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deanne-larocque
Community Member

Payment

Received a proposal today. The ad did not indicate specific software would need to be purchased. I kindly replied indicating although I am interested, I could not invest the money into the software required. In reply, the company indicated they could send me a check for the cost of the software required for the position. Is this typical? I am not interested in being scammed. 

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jmlaidlaw
Community Member

This is a scam.

 

Also, accepting any money outside of Upwork is cause for your account to be terminated.

 

RUN AWAY!!!

Should I report the ad to Upwork so it can be taken down? 

Hi DeAnne,

 

Yes, please do report this for our team to review it. Check this help article for more information on how to use the flag option found on each job post or message to report any suspicious or inappropriate content. Also, check out this post for more tips on how to avoid questionable jobs.

 

Thank you!

~ Bojan
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