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Hannan A Community Member

Abusive client threatening to defame me and calling me a scammer

Hi there,

So I got some work from a client and I worked with him for 2 weeks in 2 milestones and delivered that and more that he asked for. He repeatedly used to abuse Upwork and previous freelancers he worked with and I was kind of sure that was going to be the end for me. However, I woke up with his message and slept with his message for more than 2 weeks and communicated as much as I could and made all the modifications, he paid $200 and $100 as a bonus. Listening to his rants along with delivering the work.  There was always something wrong with what I delivered and his usual message used to be "It wasn't like this before" He tried to get as much work from me he could in the current milestones, and I figured at some point, it was kind of a way to extract more work. 

After 2 weeks, I just got tired of this and delivered what I thought was going to finish all the requirements he asked for and more. He asked for a refund after I almost only worked for him including on weekends.

 

However, he's now being abvusing outside of upwork and threatening to defame me, calling me a scammer and some other very bad swear words. 

 

I am clueless on what to do and how to report the outside threats on Upwork. 

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Bojan S Community Manager

Hi Hannan,

 

I'm sorry to hear about your experience with this client. Could you please click on my name and send me a PM with more information about the outside threats you're referring to? I’ll be sure to escalate this report accordingly.

 

Thank you.

~ Bojan
Upwork

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Bojan S Community Manager

Hi Hannan,

 

I'm sorry to hear about your experience with this client. Could you please click on my name and send me a PM with more information about the outside threats you're referring to? I’ll be sure to escalate this report accordingly.

 

Thank you.

~ Bojan
Upwork
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