Freelancer Scams: 10 Red Flags and Warning Signs
Occasionally a fraudulent client or scammer will post a project, causing trouble for freelancers. Find out how you can spot the early warning signs.
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I will give subtitles / captions in English For your YouTube or any social media video. Save yourself some time and I will do the work for you. No scam . Only genuine requests will be taken.
Hi Sir, I have urgent project, need to complete immediately. It fit with your skill and experiences. Please ping me if you can do it ASAP. Fyi, I will hire you via this freelancer site and will add milestone after clear you can approve the project, so please don't worry about the payment. I am not a scam. Thank You
Hi Sir, I have urgent project, need to complete immediately. It fit with your skill and experiences. Please ping me if you can do it ASAP. Fyi, I will hire you via this freelancer site and will add milestone after clear you can approve the project, so please don't worry about the payment. I am not a scam. Thank You
Start your proposal with answer for 10+2. Write a personalised proposal. —————— Hi, I am looking for someone to provide detailed research about how some scammers scam web3 users. Metrics to look for will be provided in person.
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...user-friendly, as well as an app that they feel comfortable and confident using. I used to be a part of fb and its tarot swap group and I was scammed multiple times. That will be prevented if swapped on this app. Along with the convenience that Cardpool App will give, there will also be 2 features I would like to put in place that set Cardpool aside from any other tarot platform. The first feature is scam prevention. If someone is selling a deck and another one buys it, the buyer is charged at the time of sale and the funds are held in escrow until the purchaser receives the deck and closes the sale by checking off that they’ve received what they paid for, which in turn releases the funds to the seller. The second feature (my favorite, and I know will be everyone else&rsqu...
This is a copy paste job. You can see the process in ppt. If you got the process then this job is for you! I need a team and you do not have to pay to get the job. As I know there are a lot of scam on freelancer and other platform too.
If you are being asked to pay a security deposit, or if you are being asked to chat on Telegram, WhatsApp, or another messaging platform, it is likely a scam. Report these projects or contact Support for assistance
I need to mass broadcast a message to a list of email addresses I will provide (or sms or fax...spam folder. I can do that myself and am not going to pay for that. If you CAN inbox TLD addresses OR send SMS or Faxes in bulk - I will be in need of your services on a DAILY basis. You can earn several hundred to several thousand per day if you can actually do this. Remember I need PROOF you can inbox. Do not reply to this job if you do not have experience in this field or are thinking you can scam me because you can't. I've been doing internet marketing for 25 years. I have seen ever hustle and lie there is. If you think this is some easy money - it isn't. HOWEVER, if you are a real bulk mailer that can send out millions per day - I can show you how to make tens of thous...
...ideal candidate will have experience in lead generation and a strong understanding of the financial and crypto industry. Short Description: 1. Capture potential leads through various channels such as social media, networking events, and online marketing methods. 2. Qualify leads by determining if they have lost more than $5000 to a scam(this part is automated). 3. Target Audience - Western Countries 4. $3 per qualified lead (minimum threshold of $5000 lost to a scam) Note that if any person enters their details into the landing page, but the amount lost is less than $5000, then it won’t be counted as a lead. Also, the leads are going to be capped at 40 to 60 in the initial days to assess the quality. Landing Page - This is an excellent opportunity for those loo...
I would like to get a website made for my business i would like to start. coding skills are necessary as i need a website made that gathers businesses and content creators. So i would like a home section where you get to sign up etc but when you do so, you have to specify if you are a creator or a brand. you then enter your niche , link your socia...then have to pay for the lead if interrested (like a property portals system), so i'd also like a message center kind of like vinted where you can do offers, counter offers and stuff and then when it suits the brand, they can purchase safely, on the site and the influencer receives the money the moment the content is posted or made for the brand. so the money is on hold so that neither one can scam the other. contact me about any m...
An elderly family member was defrauded by two love "spell casters" in Nigeria. I have their profile information for their Facebook profiles (public figure, blog, business). I would like those pages to be reported by individual facebook accounts enough times to trigger Facebook to take down, content removal, deactivate their methods of finding customers through their business. I'd like to ideally keep the project between $30 and $50 USD and see if that is enough to get them deplatformed.
