Jun 6, 2023 08:57:17 PM Edited Jun 6, 2023 10:23:34 PM by Joanne P
Hi everyone,
Just wanted to let you know about a new scammer on Upwork. I was offered a job earlier without having spoken to this person. He refused to talk or answer any questions about the project, instead, insisted that everything is in this mysterious project will be explained in a zip file that he emailed from a gmail account. When I asked if he could prove he has any association with
**Edited for community guidelines**which he says he was recruiting a facebook ads manager for he went silent. Looked up his profile and looks like he joined upwork just yesterday and has already posted 99 jobs. I've already reported him, hopefully mods will look into his activity and remove him. But just in case you are here looking him up know that you're not alone and despite how tempted you might be please do not download whatever files he sent you. The username is "
**Edited for community guidelines**"
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Jun 7, 2023 08:30:15 AM by NikolaS N
Hi All,
You can help keep Upwork secure for you and everyone you work with on the platform. If you see a violation of the Upwork Terms of Service, we urge you to report it.
We take every report of suspicious or inappropriate activity seriously, and every report goes directly to our Trust and Safety team for investigation. We want Upwork to be your home for work, and your security here is our top priority.
I encourage you to let us know if a TOS violation has happened by using the Flag as Inappropriate option throughout the platform. You can learn more about user reporting here.
Jun 6, 2023 10:27:24 PM by Joanne P
Hi Farbod,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention so that our team can investigate this and take appropriate actions.
Jun 7, 2023 08:23:34 AM by Maricar R
I received the same offer. When he messaged me that there is a password in the file, I know that it is a scam and I did not open the file he sent. Please block the user named Lucky Sit.
Jun 7, 2023 06:34:56 AM Edited Jun 7, 2023 08:24:25 AM by NikolaS N
I just received the same offer. No previous contact from **Edited for Community Guidelines**. Please review. I will remove the offer.
Jun 7, 2023 07:15:15 AM by Thomas H
I also just received the offer. It seemed spammy so I was doing a little digging and searching before accepting and found this thread. Guessing now its fake...
Jun 7, 2023 08:23:18 AM Edited Jun 7, 2023 08:24:41 AM by NikolaS N
I received the same offer. When he messaged me that there is a password in the file, I know that it is a scam and I did not open the file he sent. Please block the user named **Edited for Community Guidelines**.
Jun 7, 2023 08:30:15 AM by NikolaS N
Hi All,
You can help keep Upwork secure for you and everyone you work with on the platform. If you see a violation of the Upwork Terms of Service, we urge you to report it.
We take every report of suspicious or inappropriate activity seriously, and every report goes directly to our Trust and Safety team for investigation. We want Upwork to be your home for work, and your security here is our top priority.
I encourage you to let us know if a TOS violation has happened by using the Flag as Inappropriate option throughout the platform. You can learn more about user reporting here.
Jun 7, 2023 08:44:49 AM by Justin B
Ok this is happening to me in real time thanks for posting this warning I have him in messenger asking me to send my email ...
Jun 15, 2023 03:35:38 PM by Diana K
I've been flagging suspicious editing/proofreading postings (wording slightly changed each time) for about two months and have called support several times. They tell me they're looking at the flagged posts, but it seems nothing can be done to stop scammers from creating bogus accounts. Today alone, I must have flagged about ten postings. This issue appears to be worsening, and I'm becoming more and more frustrated. How about introducing stricter client vetting procedures or video identity confirmation?
Aug 3, 2023 11:36:23 PM by Nikhil A
Hey, it happened to me also and i downloaded file as i did not know about it because i am new here but i scanned with my pro antivirus it was and empty file after that i told them and they said me that it is corrupted file and we will contact you after fixing this. After that i got many same offers and understood it is scam but can you please tell me is my information stealing or my pc hacked etc? i really did not know how to deal with this thing but now i understood that they are scammers. Hoping the best solution from you please help me out. Thank you.
Jun 8, 2023 05:07:29 AM Edited Jun 8, 2023 06:06:35 AM by Andrea G
I just got the same offer. No job description - just an offer. The client's name is **Edited for Community Guidelines**
Jun 9, 2023 04:00:09 AM by Tehseen A
I have just got two offers almost at the same time, with same display pic that has LAYALE written in it.
Jun 9, 2023 07:34:34 AM Edited Jun 9, 2023 08:05:33 AM by Andrea G
Thank you and I was approached by the same guy(**Edited for Community Guidelines**) with the same details.
The moment he told me that look into a zip file without asking any questions about my work I knew this was a scam.
Please be aware 🙂
Jun 9, 2023 09:26:24 AM by Izabela M
Thanks for topic!
If I accept the offer and push button start doing smth with 20$ per hour, will the scam pay to me?)))
I got two same offers from different accounts)
Jun 10, 2023 09:45:57 PM by Cecilia M
Sadly today its 11 and that same person is still scamming people 💔💔💔 sending a link from layale fashions a lot of people are still complaining about this on Facebook community 💔💔
Jun 11, 2023 02:59:44 PM Edited Jun 11, 2023 03:24:04 PM by Luiggi R
Also got a promotion from **Edited for Community Guidelines**, already accepted and was expecting further clarifications when I noticed a foul play and decided to check on here. Had to end the contract. Thanks so much for this
Jun 12, 2023 04:07:20 AM Edited Jun 12, 2023 05:42:43 AM by NikolaS N
I also received a similar offer.
**Edited for Community Guidelines**
Jun 14, 2023 09:48:51 AM Edited Jun 14, 2023 10:01:28 AM by NikolaS N
I have just got an offer from **Edited for Community Guidelines** and he sent a zip file in my inbox which requires a password to open
.
Jun 14, 2023 01:19:21 PM by Mohammed N
Hey everyone, even I received the same offer, looks like he is try to scam top rated talent on upwork. Thanks for the heads up OP.
Jun 27, 2023 04:38:38 AM Edited Jun 27, 2023 05:28:01 AM by Annie Jane B
Same thing happened to me. I refused the offer after reading complains here. They have change their name to **Edited for Community Guidelines** using**Edited for Community Guidelines** logo.
Aug 4, 2023 01:21:04 AM Edited Aug 4, 2023 03:31:53 AM by Pradeep H
I am new to Upwork but this seems to me like a very big problem. I have just this week received 3 fake offers from 3 different profiles - all claiming to be from **Edited for Community Guidelines**. They send large .exe files that is probably ransomware or some other **bleep**. What will Upwork do to prevent these scammers from keep doing this ? Shouldnt you have a screening proces or a VAT approval system of some sort ?
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