Scanned book 200 photos conversion is a scam

[didaou-yassir]

hello be careful out there i just learned my lesson from these guys [adthrive]
i spent some good hours converting and editing this pdf document to word document. and by the end they asked me for 200 dollars to connect my account with citibank... be careful. bye 

[yofazza]

Thanks for the info but the scam is so common here that even victims (or someone providing info like you) tend to be blamed for not reading the ToS 😁

[759e32fa]

Hi YASSIR,

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Please utilize our Message Center in order to protect yourself from scams. Additionally, you can send us a flag if you encounter any suspicious user activity so we can investigate.

[pgiambalvo]

This is a very common scam, so common that Upwork should review every one of them before they are allowed to be posted.