My client has ended the contract without clearing the balance of $120. He is unresponsive and can't

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My client has ended the contract without clearing the balance of $120. He is unresponsive and can't reach him. Please help track him.
Client: **Edited for Community Guidelines**
Contract Title: **Edited for Community Guidelines**
Contract ID: **Edited for Community Guidelines**

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Ayub J wrote:

My client has ended the contract without clearing the balance of $120. He is unresponsive and can't reach him. 

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If the money wasn't in Escrow, there is nothing anyone can do.

You do understand that academic fraud (writing school / university assignments) is a violation of Upwork's terms of service (apart from utterly immoral) and such jobs are not allowed on Upwork?

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Ayub J wrote:

Please help track him.

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Upwork does not track your clients for you.

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Ayub, the "balance" on a fixed-price contract does not matter.

The "budget" does not matter.

What matters is funded escrow payments.

If the budget is $200 and there is a milestone for $80... then if the client releases $80 to you and closes the contract, as far as Upwork is concerned, the contract is over.

A client may end a contract at any time by releasing any remaining escrow funds to the freelancer and closing the contract.

I am sorry if you did not receive all of the money you planned to receive for this project, but it will be helpful for you going forward to know how fixed-price contracts work.