We are looking for some individual testers in VIETNAM, THAILAND, MALAYSIA, INDONESIA and the PHILIPPINES to help us verify the functionality of our new online game Flixit! The primary objective is to verify the functionality of depositing and withdrawing funds from the game wallet. (No, this is not a scam; read on). The steps are the following: 1. You will need to register on the game website. (For your convenience it is recommended to use the web version, rather than downloading the Android App, for this first test.) 2. After registration is complete, you will be offered to deposit funds IN LOCAL CURRENCY. You need to deposit funds (approx. 10 USD equivalent is recommended) via LOCAL BANKING OPTIONS. (This is what we are looking to verify the functionality
I believe I've been scammed and would like to recover my money or if nothing else shut down the website to avoid others being scammed. It's quite elaborate and credible.
Hi Danylo V., as a test work, please, remove the web page at . Once this page is successfully removed, we will move on to the other web pages of work as the main project.
Hi Andrei I., as a test work, please, remove the web page at . Once this page is successfully removed, we will move on to the 100 web pages of work as the main project.
My website somehow has been infected with the URL pointing to a fake hosting site. When i try to log into my website, my anti virus says the site has a "URL SCAM". I have two other smaller websites and these too seem to be infected. I am unsure how this occurred. All 3 sites have a "Contact" page which seem to be infected as i get a lot of fake emails.
Hi. I am from bangladesh. I want to export products from my country to others country. Here are different type of foods and others product. I want importer from other country. Its not computer service. Also if you know importer beside of you then tell me and share with him about me. I am here to discuss. I want to make world wide business. Here I wanna to do business,not scam.
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If you are being asked to pay a security deposit, or if you are being asked to chat on Telegram, WhatsApp, or another messaging platform, it is likely a scam. Report these projects or contact Support for assistance.
Hello, I'm reposting my project a second time, after the last developer tried to scam me... Before starting to talk about my project, please take into account that I will not pass out of freelancer, no payment in crypto nor contact outside freelancer, it is not for me to pay your freelancer fees. about the project : I need to develop an app under IOS and Android with payment system Play Store and App Store, and a web page to display the result of virtual visits in order to share it on social networks and other real estate website. The budget is 1500€ with a delay of 30 days. payment of 200€ deposit from the beginning. 800€ upon delivery of the app 500€ upon delivery of the web page and after verification that the payment system is in place.
Good afternoon, brother. Sorry for the inconvenience. I would like you to please guide me a little about the platform, since up to now I have obtained pure scam offers and I have noticed that you have done very well
...Germany. I am freelancing for a marketing agency that is doing paid surveys for western union. They need immigrants living in Australia for these paid surveys. A total of minimum 5 and maximum 15 immigrants. I can pay you 15$ per participant who signs up for these surveys. I can give you 4 days to finish this task. The participants have to be living in Australia or will not qualify. This is not a scam and the client is a really big and established agency () The details i need for each participant are: 1) First and Last Name and email address. 2) Which country they come from and which country they send money to 3) Which money transfer method are they using 4) They should know english because the future surveys will be in English and for really easy things they can make money
I just got a website build in INDIA via buildmywebsiteonline very disappointed website company or scam i dont know. I want some one reliable who is can make changes when needed and manage my websites. would prefer someone local in Australia. Please only bid if you are local. Thank you.
Must have your own card! We do not provide that only payment for each ad once posted! We will cover that fee . Pay to you is as follows: $5 for posting the ad and add another $5 to = $10 paid out per ad. Need a lot of these so let's get started. Please send screenshot/proof of your multiple ad postings. Thank you. Respond here with "buck" so we know you at least read the ad and topic and not wasting our time. There are way too many spam bids here bidding for everything. We will report you for spam if you do this. Consider this your warning.
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Hi SYNET, I want some information from uh m basically from pakistan and i m new user 1 have comleted 3 project but i didnot receive paymeny yet the person who send me payment said that i have to pay linking fee or taxation charge is it true or scam?
Hi SYNET, I want some information from uh m basically from pakistan and i m new user 1 have comleted 3 project but i didnot receive paymeny yet the person who send me payment said that i have to pay linking fee or taxation charge is it true or scam?
