REPLY ON TELEGRAM

[#1]

Please assist ....

I am a new freelancer.  I must have had at least 20 replies from jobs where they request that you must contact them om telegram.  I know it is not allowed.  But can't understand why all my applications I have submitted is doing the same.

Please help!  I am really getting desperate now.

Also the interview room / join room - getting error messages everytime someone ask me to join 

Will really appreciate some guidance.

[#2]

Hi Janette,

Thank you for your message. I am sorry to hear about your experience. Please check out this post for more tips on how to avoid questionable jobs and please use the flag option found on each job post or message anytime you’d like to report a violation.

Thank you,

Pradeep

[#3]

Janette,

If you include something like the following in your proposals, you will probably get fewer requests to have contact outside Upwork before a contract is in place. You probably also get fewer responses overall, but that is not necessarily a bad thing:

"I recommend we have a call to discuss your company, current documents and financial projections.

As you may know, during our pre-contract communication Upwork requires that we only use Upwork’s own version of Zoom, rather than WhatsApp, Zoom, Hangouts, etc., to talk through the specifics of what you need and to discuss any questions you and I have for one another:

https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/360052511833-Get-to-know-each-other-before-a-contract"

Good luck!