Jul 23, 2019 10:24:47 AM Edited Jul 23, 2019 11:08:45 AM by Bojan S
Please be aware of anyone that first of all wants to talk via google hang outs. Second if they approach saying they are from **Edited for community guidelines** its a scam. I played along to get more info out of them and reported it to the FTC.
Jul 23, 2019 10:35:10 AM by Petra R
Dawn P wrote:
Please be aware of anyone that first of all wants to talk via google hang outs. Second if they approach saying they are from Exxxxxxxxr its a scam. I played along to get more info out of them and reported it to the FTC.
They are in a nice warm country waaay beyond the FTCs reach and there are 1000s of them all over the Internet.
"Playing along to get info" got you nothing at all.
It's one of the oldest, dumbest scams on the net. Just flag the job post as inappropriate and move n.
Jul 23, 2019 11:57:48 AM by Petra R
Mark F wrote:What's the scam?
The ancient and dumb as hell "we send you a (fake) check and you are dumb enough to send us real money." scam.
Jul 23, 2019 01:26:53 PM Edited Jul 23, 2019 09:44:32 PM by Vladimir G
Wait, you are going to send me a check? Where do I sign up!
I was hoping for something more interesting than **Edited for Community Guidelines**.
Jul 23, 2019 04:01:38 PM Edited Jul 23, 2019 09:44:10 PM by Vladimir G
Mark F wrote:
Wait, you are going to send me a check? Where do I sign up!
I was hoping for something more interesting than **Edited for Community Guidelines**.
The checks are only for a few hundreds, BUT, the **Edited for Community Guidelines** are worth MILLIONS.
Jul 23, 2019 07:56:28 PM by Dawn P
Jul 23, 2019 10:37:30 AM by Abinadab A
Dawn P.,
Thank you for bringing this to the attention of the community.
Jul 23, 2019 11:53:49 AM by Bojan S
Hi Dawn,
Thanks for flagging this job to us. I've checked and it looks like the job has already been taken down because it was in violation of Upwork ToS and action has been taken on the client account.
Please, check this help article for more information on how to use the flag option found on each job post or message to report any suspicious or inappropriate content. Also, check out this post for more tips on how to avoid questionable jobs.
Thank you!
Jul 23, 2019 12:20:37 PM by Preston H
One reports this to Upwork.
Not the FTC. And not to anyone else.
Only to Upwork.
Upwork will terminate their accounts. Nobody else is going to do anything about it.
Jul 23, 2019 07:52:18 PM by Dawn P