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Upwork just stole $10k from me

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342 points dustedcodes | 5 comments | 25 Feb 23 10:08 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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moralestapia ◴[25 Feb 23 11:01 UTC] No.34935666[source]▶
>Provided the documents, went through the visual verification with a webcam, answered the questions, and solved the programming task live, ...

Excuse me, WTF? You have to code something in order to get verified? (!)

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1. miohtama ◴[25 Feb 23 12:12 UTC] No.34936071[source]▶
Fraud is likely a huge issue on Upwork

- Set up fake profile

- Set up a bot army to vote you up

- Take clients money, never deliver or deliver some random crap duct taped together with ChatGPT README

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2. goodpoint ◴[25 Feb 23 12:19 UTC] No.34936107[source]▶
If clients keep paying it means they are happy with the work delivered.

But if upwork really wants to implement coding tests they have to do it BEFORE assigning customers to the developer. Especially before $10K have been spent.

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3. ejanus ◴[25 Feb 23 13:06 UTC] No.34936372[source]▶
Do they do coding test? I have not heard that before.
4. joenot443 ◴[25 Feb 23 13:37 UTC] No.34936551[source]▶
There are blackhat hacking forums with a better reputation and fraud protection system than Upwork. If all it takes is a “bot army” to make a profile seem legit, they’ve created this problem for themselves.
5. tgsovlerkhgsel ◴[25 Feb 23 21:11 UTC] No.34940522[source]▶
> - Take clients money

This part is usually solved with escrow systems so the scammer wouldn't get anything until the client confirms they're happy, so why isn't that what Upwork is doing?