Invitation of a Job where the Client wants me to contact via Whatsapp.

[#1]

I am getting a lot of invitations from someone who posts jobs about Online posting saying Contact me on WhatsApp for more information. I have declined his invitation but he has invited me again probably using a new account. And sometimes when I click on the invitation link the job post looks to be unavailable. It may impact my score or my response rate. Please help what should I do.

[#2]

Thank you sir!  It is frustrating to say the least.  I appreciate your feedback, and in the future I will not be responding to any invite unless it shows up under the "invite" section.  It is not my perogative to do things outside of Upwork terms.  I am thankful for this site.  I just hope they can figure out a way to lessen the scams that show up.

[#3]

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Elizabeth M wrote:

Thank you sir!  It is frustrating to say the least.  I appreciate your feedback, and in the future I will not be responding to any invite unless it shows up under the "invite" section.  It is not my perogative to do things outside of Upwork terms.  I am thankful for this site.  I just hope they can figure out a way to lessen the scams that show up.

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They are hard to spot since the job postings themselves don't contain any wording that would pop up. The scammy wording starts as soon as communication is taken outside of upwork. It is unfortunately up to us freelancers to spot them, flag them, and always follow ToS. 

What you could do now is research other profiles and learn from them. Take a good few hours, or a whole weekend, and craft a profile that pops. Then start applying for jobs. 

[#4]

Martina, I respectfully disagree. They are incredibly easy to spot. They use the same few job titles, very similar verbiage in the job description, show that they are a very recent or new member with no history or hires, payment is not verified, and usually no city listed for their location, just United States.

[#5]

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Peter G wrote:

Martina, I respectfully disagree. They are incredibly easy to spot. They use the same few job titles, very similar verbiage in the job description, show that they are a very recent or new member with no history or hires, payment is not verified, and usually no city listed for their location, just United States.

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Yep, thing is, I probably never come across any in my feed. They might be US only jobs, which I can never see. 

[#6]

Lucky you.

[#7]

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Martina P wrote:

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Peter G wrote:

Martina, I respectfully disagree. They are incredibly easy to spot. They use the same few job titles, very similar verbiage in the job description, show that they are a very recent or new member with no history or hires, payment is not verified, and usually no city listed for their location, just United States.

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Yep, thing is, I probably never come across any in my feed. They might be US only jobs, which I can never see. 

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Nope. I'm in Europe and am privileged to face these scams every day - just learned to pass on on most of them, not all though.