We need a world created (we can discuss the features of this design to any freelancer relevant), this needs to be designed within Meta Horizon Worlds Pol...SITE YOU WILL IMMEDIATELY LOSE ANY WORK. Please bid for the total price of world and all peripheral work for the project, including any work on "concepts" or revisions you may have to do. PLEASE NOTE ANY BIDS MADE ARE ASSUMED TO BE THE FULL PRICE FOR THE PROJECT, WE WILL NOT ACCEPT “PLACEHOLDER BIDS”, IF A HIGHER PRICE IS COMMUNICATED BY FREELANCER AFTER BIDDING THEN WE WILL REPORT THEM FOR FAKE/SCAM BIDDING. Total milestone will not be released until project completion To the bidders : If you do not provide a proposal, or a relevant proposal to your bid, your bid will be automatically hidden. You need t...
...design and code the landing page and create pictures for the Facebook campaign. The idea is to draw attention by asking the people to provide information about the scam they have encountered, for example - Got Scammed By ? Report It NOW and help us save others! The landing page will be a form to report the website that scammed them, how much they lost, and how it happened. We will ask for an email address to update them about the situation and to keep them posted if we find out anything about the website/person. 24 hours after via mail we will inform them that we have created a blog post explaining everything about the scam and will send them to our blog (), and ask them if they'd like to take action and try to get their money back. {We need the email to be
I recently had a Metamask trading bot coded that has been found to be malicious. The bot would accept deposits, function properly, but not withdraw. I've already lost quite a bit to this scam. This story only gets worse so I'll keep those details to myself but if you're interested, I will share. This project has a very short timeframe because just because we were scammed doesn't mean creditors understand the situation. My family and I need someone to be our white knight or white hat hero - whatever you want to call it. I am looking for someone who can make, from scratch, a front running, arbitrage, or other passive income bot that can help us while I recover, find a new job, and try to recover our stolen savings. The key part is that I want you to create for...
We are using an outdated version of Debian and Plesk. We have a virus on our server, that redirects customers to Russian scam websites randomly. It affects all websites on the server, and we cannot see it in the PHP files. So we believe it is in the server somewhere. We require somebody who can find, identify and remove the virus. We also need to update Debian and Plesk without breaking our websites. We have many complex OpenCart websites operating on this installation, so we must not cause any damage, and we must limit downtime. Looking for an experienced Linux developer who can start right away.
I have an Excel spreadsheet with a list of publishers that have displayed my Bing Ads on the ad network as "Search Partners", etc. Most of these are click fraud and search manipulation. I require an analysis of these and identification of the most significant bad actors involved, ideally by name and organization, for remedial acti...operating a network of similar sites) 5. Research whois, on-site privacy / CCPA / TOS pages to scrape contact info of organization. 6. Research entities in corporation wiki and state records, as well as LinkedIn and other sources, including search for contact information. 7. Document information found, and deliver powerpoint and updated spreadsheet. 8. Document HEAVY offenders operating multiple scam sites on the list 9. Additional materials as...
Hi Sandile N., I noticed you bid for a project posted by katesmithyui. I was wonder if the contacted you to bid for the project as well? I’m trying to figure out if it is a scam or not since the client doesn’t want to offer the project on the platform. Please let me know, I want to report it if it is indeed a scam. The client says they are on the market for South African freelancers, hence me messaging you.
I want an article writer. 400 words. You can write the article based on the attached files. 1. Explain What is Media Pitch and Media Release 2. What are Scams? 3. What this Scam is done. 4. How to protect yourself from these type of companies.
Hello everyone IM a new worker here for work I'm a web developer and designer so any one want to make our websites about our business or any other thing please message me . I'm a new here no scam my verification also complete and i have very well experience about website developing and please give me one change I'm working properly and be on time. I'm new so that my price also less to now that its not a scam. Thank You
We need a skilled INVESTIGATIVE researcher to identify names from the Fiduciary Agents ... supposedly from the Archbishop of Canterbury, ... to see if this is a scam??? YOU MUST BE FULLY QUALIFIED as a LEGAL RESEARCHER for this work as well as BANKS across UK, USA and TURKEY. We will pay a FIXED FEE based on correct information ONLY ... so NO TIME WASTERS NEED APPLY!!! BONUS WILL APPLY IF YOUR WORK CAN BE JUSTIFIED AND PROVEN!!!!!!!!!!
