Michael,
There's no such job or skill called Freelancer. It's a category of work. Frankly, you will never find work by calling yourself a freelancer -- which, if were so, would mean you are competing with 12 or 13 million others for work, because everyone on Upwork is, technically, a freelancer.
Freelancer is a category of work that has no strict definion except that you work for yourself. Beyond that, there are several common markers that begin to define (and shape up to be) known as freelancing. Those would pivot mostly around offering a service to others, who don't hire you as an employee, but contract you to peforrm a task as an independent worker.
I don't like to scold, but I can tell you many, many Upwork vetrans would quickly point out that a profile such as yours that offers no service, but throws out your availability at a low hourly rate, is an invitation to scammers. It makes sense, in other words, that you have had no luck finding work, but the only contact you seem to have had was with someone out to fleece you.
Take your profile down, think of a service you can offer in which you feel like a bona fide expert, then come back and establish yourself as a freelancer. Remember that "bona fide expert" part. When you work for yourself, you're either an expert or a thief.
