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I POSTED A PROJECT AT FREELANCER AND AWARDED THE SAME TO WANGGIL WHO IS FROM CHINA. AFTER THE JOB DESCRIPTION, HE SAID HE COULD FINISH THE PROJECT WITHIN TWO WEEKS FOR $5,000 US DOLLARS. I AGREED BECAUSE HE TOLD ME HE COULD DO IT AND HE WAS BRAGGING ABOUT HIS SKILLS. HE SAID HOWEVER, I NEED TO RELEASE A MILESTONE OF ABOUT $3,000 US DOLLARS BECAUSE HE NEED TO BUY SOME MATERIALS FOR THE PROJECT. I AGREED BECAUSE I WANTED HIM TO FINISH THE PROJECT.

HE UPDATED ME EVERYDAY. HE ALSO TOLD ME TO HELP HIM GAIN SOME "STARS" AT FREELANCER BY CLICKING THE FEEDBACK HE LEFT AT FREELANCER. I ALSO DID BUT SINCE IT WAS MY FIRST TIME TO JOIN FREELANCER, I DID NOT KNOW THAT BY CLICKING THE FEEDBACK, IT WOULD MEAN THAT THE PROJECT IS ALREADY DONE. I ASKED HIM ABOUT THIS. HE SAID I NEED NOT WORRY BECAUSE HE IS BENT ON FINISHING THE PROJECT.

ON THE SECOND WEEK OF THE PROJECT, HE SAID, HE NEEDS TO PAY THE ELECTRICIAN AND TO BUY OTHER MATERIALS AND SAID, I NEED TO PAY $2,000 FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GET THE DEVICE SOON BECAUSE HE LACKS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ELECTRICAL WIRINGS AND THAT I HAVE TO DEPOSIT TO A PAYPAL ACCOUNT. $500 WAS DEPOSITED TO [email protected] AND $1,500 WAS DEPOSITED TO [email protected].

STILL, HE UPDATED ME ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THE DEVICE DAILY. THEN WHEN WE WERE CHECKING THE DEVICE, SOMETHING WAS WRONG. IT COULD NOT GET THE EXACT LOCATION. I TOLD HIM THE INFORMATION HE WAS GIVING WAS WRONG. HE SAID HE NEEDS TO FIX THE DEVICE AND SO HE TOLD ME HE NEEDS $3,000 TO BUY CERTAIN MATERIALS TO FIX THE DEVICE. I TOLD HIM, IT IS WAY ABOVE THE AGREEMENT AND I DO NOT ANYMORE HAVE MONEY TO PAY HIM. HE SAID WE MUST FINISH THE DEVICE. HE TOLD ME TO DEPOSIT $2,000 TO FREELANCER... THAT MAKES IT ALL $7,000 ALL PAID TO HIM.

THEN, TWO DAYS AFTER HE GOT THE MONEY, HE WOULD NO LONGER RESPOND TO MY MESSAGES. I TRIED SENDING HIM MESSAGES BUT HE NEVER RESPONDED TO ALL MY EMAIL MESSAGES TO HIM. I TRIED OFFERING HIM THE SAME PROJECT AT FREELANCER JUST TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM AND HE RESPONDED. HOWEVER, WHEN I WAS ASKING HIM ABOUT THE PREVIOUS PROJECT, HE TOLD ME I MAY BE REFERRING TO HIS FRIEND AND NOT HIM. AND THAT HE TOLD ME NOT TO BOTHER HIM AGAIN AS HE DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PROJECT.

EASY WAY TO FOOL PEOPLE.....I READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF FREELANCER. CLEARLY-----

A. GRANTING FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT THAT INDEED, WANGGIL WAS REFERRING TO HIS FRIEND AS THE ONE WHO DEALT WITH ME, WHY DID HE ALLOW HIM TO USE HIS ACCOUNT AND HIS NAME, AND WITHDRAW FUNDS FROM FREELANCER???? ALLOWING ANOTHER PERSON TO USE THE ACCOUNT IS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND SHOULD BE SANCTIONED.

B. PAYMENTS SHOULD ONLY BE MADE THROUGH FREELANCER.COM.....THAT WAS ONE OF THE RULES LAID DOWN IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. WHEN WANGGIL ASKED FOR MONEY TO BE DEPOSITED TO A PAYPAL ACCOUNT, AGAIN, THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS WERE AGAIN VIOLATED.

WHAT THEN CAN FREELANCER.COM DO TO SANCTION WANGGIL WITH ALL THE VIOLATIONS HE HAS DONE?????


FREELANCERS LIKE WANGGIL DESTROY THE REPUTATION OF YOUR WEBSITE. HE SHOULD BE SANCTIONED AND DISCIPLINED. DONT YOU HAVE A WAY OF KNOWING THE TRUE IDENTITY OF THIS PERSON????