I am being scammed and in a dispute

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Hello,

I am new to Upwork. Today I talked to a freelancer and he wanted to move our chat to Whatsapp. I agreed. There he insisted on me paying him not through Upwork but I do not agree. Eventually, I made a contract on Upwork with a full deposit at $150 and 1 minute later I got an email announcing that he sent me the work but with no attachment. The next thing I see is that he deleted almost all of his messages on Whatsapp but luckily I captured a part of the chat. Too afraid, I ended the contract and now I'm in a dispute.

The only evidence I got is a piece of the chat he convinced me to pay him outside because Upwork charges a high fee, a timeline of him accepting the contract and submit his "work" (which is nothing) in only 1 minute. I want to ask if I am likely to walk out of this dispute with my full money. I see that I did nothing wrong but I am so afraid because I don't have enough money to go to an arbitrator. I really need your help. Thank you a lot

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Will L wrote:

Hi, Nguyen.

How did this problem get resolved for you?

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