A YouTuber created a fake marketing agency and a fake company selling "verification" services to test the willingness of former Love Island contestants to promote questionable products on their social media. The YouTuber sent emails to several contestants, offering them money to promote the fake company's services, including a verification tick on Instagram.
Some contestants responded, with one agreeing to promote the services for £400 plus VAT and another for £2,200 plus VAT. The YouTuber even sent a fake payment of over £1,000 to one contestant, but the contestant stopped responding after receiving the payment. The YouTuber concludes that some Love Island contestants are willing to promote almost anything for money, regardless of its legitimacy.
Here are the key facts from the text:
1. The winner of Love Island gets £50,000.
2. The real prize for Love Island contestants is gaining Instagram followers.
3. The contestants use their Instagram accounts to get brand deals.
4. The author set up a fake marketing agency called Vasseur Matchings to see if Love Island contestants would promote a scam.
5. The author created a fake company called Verify Today that sells verification ticks despite not being verified itself.
6. The author got in touch with each of the Love Island contestants to see if they would promote the scam.
7. One contestant quoted £2,200 plus VAT to promote the scam.
8. Another contestant was offered a chance to win a car to promote the scam and was still willing to do it.
9. The author sent a fake payment of over £1,000 to one contestant to see if they would actually post the promotion.
10. The contestant never posted the promotion and stopped responding to the author's messages.