How to spot fake or test jobs on Upwork + antikeywords
Hey hey! I just ran a Telegram channel for Ukrainians and I've asked for new articles ideas and here we are.
I'll try to structure fake/test jobs characteristics so you can try to clean up your search or Gigradar.
I want to mention that it's just my opinion and some of these jobs could be real.
Client has no hires but a lot of jobs posted
This one is obvious. Try to set your hire rate to either mide to max or new clients. Yes, I believe new clients are okay to bid on.
The client is using Upwork AI and hasn't added any specific details at all. 100% if the budget is placeholder.
Compare.
Today from Upwork
I am faking:
- All letters are capital
- No specific details
- Placeholder money: 5,99,100 dollars
Unrealistic budget
Ukraine, 35k, no interviews....okay okay, sounds real.
Avoid things in life which are too good to be truth (except my blog :) )
Consultation only, audit only but THEN WILL BE A BIG PROJECT of course!
These kind of jobs done to promote freelancers-friends. If you see that job title contains a lot of juicy great keywords but Consultancy, consulting, consultation, audit word added - probably a job for a friend
But if they say also, that it is just a start, will be more jobs - of course, it's a fake one.
Too many keywords without any sense in title
Wow, I even found an example with the direct slash:) like in our beautiful titles:)
Fake because no one is writing like that.
Client is asking to fill the form with contact details
scaaaaaam
Antikeywords for most of my teams:
Join our team, bot, urgent, consulting, consult, tutor,
teacher, mentor, update, updates, maintain, maintenance,
asap, trading, fix, parser, parsing, no agency, sex, casino,
no agencies, small, little, tweaks, tweak, fixes, bug, bugs,
easy, not hard, not difficult, be a part of
Remember. that if you are using Gigradar, you need to use syntax
And of course if it was useful and you want to give me a coffee, use this link https://buymeacoffee.com/levit
Hugs,
Tamara
