Upwork Account Stolen

antonio420dev · ‎02-10-2020

Hello!

I'm writing this to tell you what happened to my friend's Upwork account.

His name is "**Edited for community guidelines**" and he used "**Edited for community guidelines**" as his account's primary email.

A few months ago, a guy, who introduced himself as a Chinese web developer, contacted Juan and offered him a "business contract" in which he should lend his Upwork account for some monthly payment.

As Juan was not actively using his Upwork account at that time, he decided to accept the guy's offer.

The "business" seemed to be working for a few months, but just a few weeks ago, the Chinese guy suddenly changed all info of the Upwork account as well as its email.

So, Juan doesn't have access to neither of them and he's struggling to regain his ownership over his OWN account.

Can you please help Juan with his issue?

Juan now sincerely regrets all his irregular activities and really hopes to restart his career on Upwork.

Hopefully you can give him some advices on how he should move forward from now on.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best.

shamin07031 · ‎02-10-2020

You need to contact with upwork support and also keep all the documents in hand.

antonio420dev · ‎02-10-2020

Yeah, I also tried to do that, but it didn't seem to allow me to create new requests on Upwork Help Center.

And of course, I do have all the required documents to prove my ownership.

Thanks, Juan

versailles · ‎02-10-2020

Antonio L wrote:
Yeah, I also tried to do that, but it didn't seem to allow me to create new requests on Upwork Help Center.

And of course, I do have all the required documents to prove my ownership.

Thanks, Juan

Lol these guys 🙂

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martina_plaschka · ‎02-10-2020

Rene K wrote:
Antonio L wrote:
Yeah, I also tried to do that, but it didn't seem to allow me to create new requests on Upwork Help Center.

And of course, I do have all the required documents to prove my ownership.

Thanks, Juan

Lol these guys 🙂

He was just asking for a friend!

May I suggest the "friend" writes a book about his case, titled: "The audacity of hope - that upwork never finds out I sold my account"

Who knows, it might become a bestseller. The title is captivating, it sort of reminds me of something.

m_terrazas · ‎02-10-2020

Antonio L wrote:
Yeah, I also tried to do that, but it didn't seem to allow me to create new requests on Upwork Help Center.

And of course, I do have all the required documents to prove my ownership.

Thanks, Juan

But aren't you Antonio?
I'm making a mess with these guys ....

a_lipsey · ‎02-10-2020

I mean, you gotta admire the boldness.

petra_r · ‎02-10-2020

Antonio L wrote:

A few months ago, a guy, who introduced himself as a Chinese web developer, contacted Juan and offered him a "business contract" in which he should lend his Upwork account for some monthly payment.

As Juan was not actively using his Upwork account at that time, he decided to accept the guy's offer.

So, Juan doesn't have access to neither of them and he's struggling to regain his ownership over his OWN account.

Can you please help Juan with his issue?

Even if Upwork kicks out the interloper, your friend's account will be suspended anyway for violating the terms of services.

antonio420dev · ‎02-10-2020

I undrestand your point and I agree with you. So, basically I would like to restart my Upwork career if possible.

prestonhunter · ‎02-10-2020

re: "So, basically I would like to restart my Upwork career if possible."

There are many competing freelance work platforms where you may restart your online freelancing career.

lysis10 · ‎02-10-2020

The ToS violation giveth and the banhammer taketh away.

BojanS · ‎02-10-2020

Hi Antonio,

Please note that it's a serious violation of Upwork ToS to share login credentials with anybody and log into another user's account.

Unfortunately, we cannot discuss anything about the suspension of your friend's account here in the community or to another individual, for privacy reasons, which we hope you understand.

I'll go ahead and follow up with the team handling this case.

Thank you!

~ Bojan

versailles · ‎02-10-2020

Bojan S wrote:

Unfortunately, we cannot discuss anything about the suspension of your friend's account

It's not his friend's account. It's one of his other fake accounts.

https://www.upwork.com/ab/profiles/search/?q=%22Here%20is%20for%20the%20picky%20ones%20who%20require...

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prestonhunter · ‎02-10-2020

I have no first-hand knowledge about the original poster or his situation, and I have no comment about him. Below are some general observations that are not about any specific individual or situation:

If an Upwork freelancer sold his account to somebody else (whether that "someone else" is a "Chinese developer" or somebody claiming to be a Chinese developer, or anyone else)...

...why would they say that account was "stolen"?

Don't most people know the difference between "sold" and "stolen"?

If an Upwork freelancer was creating fake accounts and selling them or renting them out to other people (Chinese or otherwise), one almost has to admire the chutzpah exhibited in asking Upwork to help straighten out the situation and help recover the "stolen" profile. (I say "almost.")

In practice, if there were such a person, I imagine that all of the accounts he created - the fake account(s) he created which he wanted to recover - and the "real" account he used to ask about those accounts ("on behalf of a friend") - would be kicked off of the platform.

antonio420dev · ‎02-10-2020

I never sold it to anybody. I just lent it to him.

petra_r · ‎02-10-2020

Antonio L wrote:
I never sold it to anybody. I just lent it to him.

"Lent" or rented? (Not that it makes a difference?) And what is it? "You" or "your "friend?" How's the weather in Ireland?

And all the other fakes?

prestonhunter · ‎02-10-2020

re: "I never sold it to anybody. I just lent it to him."

I specifically said I wasn't talking about you.

petra_r · ‎02-10-2020

Rene K wrote:
Bojan S wrote:

Unfortunately, we cannot discuss anything about the suspension of your friend's account
It's not his friend's account. It's one of his other fake accounts.

How to get a Rising Talent Badge

Oh and how absolutely daaaaaaaaarling.

Look at all those bright shiny Rising Talent badges.

BojanS · ‎02-10-2020

Thanks for the flag, Rene. The team is reviewing these accounts already.

~ Bojan

m_terrazas · ‎02-10-2020

Yes, and the photo is of one Felix Effenberger

joynul33 · ‎02-10-2020

I heard this type of question for the first time here.

Joynul

kochubei_valeria · ‎02-10-2020

All,

I'll be closing this thread from further replies as we can't discuss the status of specific accounts here in the Community.

Rest assured that we are having all profiles flagged on this thread reviewed and action taken.

~ Valeria