Asst. Staff, ** Telegram **

[debi-f]

Another scammer that Upwork can't find and avoid

[debi-f]

Another scammer.... 

[bikashroy001]

dont apply to these jobs . its scam 

[debi-f]

I know. I don't apply.

I'm trying to send a message to the Support or Technical Team in Upwork, that is doing nothing against this problem after months of reporting them. 

[prestonhunter]

Thank you for your interest in helping the Upwork community by reporting scammers.

But this is not the correct place to do that.

Please use the "Flag as inappropriate" link option located on the job posting page.

You may also report directly from the Messages tool.

[debi-f]

I'm wasting my time for some months reporting scammers and it doesn't help!!!

Another idea??? 

Thanks!

[bikashroy001]

upwork knows that. you just ignore these jobs and if can report that jobs as scam 

[debi-f]

One of the several scammers that Upwork can't control and avoid. 

[debi-f]

If I can find and report the scammers, why Upwork is not doing it after months of reporting them???

[the-right-writer]

You will only receive the canned "We are working on it" from Upwork. When a business, any business, refuses to handle a situation, in this case, a very simple one, there is a reason. Often it is a lack of money or skilled staff. Upwork has neither of those issues. Telegram, WhatsApp, Gmail, ***@*** job scams are easily, quickly, and cheaply filtered. Upwork refuses to filter them. Why? Upwork will not say. There is a financial benefit for them, or it would not continue. It vastly inflates the number of jobs on the platform. You may as well get used to them or filter them yourself because Upwork refuses to do a thing to change their behavior. The scams are here to stay.

Upwork is also making an enormous amount of money off of the connects. They are desperate to make you think the clients like the idea of boosted connects, and you will get the job. Instead, it is all about the freelancer. Those connects add up. The scams for high dollars are easy to spot, especially since they are 50%+ of the job feed. However, the scams that seem like jobs never hire anyone, and the connects (freelancer's money) are wasted again.

I have looked through the jobs on other platforms, and I know freelancers who use them. This scam fest is not happening on most platforms, and the ones where scams slip through are great compared to infested Upwork.

Upwork spends untold dollars on marketing - "we're the biggest, the best, and we have the most freelancers, jobs, and clients." Yet, Upwork refuses to remove even the simplest scams, knowing how detrimental it is in every way.

I know freelancers who have let the platform, but why should any of us?

Who knows, if there are enough of us demanding changes, maybe they eventually will allow one of the generous freelancers to install a simple filter. Until then, filter out Telegram, t.me, WhatsApp, Gmail, ***@*** , message me, and I add typing, copy typing, copy-pasting, PDF to word, and retyping.

[pgiambalvo]

Nothing much to add to this except, "Yep."