Academic Fraud

[coderty]

A few hours ago I discovered that the job they had sent me is actually a university job.

Should I cancel, report?

[martina_plaschka]

Yes to both. 

[759e32fa · Accepted solution]

Hi Coderty,

Thank you for reaching out to us and bringing this to our attention. I would like to confirm that providing work for a student to submit under their own name for credit or taking a test on behalf of a student is not allowed. You may want to check this help article and Upwork's Terms of Service for more information.

I checked and it looks like you already created a support ticket regarding your concern. One of our agents already followed up. Feel free to follow up on your ticket and our team will be happy to assist you further.Additionally, I encourage you to let us know if a TOS violation has happened by using the Flag as Inappropriate option throughout the platform. You can learn more about user reporting here.

[bruce_dodds]

Hello Annie Jane,

Today I was invited to apply for a job that really looks like academic fraud.  The biggest tipoff is that the job is a development project, was posted today, and includes the line "NEED TO BE COMPLETED TODAY - WILL PAY EXTRA TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN".

I did not see a "Flag as inappropriate" icon anywhere on the "job details" page.   There have been other jobs I've been invited to that looked like academic fraud, and I couldn't find "Flag as inappropriate".  Is that icon removed from jobs to which you are invited?

Thanks!

[JoanneP]

Hi Bruce,

Please feel free to send me a PM with the job post link so I can check it with the team for review. Thank you! 

[jared_k]

When you flag it, one of the options is "job looks unethical or illegal" or something like that.

[wlyonsatl]

Annie Jane B.,

Please ask your programmers to add "Academic Fraud" to the dropdown of the list we see when we report a job posting for this reason.