Sheraz Shah (Syed Sheraz) is a UX / UI Designer based in Lahore District, Punjab, Pakistan, who has been involved in distributing pirated digital products. He is the creator and owner of the piracy websites digproducts.net and digassets.tech.
Sheraz has been selling pirated copies of dozens of digital products, including Untitled UI, for months via his piracy network, even posting products for sale on LinkedIn. When we first contacted Sheraz in April 2024, he denied any wrongdoing and refused to cooperate. These are his details:
Sheraz Shah
- Founder, DevForc (fake company)
- CEO, Nextlogiclab (fake company)
- Also goes by the names Syed Sheraz, Sheraz Shah, and Sheraz Alam
- Cowardly uses other aliases online, including Richard Mostova and Edward Ruiz
- BSCS, Computer Software Engineering, University of Sargodha (2015 - 2019)
- "UI Expert", @sherazshah, @uiexpertsteam, @Sherazshah737, @sheraz.shah.737, @syedshery76, @figmalion, @klkll
- Lahore District, Punjab, Pakistan
- UX / UI Designer
- designdao228@proton.me
- syedsherazofficial@gmail.com
- syedshery76@gmail.com
- edwardruizz874@gmail.com
- richardmostova9@gmail.com
- brandlyticd@gmail.com
- info@devforc.com
- hello@devforc.com
- LinkedIn
- Behance
- Figma Community #1 (Sheraz has removed all files)
- Figma Community #2 (Sheraz has started posting again under the alias "DevForc" and "UI Expert")
- Fiverr
If your products have been involved in any kind of piracy orchestrated by Sheraz Shah, please get in touch. We have extensive evidence regarding his piracy activity and may be able to provide information to help your case.
About digproducts.net
digproducts.net is a digital piracy website owned and operated by Sheraz Shah. It was set up as a Shopify store using Sheraz's personal email address, syedsherazofficial@gmail.com.
The site features pirated copies of dozens of digital products from businesses and creators on sale for ~10% of the retail price. Sheraz does not own the IP to any of these products.
This is the definition of wilful copyright infringement, which is a criminal offence in most countries. In the US, wilful copyright infringement can result in criminal penalties, including imprisonment of up to 10 years and fines of up to $250,000 per offence. For "wilful" infringement, a court may award up to $150,000 per work infringed.
As soon as Sheraz's identity was revealed, he removed all products from this piracy website, then took down the website completely. He has since deleted all the files from his Figma Community profile but has begun reposting under different account and aliases online. Sheraz Shah attempted to launch a similar piracy website under the URL uisea.net, but the website was quickly shut down.
Review of DevForc.com
Since removing the piracy website, digproducts.com, Sheraz Shah has started a new website called DevForc (devforc.com) selling "product strategy to development", complete with fake testimonials, case studies, and client logos (apparently Coca-Cola is a client!). He promotes this website on social media and Etsy (alongside more pirated digital products for sale).
If you found this post by searching for more information on "DevForc", we hope it's been helpful in shedding light on who this person is.
Sheraz Shah's portfolio of copied work
Sheraz Shah promotes his work and actively links to a Figma file as his "portfolio". A quick Google image search reveals that the work Sheraz promotes as his own is owned by other designers.
Not only does Sheraz sell pirated copies of other people's digital products, he also shares other people's Dribbble and Behance posts as his own work.
Sheraz Shah's YouTube channels
Bizarrely, Sheraz Shah also runs multiple American "news" YouTube channels, despite being a Pakistani citizen and being based in Lahore, Pakistan. In these channels, he reuses footage and clips from established news outlets without permission and adds AI-generated voiceovers to share as his own.
Why we created this post
People like Sheraz Shah who distribute pirated products are often able to profit from other businesses' work with impunity, but it's surprisingly easy to track these people down and remove your products for sale.
We take this stuff extremely seriously and follow up every single IP infringement of this nature. We believe creators and businesses should take a harder stance against these individuals by pursuing criminal charges and seeking financial damages. Criminal and financial consequences deter these individuals from infringing on other people's work in the future.
We are now working with a copyright lawyer in Islamabad to pursue legal action against Sheraz. This may seem like an extreme step, but we gave Sheraz every chance to cooperate and take responsibility for his actions. He first denied any wrongdoing and then ignored our requests.
If your products have been involved in any kind of piracy orchestrated by Sheraz Shah, please get in touch. We have extensive evidence regarding his piracy activity and may be able to provide information to help your case.
If you believe any information here is inaccurate, contact hello@untitledui.com.
