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e_zadykowicz
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Question about employer activation

Hello

I got an offer from Upwork, person who claims to work here before is promising to get me to his employer, but I have to give him my mail and if he activates my profile, it will only be 5% charge instead of 20%. Is this legit?
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martina_plaschka
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@Ewelina Z wrote:
Hello

I got an offer from Upwork, person who claims to work here before is promising to get me to his employer, but I have to give him my mail and if he activates my profile, it will only be 5% charge instead of 20%. Is this legit?

 no, it's not

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martina_plaschka
Community Member


@Ewelina Z wrote:
Hello

I got an offer from Upwork, person who claims to work here before is promising to get me to his employer, but I have to give him my mail and if he activates my profile, it will only be 5% charge instead of 20%. Is this legit?

 What do you think?

martina_plaschka
Community Member


@Ewelina Z wrote:
Hello

I got an offer from Upwork, person who claims to work here before is promising to get me to his employer, but I have to give him my mail and if he activates my profile, it will only be 5% charge instead of 20%. Is this legit?

 no, it's not

AveryO
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hi Ewelina, 


This is a violation of the Upwork Terms of Service and I would recommend that you stop communicating with this user. If you have screen grabs of your conversation, or the user's email address, please send it to me through a private message so that I can forward this to the team for their review and action. 



~ Avery
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