My work on UPWORK
By SHREYASI DAS
@Shreyashi (171)
June 28, 2016 5:45am CST
I have recently started my account on upwork as a freelancer, looking for creative writings, I got to know about it through one of my friend who has also worked here.
Just came to know that she lost a huge amount of 500$ from a client just because it was unverified, and even on such a case upwork cannot help the freelancers.
It really sad when you work for your US & UK clients over night and they do not pay you for your work, though its a lesson for her & she will never trust unverified client, I really believe that UPWORK should not allow unverified clients.
I am sharing this message so that you don't get victimized.
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4 responses
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
28 Jun 16
how do you know if a client is unverified?
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@rina110383 (24492)
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29 Jun 16
Since I started with Upwork last year, I was never scammed. I read everything that can be found on their site before I started working to avoid being scammed. I never submitted bids for projects with unverified payment methods. Also, I decline offers/interviews coming from clients with unverified payment methods.
I believe they have that on their site. Payments are guaranteed for projects whose clients have verified payment methods.
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
28 Jun 16
What should we do now? How to overcome such problem. I want to join the site. pls. advise me.
@everwonderwhy (7365)
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28 Jun 16
That's horrible! She wrote for them and they didn't pay. She still has the copies of her own content, she can perhaps, publish her copyright work elsewhere.
Thanks for the warning.
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