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Heidi S Community Member

So many Scam job postings, can't see the legitimate postings

I know that this issue is being considered, but the last week has seen such a drastic increase in the scam postings that it's difficult to even find the legitimate posts. I counted and in the last hour alone, in my search feed (which is pretty robust) there were 42 scam posts and 2 legitimate job postings. In. The. Last. HOUR. 

 

I started with Elance when they first began and migrated over to Upwork with the others, and I have never seen anything like this in the 13 years I've worked on the platform. I know that this is an issue that is being looked into and there is probably no easy solution, but an update that it's being taken seriously would be helpful. As it is, finding the legitimate job postings is much more difficult and I have spent much of my time flagging posts and no knowing if that's doing any good. 

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Kevin B Community Member

It has been like this for almost a year. All Upwork suggests when these threads are published is to report the scam or fraud proposals and jobs. I'd suggest looking for work elsewhere. 

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Heidi S Community Member

There have been few in the design postings, consistently, but nothing like this. I've been doing this long enough that I don't plan to give up on the site. I also know it will eventually be addressed. Speaking up about it just adds to the voices. 

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Darren w Community Member

I also won't give up on Upwork, but it must do something about it soon.

 

Today, I rejected ten scam job invites, and most of them are formatted/templated in the same way, just with a different title.