Fraud, use of my information and licenses

[c_starck]

There are at least ten profiles that are using my experiance, education and, in one case, my photo on their profiles. I have flagged them as inappropriate. What other recourse do I have. Can they be deleted from Upwork?

[tjmisny]

Upwork, please delete these Scam profiles.  There needs to be more policing of profiles to get the scammers off of this platform.  

[c_starck]

There needs to be some direct connection to the Fraud/Trust folks here on Upwork. This is serious and can have an effect not only on my work but reputation as well. Thomas J M, I see your profile is set to private. I assume that means that if I set mine to private I would receive no invitations but would still see potential jobs and could apply for them?

[spectralua]

It is correct.

Your old client also can chat with you.

[c_starck]

That seems like a good solution. Thank you.

[tjmisny]

The Private setting means - Upwork users can see your profile, but if you are not using Upwork, you cannot see it.  I do not want my information to be available on Google for AI to sweep up.  

[tjmisny]

Also I am genuinely shocked that Upwork has not engaged with you yet.  You are actively being scammed.  

[c_starck]

I appreciate your responses. What do I need to do here?