I paid this seller to redesign my website, and my first requirement of him was to not share my website as a sample to show other competitors so we don't all end up with the same site, I made this very clear:
From Skype:
On 3/23/18, at 5:50 PM, Me wrote:
> Also don’t use my site as a reference man
On 3/23/18, at 5:50 PM, Me wrote:
> This is 100% private
On 3/23/18, at 5:51 PM, Me wrote:
> If I hear anyone mentioning me that used by you I will kill you everywhere
On 3/23/18, at 5:53 PM, Steven wrote:
> hahahahahah
On 3/23/18, at 5:53 PM, Steven wrote:
> oK OK
> i will not
Then not even 2 days later, a friend of mine from the business tells me that the designer is offering to make him a website like mine and is using me as a reference, this is exactly the opposite of what I had clearly asked, of ccourse, he initially denied it:
On 3/25/18, at 8:00 PM, Me wrote:
> Who did you message offering my website as an example
On 3/25/18, at 8:01 PM, Steven wrote:
> No one up until now
Then, after sending him a screenshot of his sent message(https://prnt.sc/jbj5ya), he admitted to lying and to showing it to others.
Now, not even a month later, I find another website with my exact same design with only the colors changed, he even used the same icons for both - here are the screenshots, feel free to find any differences.
https://prnt.sc/jbj5ki - Mine
https://prnt.sc/jbj5q3 - Competitor
[4/27/18, 9:35:12 PM] Me: *Other website link*
[4/27/18, 9:35:29 PM] Me: You sold the same design to someone else and only changed the colors
[4/27/18, 9:36:28 PM] Steven: *Other website link*
[4/27/18, 9:36:29 PM] Steven: ?
[4/27/18, 9:36:32 PM] Steven: this one
[4/27/18, 9:36:32 PM] Steven: ?
[4/27/18, 10:20:49 PM] Me: Did I send any other ones?
[4/27/18, 10:20:53 PM] Me: That you are lost which one?
[4/27/18, 11:27:49 PM] Me: I told you day 1
[4/27/18, 11:27:53 PM] Me: I dont want others with my same site
[4/27/18, 11:27:57 PM] Me: What did you go ahead and do??
He then simply disregards what I wrote and responds with updates on another website he had started working on(which is 8 days overdue and not using the requirements I sent, screenshots about this will also be provided if he denies it):
[4/28/18, 6:23:50 AM] Steven: I emailed you new pages
[4/28/18, 6:24:01 AM] Steven: 3 days ago
[4/28/18, 1:11:13 PM] Me: I’m sick of your bs
[4/28/18, 1:11:17 PM] Me: Refund me for the design
[4/28/18, 1:11:27 PM] Me: And I am writing a horrible review about you on BHW
[4/28/18, 1:11:42 PM] Me: People should be warned about you
He then claimed to have made the other site first which is NOT true, and to avoid arguing about that, the proof of him offering my design to others is a clear breach of client trust. He has refused to send me a refund for the current site which is in progress and instead threatens me with:
[4/29/18, 12:50:24 PM] Steven: Please post and i will have more sales from your side

for SMM panel
[4/29/18, 12:50:37 PM] Steven: as all your competitors know who was the guy who made this
I have raised a PayPal dispute to get a part of my money back from him. This designer has NO ethics or morals, stay away from him.