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[a788a66c]

Hello,

There is job post mostly on the content wirting section , where they ask for simple type writing job with competative payment. Thats mostly very easy job with high payment . Job post will include the personal mail id maybe by

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Title of job will be Writing of Simple words

He will show you site, which is **Edited for Community Guidelines**  and ask you to sign contract which contain to submit few dollors to start the assigment. 

Once assigment is completed and for the payment , they will ask to pay another 450$ as linking change or something. Please dont trust them.. you will never receive the payment. 

They will keep purusing you to pay 450$ which is refundable, They say its tak eonly 10 mins.

 BUT ITS ALL FRAUD.DONT BELIVE THEM. 

Many people are involve in this and  @upwork should give option to report these kind of job. There are many such post I can see on upwork. 

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[feed_my_eyes]

There IS an option to report posts like this - it's at the upper right-hand side of the project page. And you should be aware that you're not allowed to contact clients off of Upwork, so if you see an email address included in the project description (or if the client insists that you contact them via email or any external messaging system), you can immediately report the post. 

Your profile says that you're a data analyst, not a writer, so I'm not sure why you applied for this project in the first place? You should only apply for jobs that are an exact match for your skills. I suggest that you click on the "Academy" link at the top of this page and learn how to use Upwork correctly, or you'll continue to be a target for scammers. 

[ilkecandan]

Thank you very much for the warning.

[dcdc89b7]

Thank you so much, Komal. I was about to get into this scam, thanks for saving me and the community

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[zia_hamza]

Thankyou for warning others, was going to fall for this scam. Good thing I did a google search just to be safe and it led me here, cheers!

[debi-f]

Upwork has changed in the last 1–2 years. There are fewer invitations and fewer jobs, a lot of new freelancers, more connects required to apply, a lot of SCAMMERS, and even when you flag them, Upwork is not helping.

Some suggestions to find real jobs and avoid scammers:

• Don't search jobs only directly at “Find Work”. Go to the “Search for job” space to apply “Filters”.
• One of them is “Payment verified” (although today there are scammers with payment verified and Upwork is not checking it, it could help).
• Other Filter is “Client history”. Check if he posted other jobs, if he hired other freelancers, feedbacks, etc.   
• Check the Date since the client is a member. Usually the scammers are members from the same day they post their jobs, and they didn't hire anyone. 
• DON'T BID for jobs that ask for +20, +40 languages translation, or they publish a list of 15 languages, or invitations too good to be true, even when they have their payment verified. They verify their payment from different countries every day. 
• APPLY TO JOBS THAT FIT YOUR SKILLS. Don't apply to 100 jobs, wasting connects and money.
• ALWAYS CHECK THE CLIENT'S PROFILE before sending a proposal, even when it fits my skills.  
• DON'T APPLY AND DON'T CONTACT if they publish a link (telegram, mail, skype, etc.) outside Upwork.  
• DON'T START WORKING AND/OR DON’T DELIVER ANY WORK if the contract didn't start for Upwork, and until the client has his payment verified and the money funded (specially if it's your first work with this client). 
• DON'T BOOST YOUR BIDS. If you do it, you are paying to Upwork for finding a job instead of earning money from your work. Serious clients will find the best options according to your skills and not according to the amount of bids you use.  
• I suggest not paying for a membership. Just use the 10 connects they give you for free and buy 10 more ($1.5) ONLY when you find a good job for you. 
• I suggest your PROFILE TO BE VISIBLE TO UPWORK MEMBERS AND NOT PUBLIC outside Upwork. This way you avoid people outside Upwork (for example, scammers) to find you and enter for posting a job or inviting you. 

[c8b56eb6]

Thankyou for your sharing !
It so good to newbie!

[selincicek]

Thank you Komal, I was just chatting with them and they asked me to pay a registration fee. I told them no and they kept pursuing so I googled and your post came up. I took a screenshot of the title and sent them. They haven't been answering since.

[c8b56eb6]

Thank you for sharing this.
I have also met such guys, asking for a deposit to start a job.
If you see emails without a company ending, or people asking you to pay to get a job, never do that. Because you put in effort to earn income, not to pay for it. In my case, I came across a data entry job with the nick ferdmarc2323@gmail.com and phone number +447586572891 . Stay away from these people and don't take any job if you have to pay money up front

[2742e781]

Hello there , 

Unfortunately i fell for the scam . they charged me 100&  registration fee and they gave me some easy work .Once work done they started asking for 550$ to pay my earning and connected me with a girl on telegram who was pretending to be the accountant and pretended that 550$ will be to link their system for payment. I wish I knew it was a scam or even read any comments . please be careful. Thanks !