Everything the negative reports on the site have confirmed are true. I was only on the site for a week and I was happy to get offered a position until a few hours ago. Twice in a $#*!ing day, people tried to scam me. One guy sent me a link for what was most likely a virus riddled site to begin with, sent login credentials that didn't even work, didn't respond to emails and the site actual site saying directly that they had no association with people who hire through emails.
Then a second time when some guy from India tried to scam me and get access/ information to my paypal account, even going out of his way to show me a fake document to prove who he was. (a U.S. passport and it was HORRIBLY photoshopped, his picture wasn't even inside the margins). If you receive a job that includes this email: *******@gmail.com please don't follow through with it.
Freelancer is partially responsible for this. They need to start screening employers, someone is going to sue the crap out of them one day.
I'll say this in advance NO Lara or anyone else associated with freelancers.com, I don't want to contact you and see how it can be a fixed, or talk about what happened as you've asked others on the site.
Hi, JR. I regret to learn about your unpleasant experience with other users on the site. This is why we always remind the users, to be careful in accepting and awarding projects. Make sure that you have discussed with the other party before making any transaction. If the need arises, do not hesitate to contact us in the future. Take care.