I have a book that has been published by three different publishing scam artists. I own all copyrights and proofs. I am going to self-publishing with KDP. I NEED to change the cover and interior ASAP for the holiday season. add ISBN - Delete all affiliation from cover and interior of company logos. Book is in PDF format. Need formats to be readable on devices and in book on demand
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Hello there. I need to install couple of services and prepare my server for hosting containers for my customers. the services includes: Docker, Kubernetes, CIS hardening configuration, syslog installation, backup script on my server And so on.... Please let me know so we immediately start this over and be aware to mention Saurun on first of your bids so i know you are not a scam. Regards
Cell is totally formated and reflahed but no results. Scam got physical access and open backdoor. Root checked shows fine log. Anyone here who can help me. Budget is low 20e for 5 cell with same problem, since scam done a lot of damage to me . Secondly I don't want invest more money for something caused by scam, and make them happy. If you dislike scam here is opportunity to fight them. You have to be a hacker obviously. Some of them wanted fix it with keyloger from dark web. I don't want have anything from dark web. Pls bids asap.
Hello, we have a problem with some UK online banking company called Wise. We created account for my company about 2 years ago and used it without any problems and on ...years ago and used it without any problems and on January our account got blocked, I appealed their decision, because there is about 20000 GBP in my Wise account balance, after sending them numerous documents they responded to me that my account is closed and they won't send to me my balance. I tried to contact them a lot of times and they said that it's their final decision. I think it is a total scam, I have absolutely all documents, my company is registered in UK and it's fully legit, I'm paying taxes, all my payments came from Amazon. So we are looking for sole solicitor in UK, who could hel...
...(Students) to find coaches. For another example, a hiking buddy channel for users to find hiking buddies. - Users register with phone number or email address or facebook or gmail whatever They will get 0 points and a title of (Not verified User), they have to buy the points and verify by our staff. After verification, their title with be changed to (Verified Users - [date of verification]). We avoid scam and fake users by verifying them. Users have a inbox on their own for getting other user's message. Step 2: Users can pre-save some content in each channels. For example, in sport coaches channel, coaches can pre-saved their self introduction such as their experience or their classes. When the students post to ask for a coach, the coaches can send the pre--filled content...
Topic: Mrinsta Review 2022 - Is It Safe Or Scam? Site: Mrinsta I need you to write a negative review of the site and its services. Originality 85+. Word count: 1000. You will find the keywords to be used below the article's structure. The final article should have a similar structure to this one: (except ‘Alternative services’) Main reviews (customer feedback): Other reviews of the website and its services: ARTICLE STRUCTURE 1. The article should start with words about buying social media promotion services (about 100 words). Example:
Hi, Actually scam attacked my cell and open backdoor in root. Can you close it. It's not malware project. We can discuss any details over chat. Please reply asap.
Looking for an expert to REFLASH android. I check some You tube tuts but want someone skilled to do it. Don't want to da...do it. Don't want to damage hardware. Due to malware removal from root of the cellphones need reflash of cell. Standard malware removal procedure doesn't help. Scam had physical access to my cell and installed malicious code. Some cyber expert suggested anti malware protection from dark web. I don't want that solution. Another expert suggested reflash of the cell. I tried factory reset but spyware is not deleted. Malwarebytes expert haven't detected any malicious code. Scam disable it from time to time in order to stay undetected during analysis I guess. Budget is a bit low, it is due to multiple damage I suffered from that ...
I am looking for a true DM service on Discord. Please do not try to scam me with bots joins etc... Long term relationship, because we will launch multiple projects.
looking for developer who can create search engine that provide most savty features to users, such as detail about the web site when it created number of users hit the site where it is hosted is it regestred and use the standards , is it reported in any where as scam site, the search engine provide detals about the phone numbers is app generated or any methods used in scams, user can search any recived number to check on reliability of the number the search provide list of emails used in scams too, the search prtect users from hacking, any security ideas that help users from froud and scams is appriciated if developer would provide more ideas developer provide any tools that work to protict users from scams
Occasionally a fraudulent client or scammer will post a project, causing trouble for freelancers. Find out how you can spot the early warning signs.
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