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Freelancer.com Scam

This website seemed a scam to me. They have no respect to the visitors at all.

I tried to post a project. First they say posting the first project is free.

No this is a lie...! They say they will refund the money later... This is a lie too. They say $ needs to be deposited.

At the checkout process all of a sudden they wnat you to deposit $10...

Plus they charge you transaction service fee...

Then you fill out the form... Give them your credit number...

Another trick!

After they got your credit card number address, phone... They tell you they need your cell phone number too... The reason that they made up for it is that they will need to send you a text message to verify you you're the person you tell them you're... This is a #...

First of all, I don't have to provide my cell phone number to verify myself. I might have a paid phone... I don't have to have a text messaging service on my phone either...

I wrote sent them e-mails. No one responded me. My credit card number and all my info stored in their database...

Now i've heard many bad stories about their "company policy" and poor treatment. They haven't release the money to the freelancers... They over charged to the buyers...

Warning: do not go to that website. Thay are bunch of money craving people. They will do any thing to take your money and information...

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Jul 29, 2010 4:41 pm EDT

Here is the details how freelancer is harassing people.

They closed my account without any reason. My account had 42 reviews and 400$ in cash and $500 escrow. They took all. They are just cheater. I have all proof against them.
First they told I have many dispute. I sent them the details that clients were not paying after getting service. So its their fault.
Then they stopped saying about dispute. They said you have violation report. I told them to show the proof. They failed to do that.
Then they said you have multiple account. I told them that is problem was happened 6months back. And that was solved. Then why again you harassing me.
After that they starts replying that: The decision was taken by higher authority. We can't do anything.
They are just a cheater.
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Hi,
Freelancer.com, why don't have a talk here in-front of all? Prove you are right and I was wrong.

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Mar 10, 2010 12:16 am EST

SCAM, FRAUD getafreelancer and freelancer

getafreelancer and freelancer are fraud website as how they are making fool to customer

Here is the scenario

1) I have bid on one project in past I was winner for that project and it was $5000 cost

2) As soon as I was selected getafreelancer and freelancer taken $150 fees from my account

3) I had started project

4) I had worked two month for this project and client was paying me at getafreelancer and freelancer through escrow

5) I had completed project and send all source file to client and he paid me

6) After two week getafreelancer and freelancer taken back all money from my account

7) I asked support team why so? than they told me that I need to contact my client when I contact my client he said me that he paid me getafreelancer and freelancer and he was right he paid me on getafreelancer and freelancer so no question again to him

8) I ask again to support team why my balance is debited again they told me to ask my client and they said they will not help more

9) Now I lost two month work plus fees taken by getafreelancer and freelancer $150 I ask them to credit fees and they refuse to credit it

10) So here getafreelancer and freelancer making dummy project and pay to developer and taken back money as well charging for fees

11) So later I come to know the client to whom I was working its was getafreelancer and freelancer dummy client account and they are posting dummy project on getafreelancer and freelancer and just collecting fees %3 from developer

12) getafreelancer and freelancer is fraud website they are posting dummy project from their dummy accounts

13) After this I moved to ODesk and Elance they are far better then get a freelancer and free lancer

So Be aware from get a freelancer and free lancer they are fraud company

Share this scenario with others as many as developers in your group so they can not capture in getafreelancer and freelancer scam process

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Feb 19, 2010 3:33 am EST

Hi guys!

Yes, getaFreelancer.com is a BIG FRAUD!

Stay away, don't trust them, never-never-never send them your private info, credit card #.

They are scammers!

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Feb 04, 2010 5:50 am EST

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Nov 27, 2009 11:46 am EST

Getafreelancer.com is a scam site. one customer had selected us, gave us project details, kept communicating ON and OFF, kept paying ON and OFF and then suddenly disappeared for a month.

He then came back and told he wanted to continue and we were busy doing other projects. we told him it would take more man power and time and requested additional payment which is a fair business practice considering his erratic communication.

He then asked for us to complete the website for the payments he made which was 50% of what he had initially negotiated.

When we declined to continue, he silently reported to getafreelancer.com and guess what they did? they reversed payments from our account ( we curse ourselves for keeping payments there ) and sent back all the payments he made without trying to investigate who is at fault.

Make no mistake getafreelancer.com - we already started the process of finding your company and are going to take a legal course to get justice served.

these kind of unauthorized and unethical actions will not happen forever and we will spread out word to the world through internet to know that your site is a scam website that only has personal interests.

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vdemyanenko
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Nov 25, 2009 2:41 am EST

I have expected to get my money ($100) at Nov, 24 but at Nov, 21 my account was blocked with no email notification. When I try to log in I see message that my account is suspended and that I should sent them scanned copy of my ID. At Nov, 22 I have sent copy but for today (Nov, 25) there are no response from getafreelancer.com

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Oct 11, 2009 8:11 am EDT
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Agree totally. On the 5th of this month (october 09)when I checked my credit card account online there was an unauthorized transaction from GAF for $190. I emailed them about it they said they would look into it but guess what, when I tried to follow up on it, they showed the status closed, even though the matter was not resolved. On the 10th when I tried logging into the account my account was suspended. On the 11th (today) I received an email from them saying that the milestone/escrow payment I made regarding a project I had posted before I noticed they took money from my account was cancelled and returned to me (still nothing from them as to why they took $190 from my card via Paypal on the 5th, mind you).

Here is where it gets strange. The payment was 'returned' to my account, but when I enter my login details to go to the site to see if the payment has indeed been returned, they have closed my account so I cannot login. Now, I have no means following up with them, unless I create another account, and they frown upon multiple account creation so technically I've lost something like $500 with these con artists between the $190 taken from my Paypal card for something I know nothing about and the $150 for the project I had running that they supposedly returned but have blocked my access to the account so naturally I cant get the money. They have no phone number and now I am learning the address is a fake.

