Clients with too many job post

[5a9f8ba1]

I will suggest that Clients who post more than 7 jobs on several dates for about 4 months without employing a single freelancer just be suspended. That is a sign of a fraudulent client. 

[prestonhunter · Accepted solution]

It has always been something I have found baffling:

Why do clients who clearly aren't hiring, but are posting lots of jobs, not automatically flagged and suspended.

[ananchenkobineks]

Agreed, I'd have appreciated Upwork's engine even more if they'd had such a feature in place. Top this up if you want the same to be considered by the team. 

[mahnoor87]

When i see such clients i just apply on the one with the minimum proposals.

[aderibigbefavour]

It's heartbreaking most times, after putting all the energy into applying for the job, just for you to see similar job posts from the same client. I don't think that's right! I think Upwork should do something about that.

[5801e82d]

Yes, I have had similar experiences too. 

[paywell]

I think they are cheesing the system to gather the most proposals for their job.

Once I posted a proposal to one of those jobs and went through an interview, the client then answered, that they have chosen somebody else. Which is fine.

Yet I see 5-10 identical job posts from one client and no hires - it raises my suspicion level.

What is he/she up to? 

I even sometimes think that might be some kind of data collection scheme, because I saw job posts, asking for E-mail correspondence (probably for AI learning).