May client akong nakilala sa Upwork at kinontak ako via Telegram para mag-interview daw kami bukas. Sabi nya magdodraw siya ng contract after ko daw makuha yung unang commission ko or after one week kasi every Friday daw sila magpasahod. Nang chin-check ko yung profile niya sa Upwork, may 265 hires siya, 503 job posts, 175 reviews, at 4.23 average rating, tapos verified pa yung payment. Is this legit or scam po? Pa-help po, please. Sabi pa nya gagawin nya daw ang contract after ko makuha commission ko kasi kung mag-initiate daw ako ng contract, magbabayad sila sa Upwork.
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Scam. Report to Upwork.
!task scam
!job scam
LillyGrace said:
Scam. Report to Upwork.
!task scam
!job scam
Hi /u/KoolBlues100s, AutoModerator has been summoned to explain the Task scam.
Task scams involve a website or mobile app that claims you can earn money by completing easy tasks, such as watching a video, liking a post, or creating an order. A very common characteristic (but not entirely exclusive) is that you have to complete sets of 40 tasks. The app will tell you that you can earn money for each task, but the catch is that you can only do a limited number of tasks without upgrading your account. To upgrade your accounts, the scammers will require you to pay a fee. This makes it a variant of the advance fee scam.
The goal of this scam is to get people to download the app for easy money and then encourage them to pay to get to the next level. It’s impossible to get your “earnings” out of the app, so victims will have wasted their time and money. This type of scam preys on the sunk cost fallacy, because people demonstrate a greater tendency to continue an endeavor once an investment has been made, and refusing to succumb to what may be described as cutting one’s losses.
If you’re involved in a task scam, cut your losses. Beware of recovery scammers suggesting you should hire a hacker that can help you retrieve the money you already invested. They can’t, it’s a trick to make you lose more money.
LillyGrace said:
Scam. Report to Upwork.
!task scam
!job scam
Hi /u/KoolBlues100s, AutoModerator has been summoned to explain the Job scam.
Fake job scams come in many different varieties. The scammers will usually conduct interviews over Whatsapp, Telegram or Teams. They will offer high wages for the work being done, oftentimes with wildly varied wage ranges by hour, and they will “hire” you by telling you that you are hired, rather than going through the normal process that a company takes when hiring an employee in your country.
If they mention anything about a check or about receiving and sending out transactions, it is a fake check scam. If they say they will cut you a check so you can buy equipment for remote work, it’s a scam in which they make you purchase equipment on a fake website under their control, with your own card, and when the check bounces in a few weeks you’re left holding the bag (and the equipment never comes).
If they mention anything about receiving, processing, or inspecting packages, it is a parcel mule scam.
If they ask you to purchase items up-front, ask you to pay a fee in order to be hired, or ask you to purchase gift cards, it is an advance-fee scam. If they mention Bitcoin ATMs, it’s always a scam.
If the job involves posting advertisements on Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist or eBay, they are using you and your account to scam other people (especially if it’s rental listings).
Block them before you get scammed. Do not cash any [fake] checks they send.
AmicusAlcove said:
Block them before you get scammed. Do not cash any [fake] checks they send.
So 100% scam po ito? Bakit po may mga hires sila sa Upwork?
AmicusAlcove said:
Block them before you get scammed. Do not cash any [fake] checks they send.
Ang trabaho ko po ay sa travel platform at kelangan namin makontak yung mga guests na may damage sa property at kailangan nilang magbayad.
Pretty much any job telling you to contact them on Telegram is a scam.