(Newswire.net — February 14, 2014) Las Vegas, Nevada — Dudley Media Group publishes an article about scam companies that hire workers on Odesk. Many people that want to work virtually, and on the Internet turn to Odesk for jobs, however, are they reputable?
This Dudley media Group article explains the nightmares one freelancer found on Odesk, and reports they are a scam. The article states, “So once upon a time it was suggested to me that I apply to this website called Odesk, as a place where one could put up a portfolio to work and find temporary jobs as a freelancer making upwards of ‘gasp’ $15.00 an hour for whatever freelance jobs that were out there. Odesk of course takes 10% of your earnings as the middleman.”
This Dudley Media Group scam article reporting on Odesk scams continues by reporting that, “In the course of four months I came to realize that the website is a complete scam. My first joke of an experience was when I attempted to apply for a couple of jobs at first, but then I gave up because no one ever got back to me. Then one day I hear from this company from China and they ask me to do a trial run on a marketing assignment before they will even consider hiring me at all. Basically, I have to do a marketing review of a company like H&M clothing or Sodexo, and they give me a copy of some sort of ideal paper and they want me to find all the flaws and correct the paper to make it be better, etc etc. I have no actual proof, but I believe this was in effect a bunch of college kids who could not be bothered to do the research themselves so they were blatantly cheating and buying these papers on odesk.”
The Dudley Media Group scam saga continues with, “My second assignment was from a client in India who wanted me to write this erotic story about a girl and a boy of college age and their first sexual experience. I wrote that story, and in no time at all it was five pages long plus I had two versions written. I based one version about a man I knew who was half Indian and half French and spent a lot of time in India, because I knew a little about creating a fantasy about him, the second version, which was the version I ended up publishing myself was about this guy I knew in high school who is a huge Hollywood actor today. The story about the man in India was stolen from the client, and I never heard from the client ever again.”
“Surfing the web for odesk scams you come across so many, and I wish I had done that research before I ever allowed them into my world. The third job I was offered, I was called on a Saturday and demanded to go to Western Union to wire them money so I could get ‘equipment’ for some computer program they wanted, needless to say that was enough for me,” the Dudley Media Group scam story reports.
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