Udit A.

This is really frustrating and very irritating issue with freelancer which I recently faced.

They simply deducted payment done by an employer earlier for some project and on top of that they did not even care to notify me for this deduction. I was one day just looking on my transactions when I saw that reversal transaction. I would have lost that money altogether if I would not have looked at my transactions. And the reason given was that my employer who had already paid me earlier, now has some issues with their account because of which my money is deducted now. Isn't it frustrating? Why do I have to care about issues with other people's account? Now, these guys are even not telling me what issue that other guy has with their account because of which my money is deducted. They just say: "Your employer has some issues with their account, so we deducted your money". Why? It sounds like, they are punishing me for somebody else's mistake. This is the whole case step by step:
1. I worked for some employer.
2. Employer was happy with my work.
3. So he gave me good rating and released the payment in around march.
4. Now in April, I was just going through my transaction.
5. I came across this weird transaction: Reversal of money was done.
6. I asked support people. First of all their support desk is really pathetic. They are just sitting there to waste your time. They do not know anything. They will simply ask you to ask someone ask for your problem. Finally, after much of problem, what I finally got is:
They: "Your employer now has some issues with their account"
Me: I asked what issues do they have:
They: "This we can not tell you".
Me: "Then I said that this is wrong. You guys took my money without any notification, you should atleast give me proper reason."
They: Sorry, if you want to get your money back, then ask your employer to resolve issue with their account.

So basically it meant that I have to now beg my employer to resolve issue with their account so that I can get my money back which I earned by working hard on a project and Freelancer just took it without any $#*!ing issue from my side and even without giving any $#*!ing notification.

Now, somehow I managed to convince my employer to resolve issue with their account. He said he did that. But I have not received my money back still. Freelancer so called support people still say that employer has not resolved issue with their account and employer says that he resolved.
I just do not understand why the $#*! I am in this issue and why my money is taken.

Because of this I really wonder how many times these guys might have done this earlier. I dont have any idea how much money I lost this way.

I have many other issues which I would like everyone to know, so that other people do not fall in their trap. Freelancer.com is really a big fraud. They will just take your money which you earned by working hard on projects without any reason. I will highly recommend everyone, please not to use this website. They are $#*!ing fraud.

I am in the process of setting up a blog to write all the frauds by freelancer.com. If anyone want to contribute to the blog and want to escalate the issues, please contact me.
I want to take this to some serious people and I want to escalate these issues. We should really do something to stop this SCAM. I have lost money so times on this site. This is just of the frauds I have faced. I have many more to discuss.
PS: you can contact me at *******@gmail.com