A TON of "Fiverr Purchased" Fake Credits for this user!!

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Justin Wheelon has been proven to have purchased a HUGE majority of his fake "Film Credits" from Fiverr and uses his IMDb page like a guaranteed resume to gain money/support/sponsors/paid submissions for a Film Festival and non-existent "Film Institute" for kids. This is beyond just bragging rights and non-harmful boasting. There HAS to be a way IMDb can shut this kind of activity down?!? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4328139/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t242
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Rebecca

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Hi there,

Thank you for your post.

I have had a little look at Justin's credits and tried to locate what the fake credits could be but I cannot see anything suspicious. I have also had look online to see if there are any articles or information regarding this but I have had no luck.

I can see that he has previously won the awards which we have listed on the site. Please see the following: http://www.aikenstandard.com/entertainment/aiken-s-justin-wheelon-wins-two-emmy-awards-company-accep...

Would you be able to expand further which information and/credits you believe are false? Any evidence/websites to help us confirm this would also be great!
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It's possibly a losing battle to get them removed if there's no way to crack down on filmmakers selling inflated credits. These filmmakers are selling people fake credits through the "FIVERR" App and people like Justin buy them & it all looks legit. Is there a direct email that I can send some proof to (private messages with filmmakers who admit they have done this service for him specifically, etc) instead of posting publicly on this forum? A sample of the "Ads"^^
I am realizing that it's way too long of a sordid story for this forum, but he is being investigated by pretty much his entire town & all the people who supported and gave him money last year. (that newspaper, as well who posted what they believed to be true details) He DID work for a small Commercial Company in Augusta who won the little local SouthEast "Emmy's" for some PSA's and little local-only commercials he happened to be on crew for--& he BOUGHT his own Statuettes to play off as real Hollywood Emmy's)

All this for using his IMDb as his "resume" and gaining sponsors/money, etc for a Festival that even the City supported (as well as tens of thousands upon thousands in additional support) for him to start & Teach at an "Institute for kids" that never existed or ever happened.(all based on the "credentials" that IMDb showed as his multi-major-motion-picture "experience").

Search again for ANY clips of being in ANY of those films (even the small "horror" ones and such that were done in other countries, etc...and they just sold him and many others credit listings for them) and you cannot find any.(his Instagram shows stolen photos of stock images & other photographers work that he uses to put graphics on like real movie posters & real "stills" from his fake movies that he never directed) He was in a very low-budget high school project (Maddening Decent for Aquinas High in Augusta, GA), one low-budget local thing "Hobs End" by one of the High School students from Aquinas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfUZl-VMF8M , one "music video" for a low low budget Augusta musician http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2526065689 and then he used the fake inflated IMDb "resume" to land one part in a small budget local feature Southern Comfort that was later sued for infringement and not shopped or shown further.

Otherwise, the rest have been PURCHASED from Fiverr, etc. (things like him having a first and last name in Iron Man 3, although also listed as "uncredited" and is NOT in that movie or any of the others. Fiverr users will also write fake articles for you saying whatever you tell them and tagging you in the Fake IMDB credits you purchased from them. I KNOW this is a much bigger issue than Justin Wheelon, but I cannot rest knowing someone like him is not just using it to brag and impress friends, but to defraud and steal from unsuspecting small town folk who are star-struck by his wild lies. Not sure it can be stopped, but the word NEEDS to be out.
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Hi there,

Thanks for your response and providing additional information, if you would prefer to speak with us in a less open forum please submit your request via our help desk form here:

   http://www.imdb.com/helpdesk/contact_form

Once we have more information we can look into this further for you.

We appreciate your assistance with this.

Joel