Mar 25, 2021 08:25:29 AM Edited Mar 25, 2021 08:53:47 AM by Bojan S
The offer looked good and I submit a proposal.
I get messaged on UpWork for my phone number.
They text the number I give and ask about Google sheets or excel.
Exactly:
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Funny story is another messaged me this same thing this morning and I asked if they knew of the guy I was working with yesterday. He asked me to research some items on Amazon and eBay. If I had gone further I'm sure he would have asked me to buy them with my credit card and I'd be reimbursed accordingly too.
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Ah for those wondering the second part of the task?
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Mar 25, 2021 09:00:52 AM by Bojan S
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Mar 25, 2021 09:47:03 AM Edited Mar 25, 2021 09:55:36 AM by Preston H
re: "Funny story is another messaged me this same thing this morning and I asked if they knew of the guy I was working with yesterday."
In most cases, scammers don't know each other, or don't know each other well. The scammer community is sometimes described as "tight knit," but it is quite large. There are too many people in the community for them to all know each other.
They share the same scam scripts and scam packages, which are circulated widely in the scammer community. So seeing the same scams, even with exactly the same wording, doesn't mean that two different scammers know each other.
The first episode of "Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller" (produced by National Geographic) is particularly worth watching if you are interested in the scammer community. This episode doesn't cover the SPECIFIC scams we see most frequently on Upwork, but the Upwork scammers are part of the same industry. This is currently streaming on Hulu.
Mar 25, 2021 12:17:52 PM by Amanda L
Preston H wrote:re: "Funny story is another messaged me this same thing this morning and I asked if they knew of the guy I was working with yesterday."
In most cases, scammers don't know each other, or don't know each other well. The scammer community is sometimes described as "tight knit," but it is quite large. There are too many people in the community for them to all know each other.
They share the same scam scripts and scam packages, which are circulated widely in the scammer community. So seeing the same scams, even with exactly the same wording, doesn't mean that two different scammers know each other.
The first episode of "Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller" (produced by National Geographic) is particularly worth watching if you are interested in the scammer community. This episode doesn't cover the SPECIFIC scams we see most frequently on Upwork, but the Upwork scammers are part of the same industry. This is currently streaming on Hulu.
Preston, I love true crime, so thank you for the rec! Found something to watch when I can't sleep!