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[#1]

Hello, greetings to all. I'm new a Upwork and I want to tell you about a situation. Yesterday I received a message on the platform from a client accepting my proposal. The point is that he also sent me a PDF  file with a link that took me to another site and there he made the offer to me. I want to know if this is okay, or if everything should be shared within the platform?  Can this be a scam? Thank you so much..

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[#2 · Accepted solution]

This is SCAM. Report it to Upwork, and never agree to communicate outside, until the contract is in place. 

[#3]

As Natasha stated, this is a scam and freelancers should never communicate outside of Upwork before a contract is in place.

Use this thread: Top Red Flags for Scams to learn about the types of scams you might see on Upwork. You may already know about some of these, but it will shed light on a few scams you may not know about.