Spam Notice to Freelancers - AI Automated Spam Job Offers

[pauljonesdesign]

To freelancers.

On any job offers you get, check the interviewing numbers first.

Someone's figured out how to use AI automation to spam thousands of freelancers.

[sajal36]

Can you elaborated and explain how? What exactly you mean by "AI automation to spam thousands of freelancers". Do you have any example to share? 

[pauljonesdesign]

Hi Sajal thanks for your reply and I understand where you are coming from. The message is aimed at freelancers who know the job description page. What I said was simple enough that it doesn't need elaborating, except one thing where I can the job descriptions shows the number of freelancers the client is interviewing. If I were to elaborate, I would really only end up repeating what I've already said but I can say the client appeared to be interviewing over 1,000 people. Yes, I did have example before, but now I've declined the job offer I am unable to get back to it to screenshot. 

[sajal36]

Ok. I believe you must report this job post to Upwork for further scrutiny. The  1000 interviews seem to be a inflated number for sure and must be looked into by authorized person.

[ericaandrews]

That sounds like the same problem this person reported today:

https://community.upwork.com/t5/Freelancers/I-received-an-invite-for-a-project-with-3753-applicants/...

[sajal36]

I believe this is possibly the reason for high count of interview request.