Yes, even at oDesk.
A Verified employer is not an assurance that they are good employer.
I had applied 3 scam jobs and asked co-contractors to give me tips and advices thru community page.
I posted "I was asked to sign up on a site outside oDesk. After signing up, job post was canceled" on our discussion board" after I got scammed by an employer.
And guess what? I found out that such employer is also a contractor like us and using co-contractors to earn in a wrong way. They cheat people just to earn.
And got this tip from darrenjames, please take note:
One warning sign that it's a scam is a referrer URL, something like:
http://www.site.com/referrers_username
...what this often means is that the REFERRER gets paid for everyone he can convince to sign up. You can copy and paste the URL into your browser and remove the referrer:
http://www.site.com/
...and check out the site. Remove the referrer so they don't get paid for you going and checking the site out.
credits to oDesk and darrenjames
ODESK IS ONE OF THE GOOD ONLINE JOB THAT I KNOW. WHEN THE EMPLOYER HAS VERIFIED ITS ACCOUNT, YOU ARE 100% SURE THAT THEY WILL PAY YOU! YOU SHOULD APPLY ON HOURLY JOB AND NOT FIXED! BECAUSE ODESK CAN'T GUARANTEE YOUR PAYMENT WHEN YOU APPLY ON A FIXED COST JOB UNLESS YOU ASK FOR UPFRONT.
ReplyDelete"REFERRER gets paid for everyone he can convince to sign up" when they signed up, they will not get even a single cent unless the one who sign earn as much as $1000.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the added info guys. This may help others who are interested in joining oDesk.
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