Job I applied to was removed for terms violations after they messaged me. Should I reply?

[#1]

A job I applied to yesterday was removed for terms violations earlier today, around 10:30 am local time. However, about 5 hours before Upwork told me the job was removed, the company contacted me on Upwork messages asking to conduct an interview:

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I'm hesitant to reply because of their violation of terms and I'm new to Upwork so I'm not sure what to do. Should I make contact via Google Messenger like they asked?

Any advice is much appreciated.

[#2]

no, no, absolutely NOT!!!!

they're a known scam

[#3 · Accepted solution]

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Bethany Marie S wrote:

A job I applied to yesterday was removed for terms violations earlier today, around 10:30 am local time. However, about 5 hours before Upwork told me the job was removed, the company contacted me on Upwork messages asking to conduct an interview:

**Edited for community guidelines**

I'm hesitant to reply because of their violation of terms and I'm new to Upwork so I'm not sure what to do. Should I make contact via Google Messenger like they asked?

Any advice is much appreciated.

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It's a scam. If you contact the client and agree to work for the client (which has no actual job for you) outside Upwork you are violating the ToS.

[#4]

I thought it might be a violation of ToS if I accepted their job offer or contacted them outside of UpWork. I'm just glad I confirmed before I did anything. I will ignore any further contact from this job. Thank you for your replies.