Stay away from them. Deal with people whose addresses are real, customer service real and you can get a live person on the phone. They embalzon an LIVE SUPPORT button on their site but all it does is take you to their email form so their support is not live particularly when they take days on end to answer, if they bother to answer at al.

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Freelancer.com Irresponsible dispute resolution by its staff

Not only there are many legit people who try to get their job done, but also there are a lot of scam artists running afoul at getafreelancer.com website.

I was scammed by one of those fraudsters, and getafreelancer.com will not do anything about it.

Their getahelpdesk.com system is supposed to protect honest people and be an impartial arbitrator to an issue between the parties.

However, its Staff often times leaves the dispute between fraudster and victim on their own to resolve the matter.

Obviously, a fraudster being fraudster never admits their wrong doings, and the victim is forced to deal with those frauds. As a result, the resolution is not going anywhere.

Asked for help by the victim, all the Staff at Getafreelancer.com can say is that

"Hello
If there's a dispute between you and your provider, you'll have to find an agreement with the other side. We do not act as a judge in case of disputes (see our terms).
Thank you
GAF Support"

What is this?

I strongly suggest people not to use Getafreelancer.com unless they are willing to protect people from fraudsters.

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Nov 22, 2009 6:37 pm EST

I am presently having a problem with getafreelancer.com in that I transfered money from credit card (via moneybooker) to my account five days ago and have not been credited even though money was taken. I have now sent two tickets but have not received a reply. There is actually no way of contacting anyone at this website.

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Jul 13, 2009 8:47 am EDT

Some people also control whether you get paid by saying something is "results based" if you can not confirm the results they simply to not pay. You may have worked and did everything just as they askes, but if they simply say that they did not get the results- you do not get paid.

In my case after posting a job there my account was mysteriously blocked. They said I had access to dispute resolution and could contact them .

However on attempting top contact them I kept getting back to needing to log in with a valid account! This was a catch 22, and I still do not know what I did wrong.

They are not just irresponsible, These guys appear to be insanely irresponsible, and negligent

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Apr 23, 2009 5:58 pm EDT

GetAFreelancer offers dispute resolution services since November 22, 2008, which helps in such cases as yours. So if there's any problem over escrow payment which was made after this date, it can be resolved either mutually between service buyer and provider or by involving GetAFreelancer.

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Freelancer.com Account suspended

I joined this site since 2017 but didn't put many effort on it until October 2017. I won several bids and finished them with 100% positive feedback from the buyers. I requested to withdraw my first $30 to my moneybookers on Oct. 25th to test if this can work out well. According to the site, we should wait 15 days for the first withdrawl to finish. But I found out with astonishment right today, the 15th day, they suspended my account without any warning and explanation. I added a ticket on their helpcenter, but no answer.

There is no phone number on their website. I googled this number +[protected] but after long time wait there came only a computed voice in Swedish.

I don't understand why they suspended my account without any warning, and right before I should get my money withdrawn.
Also they act as an international firm, they don't even have customer service phone number where english-speaking people can reach and understand and get understood.

I anyway will try to get my money back, because I worked so hard for it, my effort should be respected.

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Matt_32
Mumbai, IN
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May 12, 2024 7:50 am EDT
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They have banned my 10 years old account.

They i had $200 in that account.

No security, fraud and scumbag founder and team

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Jemmy Sturgis
Medford, US
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Apr 13, 2024 11:13 pm EDT
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Fayyazs A.@fayyazs789, failed to make blueprints of my vehicle. Please return my prints of the vehicle and it's rear wing assembly. Do not make any facimile to any of my drawings and return my money. Jemmy Lee Sturgis. jemstur65@gmail.com

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Venkat2106
Kanchipuram, IN
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Feb 04, 2024 7:20 am EST
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My freelance profile is sign in error occurred to slove the error sir 24.01.2024 09.30pm

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E. Essakkati
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Nov 19, 2023 8:21 am EST
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Freelancer suspended my account after I sended all the documents for verification.

I have about 400 dollar in milestones. I hear stories here that they steal money. I hope this isnt true. I am sending them all the need documents but every time they say I didnt send it..

Ill keep everybody informed.

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moinlala
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Oct 11, 2023 6:23 pm EDT
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Hello sir,

my account has been closed.i am a moin.i want to work here.there have making some mistake by me.i tried to no other mistake are there happen by me.please give me a chance to recover my id back

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Shahzad Manzoor
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Jun 06, 2023 11:03 am EDT

I have assigned the task to https://creativesolutionsandco.com company over call in pakistan for prepare company profile but after a month and many follow up and advance payment still i did not get my file yet now since 2 weeks no one receive my call nor they are responding of my messages

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Jun 04, 2023 1:01 am EDT
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Hello, my account was closed on the pretext that I violated the terms. They are telling me that they can't do anything. I feel this is unfair for an account that has earned them more than 15000$ as fees.

https://cx.freelancer.com/tickets/1749831

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Mar 21, 2023 7:59 am EDT
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Same case they closed my account and steal my money in it

i cant withdrawn my money and contact the customer

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jessie jamola
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Mar 13, 2023 3:30 pm EDT

They did not even indicate what I violated, I never violated their terms.

Can you double check it? I know there's something with this. I just created my account and sent them my verification and yet they closed my account for no reason.

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Mar 11, 2023 5:40 pm EST
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Freelancer.com - My account has been closed due to inactivity and not updating my personal documents in my profile. Today I live in the United States. Can you please release or activate my account?

My ticket ID is: OQDZ-1118-XNUD

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