Problem of Fake DMs

[xrmsquared]

For some time I have suspected that I've been being directly contacted by fake clients with non-jobs.

Company founders and leaders who mysteriously are unable to schedule a call, appear on a scheduled call, or follow-up to their original message after I have responded.

That's pretty curious if they have taken the time to find & DM me in the first place?

The latest example was a freelancer (with a private profile, so I could see no history) who asked to connect via the network feature, wishing to discuss an opportunity.  No response to my reply to him, nor to a second reply a few days later.  I notice today that his freelancer account has now been deleted. So this one absolutely stands out as fake.

I don't know what the game is, or who's game it is.

But there is a pattern here over the last 6 months.

I am wondering if other freelancers are experiencing the same thing.

[spectralua]

No.

Maybe specific keywords with your skill used to search.

But your profole is private, search will ignore you. Should be you already in some spamlist.