I've had a bad run lately and it seem to be getting worse, thing just keep piling up. I have been looking for remote work lately as I don't have any other option at the moment and we all know how looking for anything on the internet opens us up to scammers and hackers, but then there are people like me who blog about those scammers and hackers, so people can be as safe as they can be in the messed up, greedy, hateful world we live in.
Let's start with how I managed to find this particular, very convincing scammer. I signed up with a website called Upwork (now this is nothing bad about the actual Upwork platform) where people/companies can hire freelance workers and sometimes even hire for an ongoing position, but not everyone using this platform is honest. As we all know every platform has it's bad guys. Moving on. Upwork has a 'points' system called connects, you spend connects on applying for jobs. When you start you are given some connects for free but when you run out you have to buy them or subscribe, however you can earn them by winning an interview and replying. I spent 10 connects og applying for a job the title was, "Short blog writing job, no experience necessary." so I figured it was the perfect opportunity for me. I wrote my cover letter, submitted my proposal and waited for a response just like I always do, I got a response quickly, the person i spoke to asked me to E-mail her, so I did.
I look 'Frank' up on telegram telling him who I am, how i found the job on Upwork and asking if I had contacted the right person. He said yes and asked my location, name, age and gender. I gave him all of that nothing that isn't obtainable by the public I gave him the country I live in, my name, age and gender. He then went on to explaining the job without telling me exactly how much work it was going to be, then told me to get it done in 24 hours. Once he sent me the project I realised there was no way i could get it done in 24 hours, it was transcribing 200 screenshots into word documents and converting it into a single PDF file with very specific page and font sizes.
so I began. I worked on it for hours before I realized the time frame he gave me was impossible without spending money on the app that I needed to convert it, I was typing it out by hand. I messaged 'Frank' telling him I was only on the 60th one and that it would not be done in 24 hours he said "finish up, ok" that made me angry he didn't care one bit that I stayed up all night working on it and didn't sleep. That should have been the moment I quit, but I'm not quitter I was determined. I then got very curious as to how many words it might come out to be, so I put what I had done into a word counter... over 10,000 words. I then messaged him even more angry telling him he was ridiculous to think that anyone could do this by hand in 24 hours and that he wasn't getting it when he wanted it because it was going to be at least 30,000 words he just kept saying "finish up, ok." I will never be ok hearing those words again, I will get angry because this situation was just adding to everything. So after pulling an all-nighter, being exhausted, upset and feeling completely defeated I decided I was going to take off for a bit. I called a friend up and left trying to ignore my problems. I didn't come home till almost 2 days later after my friend had given me a harsh but much needed lecture.
The universe decided to give me one last final kick before I got so mad I was just done. My phone that was a free phone for people who can't afford one got cut off because I put in job applications and one of those jobs reported that I had put in an application resulting in my phone being cut off (according to the customer rep I spoke to) so I got a hold of someone else, told them what was going on and asked for help, so I got a phone card and had a little money left over and I payed for the app so I could get this job done and be able to keep a phone on I spent 9 more hours working and finished I then put it into the word counter 33,737 words, that's not a blog it's a novela.
I contact frank and tell him it's finished, he gave me an E-mail to send the finished project to for review. I send the project and a bit goes buy and get an E-mail saying my work had been accepted with this picture attached. 
he then wanted my bank number, name on account and name of my bank. I gave him that because I know he would need more information to withdrawal and he could only deposit with that information. 'Frank' asked if i got a mail. I told him I did. The E-mail was asking for me to contact someone and give more information. that's when I told 'Frank to send the money through Upwork, because I did some research and it turns out you're supposed to do everything through the Upwork website including getting paid. (I really hate being new to things and not having anyone to tech me). after that he never responded the project took me a total of 26 hours and the app cost me $10.00 I wasted my time my money and got kicked again but the silver lining I love to find in every situation I can now warn other people of this scammer and help protect others from going though what i did or worse.
here I will show you what the job opportunity looked like on Upwork so you can identify it if you are looking for work on Upwork.
and the E-mails to avoid are
Santanderbankinglegal@gmail.com
Reviewmanagement0@gmail.com
Applicationdesk6@gmail.com
I hope this can help someone out in time before it becomes a problem. As for me I'm back on the search hoping to find something soon. If I come across any more scammers in my search I will wright another blog. stay safe guys and good luck.
