legit or not

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is **Edited for Community Guidelines** a legitimate company?they asked me to contact via telegram and has offered that after the project completion they would pay directly to my bank account.Is it a scam?

[luce-neidert · Accepted solution]

Only scammers ask you to contact them via telegram. Only scammers propose to pay directly to your bank account. Best thing to do is to report this company to Upwork.

[elisa_b]

OKTA is a perfectly legitimate company. But, you know, anybody can claim to be an OKTA representative. 

I would suggest you read carefully the Terms of Service you agreed upon when you registered to Upwork. Or have a look at the zillions of threads on this forum, always asking if Telegram or off-platform payments are legitimate.

Yes of course it's a scam.

[NikolaS]

Hi Shruti,

Thank you for reaching out to us. Could you please click on my name and send me a PM with more information about the client and the job post you are referring to? I will be sure to look into your report and escalate it accordingly.

Please know that sharing contact information before a contract has started is against Upwork's Terms of Service and that all communications prior to the contract starting must take place on Upwork. I also encourage you to let us know if a TOS violation has happened by using the Flag as Inappropriate option throughout the platform. You can learn more about user reporting here.