Comments on: 10 Signs That Freelance Job Might be a Scam

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:29:53 +0000

“I want to report freelancer scam. GIUSEPPE LIDONNICI is a scam artist, theft artiest. posting as a professional webdesigner and programmer to do contract work. he asking high upfront startup cost and never do the work. He constantly, making promise that it almost done when he never start on it. day after day, week after week, and month after month, same old promise untill you got tired and give up on him. After that he ignore all your email and phone calls. I believe he been stealing many people high upfront money on all different freelance site. BE AWARE…. GIUSEPPE LIDONNICI is a fraud, dont let him steal your money..”

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By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:19:47 +0000

Freelance is a SCAM COMPANY!!! Especially to NEWBIE.. i have a BAD experience with them, THEY TERMINATE ACCOUNT with NO EXPLANATION! contacted them and told them that my account was been terminated wrongfully and come to think of it i am suppose to expect MONEY which i have withdraw from them but thats it they blocked my account, im asking for an explanation but what they reply was THEY HAVE THE RIGHTS NOT TO EXPLAIN! oh come on thats bullshit!! so if i were you guys, STAY AWAY from freelance!!!!

By: giuseppe

giuseppe — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:00:56 +0000

Grace we have more than 10 people writing for me and we pay all of them, I suggest you to not apply for any writers jobs if you don’t even know how to spell your own name

By: Samarkand

Samarkand — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:12:15 +0000

Hello english speak people!At first,i appolagise for my may be wrong english. I have bidded a proposal on one of the fr.sites, where i have attached a demo for the buyer to be assure in my capabilies. Before that i have obfuscate a class file (nested in jar) wich has an essentinal code(java,yguard). The task was exposed 2 time befor but was canceled. the Question is so:why buyer didn’t respon anything yet?please , your opinion layed on expereance? By the way i have 1 feedback.

By: Grace

Grace — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:15:23 +0000

I have been scammed by the owner of Shuttervoice.com. I provide articles for him and he didn’t pay me. He said that my blog posts did not help him to make the visitors click on his Adsense ads so he is not paying me. Shuttervoice.com is scam. His username on Digital Point is socialwebexpert. His real name is Giuseppe Pisaniello.

By: dannybuntu

dannybuntu — Sun, 02 May 2010 16:34:57 +0000

Sigh. I got victimized. Funny thing is that this guy wanted me to do more work even when he still has not paid me for the first batch. God I miss my old client.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:56:21 +0000

My top 3 tips!
1. Never ever ever work without a contract! It’s something that freelance websites don’t even mention (they don’t care, after all, they just want your project fee!), but after being stung myself, I now insist on it before starting any project. Sometimes the buyer mysteriously disappears when you mention the C word, but that just shows their true colours. There are free templates available online that you can adapt to the project.
2. Always get the contact details of the buyer before you start work with them – an email address is not enough, especially if it’s a free webmail address. Get their full name, address and telephone number, and call them to confirm the project (and that it’s a real number!). Use Skype if it’s an international number so that the call is cheaper.
3. Use escrow whenever possible, even if the website takes a cut of the project fee, at least you know you will get paid (or will be able to raise a dispute if something does go wrong).
The story that “duped in freelance” recounted above is not uncommon, but entirely preventable with a little common sense. Any buyer worth their salt will agree to your terms if they really want and need your services! If not, then it’s not worth the risk!

By: ogglywoggly

ogglywoggly — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:10:29 +0000

This was really unfortunate what happened with you, but the best way would have been to stop after the 50th article. It has happened with me once also when one freelancer told me he would be making weekly payments. but vanished after taking 23 articles. He had also refused to tell me his phone number.