Odesk, also invaded by scammer..

I was a victim of such like scam in freelancer, I thought Odesk is somehow safer for online workers. What I know is, we are never safe from scam. Playing along with them is just a waste of time. Nowadays, I only go for employers who have good rating, most of them are genuine but not easy to get a chance working with them.

Even though Odesk is not safe from scammers, but at least they do act fast when they spot a scam. I think Odesk is much more safer to work on than any other freelance sites. No, I have never experienced working for a scammer before but I have seen a few scammers on such sites, and I immediately reported it to the Admin of the site.

I have not experienced in such site. May be, I never trust those downloading assignment anymore and I never have a chance to be trapped. From my understanding, these people will offer us the free downloading movies and songs. At the same time, other spywares will enter our computer to monitor and steal our bank account information and so on. Few of these people were caught as reported in our local newspaper. They worked internationally. About your case, I hope you should check your computer again and again to ensure no other spyware inside and no fraud cases later.

I guess you are quite lucky you did not get a virus from that. Wow you think it would be screened better so that you are not scammed. Sorry you were scammed.

Hello, junmae! I am sorry to hear that. It's good that you posted this experience. This is a big help especially for me who is just planning to sign up in Odesk. I read that you also need to check the employees's ratings and comments to the employers. You also need to ensure that the payment method of the employer is verified. It is very important. I think in your case, the payment method is not verified by Odesk. Am I correct?

This is shocking news for me. I thought odesk is completely has safe work environment.

Thank you for informing us this junmae. I got an account there in Odesk this year only, but I have not tried working with the available employers there. I got hooked up by one of my previous clients, so I did not have the opportunity to work there. That is really sad to know as I am really convinced and assured with the security of Odesk, but right now, I got the impression that even in Odesk, scammers can still propagate. I just really hope and pray that you will be able to find a legitimate employer. I hope those scammers will somehow feel some conscience in their heart of deceiving innocent people. Take good care and GOD bless.

Online is filled with scammers and while working we have to be very much careful working with others and shouldn't download anykind of things as those may contain spywares and trojans.

Hey there! Hope you are doing well. I do believe there are some good freelance jobs out there. It just hard to find any decent job. That's why I would look at company profile or feedback's first when applying for jobs. Probably that odesk employer was a new person scammer. I just recently applied for a data entry job..Someone posted about data entry and then he send me a message. He said here - go to AWSurveys...he's posting about data entry and gives me a get paid survey site.. Then a few hours or minutes later. I got a notification that my application from that person was declined and the reason was inappropriate job posting. I guess some reported not appropriate job posting..It's good thing i get those notifications to be aware of what's good and not good. I had similiar situation. I guess Odesk is finding out about scammers because they do delete those not appropriate postings.

Hello Junmae, I was also a victim of a scammer before. I once worked in a forum and they made me a moderator. They promise to pay me, unfortunately all of a sudden they sell the website without informing me. I did not get anything from then. Now i just built my own website so nobody will scammed me and the earnings will be solely for me.