SECURITY DEPOSIT / ID CARD

[6a301e12]

Hi Upwork, I was offered 3 jobs from 3 clients, all of them told me that they needed a security deposit or an id card payment for me to start the project they posted. Please see attachments. And one client was obviously a scam because I researched their website and it said on one of their articles that there are scammers using their company name. 

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[759e32fa]

Hi  Liana,

Thank you for reaching out to us. I've reported this to our team and we'll take action as per our internal processes. Please know as well that communicating outside Upwork prior to a contract starting is against our Terms of Service.

You may want to read this post by Wes regarding top red flags for scams to help you identify possible scam jobs. If you also encounter this in the future, you can send us a flag so we can investigate.

[martina_plaschka]

All three are obvious scams. You never pay money to a client for any reason. 

[pgiambalvo]

All scams. Too bad this happened to you 3 times from 3 different clients.