Feb 4, 2019 09:24:35 AM by Stephen K
Feb 4, 2019 09:24:35 AM by Stephen K
Yesterday I was invited to interview for a freelance gig – by a well-known international company that I’m actually familiar with. Everything looked on point – they had the domain, email addresses, corporate letterhead, correct physical addresses, even used real HR managers names (I looked them up on LinkedIn to see who I was working with) – everything looks great up until they requested a Google hangout for the interview – then I started to get suspicious. It wasn’t any one thing – but the language they used and general typing style led me to believe it wasn’t a professional HR manager. Using “…” in sentences – poor puncuation - asking for information up front – not discussing the actual project – not answering questions about the company. What it all came down to was they swapped “ei” for “ie” in both the email account and the company name – something a German company would never do.
The scammers are getting better – they look about as legit as one can get. Be careful out there.
Feb 4, 2019 09:32:53 AM by Petra R
Stephen K wrote:
The scammers are getting better – they look about as legit as one can get. Be careful out there.
Yeah, they wanted to send you a fake check for fake stuff.
One of the oldest scams on the Internet.
First time I've seen it was 10+ years ago.
They only target new US based freelancers. You'll get lots of those invites.
Feb 4, 2019 09:37:19 AM by John K
Stephen K wrote:Yesterday I was invited to interview for a freelance gig – by a well-known international company that I’m actually familiar with. Everything looked on point – they had the domain, email addresses, corporate letterhead, correct physical addresses, even used real HR managers names (I looked them up on LinkedIn to see who I was working with)
If you can look that up, so can scammers, so all that is meaningless as you discovered. If anything, I would regard any client claiming to represent a large corporation with suspicion. I've completed over 300 jobs at Upwork without ever being hired or interviewed by a well-known company.
Feb 4, 2019 10:22:10 AM by Preston H
John is correct.
Most of the money I earn from Upwork is from clients and companies you have never heard of. In fact, most of them don't even have a website.
One of the "secrets of my success" in making money on Upwork is that I never google client names or company names.
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