As you can see, in 2022, Upwork is almost under scammers’ attack where every 3rd job is a scam.
You might have seen; in scam jobs, scammers are asking to send an email with personal information for the interviews.
Some share WhatsApp or telegram numbers to contact them.
Communicating outside the Upwork is a term violation that newbies don’t know.
Sometimes a requirement file is attached; when you open it, you are asked to contact them by email or phone.
Tip#1:
Check if the Client’s Payment method is verified.
Tip#2:
Check client history; most of the time, they don’t have any work history.
Tip#3
Try to keep the initial conversation on Upwork.
Tip#4
Please don’t send your personal information like email, phone, or bank details.
Tip#5
Request client to do an interview on Upwork; now we have the zoom feature too.
Tips#6
Ask some questions about the project to understand the requirement; mostly, scammers are unable to reply to those questions as they don’t know the technical part of the jobs and mostly, they copy-paste the requirements that were given to them.
