Am I About to Be Scammed - Upwork??

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I recently found a knowlegeable developer on Upwork and I've hired him for a few small jobs which he's refused payment for so far. (He says he usually just works larger gigs and not to worry)

I was telling him of my Fb Ads troubles with getting my accts flagged/disabled and he told me about a $$ making opportunity and basically asked me if he could use my developer account on Upwork to get more projects/income generated since they won't allow him to bill clients if he's already got clients billed for the same hours - thus limiting his total income potential. If he can use my acct. he'd pay me 20% of the revenue for each job. Of course, I would also take out 30% additional from that for paying taxes since it would look like I made his income. He definitely gets a lot of work so it wouldn't be chump change.

I've done some due diligence and haven't found anything that tells me he's trying to get one over on me. The only drawback I see is somehow getting my Upwork acct banned, which would suck since I use that site quite often.

Anyone ever run into this one??
 
If something looks too good to be true, it usually is.

Upwork won't care who is at fault here, but you can kiss your account there goodbye if you get caught.
 
Sounds fishy to me, but could be the guy is reliable and being honest about the situation.

The real question is what if he does scam you or Upwork figures it out and bans your account, are you willing to live with either of those situations? If he's a stand up guy he should have no problem accepting you saying no to him because of the personal risk involved.
 
@LostConnection, Ya, good points. I've decided I don't wanna risk my Upwork acct getting shut down as I rely on that for so much outsourcing.
@krishnaverma, I would be the one collecting the $ from his work, then sending via Paypal to him, minus the expenses and 20% I would get. So there would be little risk for me on that end.

I don't know how easy it would be for Upwork to find out but I'd rather not risk my acct.
 
I recently found a knowlegeable developer on Upwork and I've hired him for a few small jobs which he's refused payment for so far. (He says he usually just works larger gigs and not to worry)

I was telling him of my Fb Ads troubles with getting my accts flagged/disabled and he told me about a $$ making opportunity and basically asked me if he could use my developer account on Upwork to get more projects/income generated since they won't allow him to bill clients if he's already got clients billed for the same hours - thus limiting his total income potential. If he can use my acct. he'd pay me 20% of the revenue for each job. Of course, I would also take out 30% additional from that for paying taxes since it would look like I made his income. He definitely gets a lot of work so it wouldn't be chump change.

I've done some due diligence and haven't found anything that tells me he's trying to get one over on me. The only drawback I see is somehow getting my Upwork acct banned, which would suck since I use that site quite often.

Anyone ever run into this one??
hes gonna get your account and then he will pay you nothing , stay away
 
From experience, upwork back the buyer 90% of the time. If they sniff you are dealing of line. They will ban you in the blink of an eye.

I have just had an old account suspended for failing to win a bid from my first 15 proposals. All bids I wrote individually, so no spam.

If you remember ebay when they grew one of those Adolf mustaches and started sending sellers to the showers. It is time to look at upwork in the same way. Let's face it, they own the mainstream freelance market. They bought any decent competition and folded into their platform.

They managed to do some dodgy sh!t and buy their way out of it. Check the Austrailian data scandal. Check their VAT loophole in the EU. Where they pass their VAT bill to freelancers. With power comes absolute corruption.
 
Hey can you please direct me to some news piece on this, cant find it on google. Thanks

Do your own research, sorry.

The basic thing is. They sold personal data for profit. Paid a fine and promised never to do it (get caught) again. They are a bunch of chancers. The EU VAT thing (scam) is genius. I have two things to research and then I am going to be publishing about these guys. They are scum, pure and simple.

They are a glorified dating agency. Who now have delusions of being a recruitment agency. Unfortunately, they almost have the market cornered.
 
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