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sweettrickmedia
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Edited. has been scamming people & Needs to be Stopped!

**Edited for Community Guidelines**. has been scamming people with a project advertised as requesting Auto Finance leads from a lead generation specialist. He has a history of not following up on agreements, stealing marketing ideas, and shutting down campaigns early -- not satisfying the full amount of the project when it was over-delivered. Who can I speak with to get this user banned?

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re: "And this includes when overdelivery of quality that goes above and beyond what was asked is provided."

 

Just to be clear... You are saying that you were never hired by this client...

 

...but you have a vast network of digital marketers?

 

...and somebody in your vast network went above and beyond while working on behalf of a client...

 

And you want to report the client for that and have that client (who is not your client) kicked off of Upwork due to this other freelancer's actions?

 

Do you understand why somebody such as myself, who lacks all of the details you have in your possession, but haven't shared here, might think that this doesn't make sense?

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g_vasilevski
Retired Team Member
Retired Team Member

Thank you for reporting this Chris,

 

One of our team members will reach out to you via ticket where you can share more details with our team. Our team will investigate the client for violations of our TOS and take proper actions. Thank you.

~ Goran
Upwork

I'm not entirely clear on what this ticket process is or how I am to access this supposed "ticket."  Please advise...

Hi Chris,

 

You can access your ticket section on this Link. I would also recommend checking out the recourses on this thread and learning more about Upwork and how to protect yourself. Thank you.

~ Goran
Upwork
petra_r
Community Member


Chris Y wrote:

. Who can I speak with to get this user banned?


Were you actually (officially) hired (on and via Upwork) by that person?

Almost... 

 

My vast network of digital marketers had made it clear that he likes to cancel projects when results come thru instead of fulfill the remainder of the agreement...

 

And this includes when overdelivery of quality that goes above and beyond what was asked is provided.

 

Thanks

prestonhunter
Community Member

Chris, I am sorry if you had a bad experience while using Upwork, but you are mentioning many things which are not at all legitimate reasons for penalizing a client.

 

A client who hires freelancers to work for him is not "stealing marketing ideas."

 

A client is not obligated to continue working with freelancers that he hires. A client has the right to end a contract at any time. A client can not be penalized for shutting down a marketing campaign early.

 

A client can not be penalized or accused of being a scammer when a freelancer "over-delivers."

 

Upwork is governed by rules and contracts. If a client is violating Upwork rules, or breaking contracts, then those are things that can actually be reported.

 

If you were almost hired by somebody, but were not actually hired, then I really don't see what you are complaining about.

re: "And this includes when overdelivery of quality that goes above and beyond what was asked is provided."

 

Just to be clear... You are saying that you were never hired by this client...

 

...but you have a vast network of digital marketers?

 

...and somebody in your vast network went above and beyond while working on behalf of a client...

 

And you want to report the client for that and have that client (who is not your client) kicked off of Upwork due to this other freelancer's actions?

 

Do you understand why somebody such as myself, who lacks all of the details you have in your possession, but haven't shared here, might think that this doesn't make sense?

The OP is also inviting clients to contact him directly on his website - a big no-no on Upwork. 


Nichola L wrote:

The OP is also inviting clients to contact him directly on his website - a big no-no on Upwork. 


Is he? Oh my... did not see that on his website, which to me has the appeal of a used car lot after a hail-storm, but well, that's just me. It may look great to people willing to pay his 745/hour rate, and bragging about him having so many jobs that the client should feel honored should she or he be picked - while not having a single job on upwork. 

Well, what is the world coming to...


Preston H wrote:

Chris, I am sorry if you had a bad experience while using Upwork, but you are mentioning many things which are not at all legitimate reasons for penalizing a client.

 

A client who hires freelancers to work for him is not "stealing marketing ideas."

 

A client is not obligated to continue working with freelancers that he hires. A client has the right to end a contract at any time. A client can not be penalized for shutting down a marketing campaign early.

 

A client can not be penalized or accused of being a scammer when a freelancer "over-delivers."

 

Upwork is governed by rules and contracts. If a client is violating Upwork rules, or breaking contracts, then those are things that can actually be reported.

 

If you were almost hired by somebody, but were not actually hired, then I really don't see what you are complaining about.


He is complaining about nobody wanting to pay his 745/hour rate, in spite of him telling clients that he has little time and they should hire him fast before all his time slots are filled - all of that without a single job to show. Hm. 

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