    Surreal

  • @drakecassidy2942
    @drakecassidy2942 Рік тому

    Reporting him on all of his channels

  • @Vdemy-83
    @Vdemy-83 Рік тому

    Rip luôn nick IG, FB , fanpage hắn luôn Anh ơi, nhờ mấy Anh em làm tài khoản Fb, via :)))

  • @RuneWold
    @RuneWold Рік тому +1

    OMG!

    • @RuneWold
      @RuneWold Рік тому

      I have had designed copied but this is like another level. As designers we are all inspired and as creatives we are looking at other design for inspiration. That is 100% normal. A designer can come up with unique trend setting design styles/language that has global reach at some point but in general we have a bundle of inspiration in the right hemisphere of our creative brains. We see other great design and it influence how we design. Great ideas can be "re used" by other designers without like in this case just stealing it pixel by pixel. Like the revealing circle you have that is a great idea but its not the first time or the last time it will be used by designers in their way. But that is inspiration and realizing a good idea and deploying it if you have a project it can benefit from. And to your comment reply bellow we should all try and report this both on social platforms and in general to stop this!! Sorry for long text :)

  • @akkshayangre
    @akkshayangre Рік тому

    Congratulations 🤩Website has been taken down.

  • @aliyhya_
    @aliyhya_ Рік тому

    Am with yuuuu

  • @CosminAlexanruStan
    @CosminAlexanruStan Рік тому

    Was excluded from Romania Freelancer , We know the story and we set it on ShitList

  • @ikhoa
    @ikhoa Рік тому

    Report ủng hộ a, ko nên để bọn này sinh sôi được (y)