Job invitation which is a scam

[deborah-ponzio]

Hello, I received an invitation to a job today. The client shared "task instructions"in the messaging system which require the freelancer to buy his product on Amazon and take pictures of it - very different from the job described in the job post.

They invited many other freelancers and hired 8 so far.

I flagged the job post, but did not find a way to flag the client, only an option to block her/him.

Please advise, thank you. 😉 

[prestonhunter · Accepted solution]

Deborah:
You already did the correct thing.

You flagged the job post.

There is no button for flagging the client. Upwork will take it from there. Upwork removes client accounts when clients are found to be posting fraudulent job posts or job posts which otherwise violate Upwork ToS. This forces scammers to create new fake accounts, so they can never accumulate an impressive record of hires.

[deborah-ponzio]

Thank you, Preston