What happens to scammers?

[Aleksandra K]

Hi,

I am hoping that the UpWork team can tell me what happens to clients who turn out to be scammers? How many freelancers should complain that a client tried to take advantage of them for this client to be suspended forever?

I am curious as I had one of these clients and the feedback shows he did this to at least 5 more people after me and he is still hiring. Are they even punished for scamming freelancers or they are just told not to do that in future?

[Jaime L]

Just out of curiosity - what did this client do to scam you?

[Aleksandra K]

He decided to close the contract without releasing payment on the third milestone (He never even funded the milestone, but it was my first contract, so I wasn’t aware how things go). He pretended like nothing happened and every time I contacted him he would either ignore me or make a silly excuse  

I can see other freelancers complaining that he didn’t pay them but he is still posting jobs on UpWork.