Question regarding offer to work

[#1]

Folks,

I went through an chat interview process that to be honest did not ask me any technical questions about the technology in question. I was offerred the job but strangely everything seems to be outside of upwork.  So they said I would get an offer in my email and I had 10 minutes to sign and return.  I would be sent a laptop and strangely an electronic check to buy software.  Why is it not installed on the laptop? For part time work why would you send me a laptop?

This is my first attempt using upwork and I am concerned about scams and or is this legitimate.  I prefer not to mention the company name in a public forum.

Any advice?

Sincerely

Mohan

[#2]

Never go of off Upwork for interviews because it's against the Terms of Use. Problem solved with the issues you ran into.

[#3 · Accepted solution]

Well the notification seemed to come thru upwork.  Then they asked me to continue thru Teams.  Like I said it is the first time for me.  So perhaps I did the incorrect thing.

Well I will not sign the offer letter, since I want everything to go thru upwork.  Thank you for your response.

Mohan

[#4]

It's also a scam, so you dodged a bullet.  You need to read a bit more about the site before bidding on jobs. 

[#5]

Fake check scam.