Client ask freelancers for money

[yasmine3]

A  client name: **Edited for Community Guidelines**

He is facking a company and he ask designers to send him money to start the job with him as a security  before the contract to make sure that the designers will work with him  , and he is offering a high salaries outside Upwork . 

be careful and do not send anything and please I hope you stop this guy . 

Thank you 

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[pgiambalvo]

I hope they stop him too -- forever. Thanks for reporting it here and I'm sure Upwork will remove the posts ASAP and ban him from being able to post again, and also figure out a way to prevent posts like that from being able to be posted at all..

[LuiggiR]

Hi Yasmine,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I'd like to reiterate that taking communications off-platform is not allowed and is considered a violation of the TOS.

I'll go ahead and forward your report for the team to review and take action as per our processes. We count on your help and diligence to make the Upwork experience as safe as possible. If you see a violation of the Upwork Terms of Service, we encourage you to report it.