Feb 11, 2022 12:56:30 AM by Antony N
I have been noting an increase of scam post latetly, especially over the weekends. Same job decsitption, including the grammatical errors, for excessive earnings just to retype documents, but supposedly from different countries.
I flag them but I never get any feedback.
Anyone else noticing this?
Feb 11, 2022 01:03:24 AM by Goran V
Hi Antony,
Could you share the job post URL with me via PM (click on my name) so that I can check the details? Thank you.
Feb 11, 2022 01:09:31 AM by Martina P
Yes. Dozens of threads on this subject. I have been very diligently flagging them in the past, and telling everybody in the forum to do that to in order to keep the platform safer for everybody yada yada yada, but I don't do that any longer. My middle finger hurts from all that flagging, and I really need it for driving.
Seriously, it's an avalanche that upwork needs to stop at their end, and I hope they will do that really soon.
Feb 12, 2022 12:32:35 PM by Tatevik G
My middle finger hurts from all that flagging, and I really need it for driving.
Sure sure 😏
Feb 11, 2022 01:23:19 AM by Antony N
maybe Upwork could "credit us" with connects for each successful one flagged
Feb 11, 2022 01:46:06 AM by Jamie F
Antony N wrote:maybe Upwork could "credit us" with connects for each successful one flagged
We'd end up with even more scam posts because people will create them so they can flag them and win connects.
Feb 12, 2022 02:14:38 AM Edited Feb 12, 2022 02:18:08 AM by Antony N
looks like scams are here to stay...
Maybe job posts need to be validated when something like this is posted "We need workers to convert word files to pdf files" and the budget is $4000 or "Retyping documents from PDF form to words" for $2000
Feb 12, 2022 03:18:55 AM by Martina P
Antony N wrote:looks like scams are here to stay...
Maybe job posts need to be validated when something like this is posted "We need workers to convert word files to pdf files" and the budget is $4000 or "Retyping documents from PDF form to words" for $2000
Like everybody else, I hope that upwork finds a better way to get rid of these scammers. I would never apply to such a laughable job, even if it was in my niche. You would never apply to such a laughable job. So what is it that makes people apply to them? Things that sound too good to be true must be true? I don't know, you tell me.
Feb 12, 2022 12:47:47 PM by Peter G
Yes. They are removed and then pop up again and again, sometimes within minutes.